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 Food Wastage  Title: "Reducing Food Wastage: A Sustainable Approach to Tackling the Global Food Crisis"   Introduction: Food wastage is a pressing global issue that affects not only our environment but also our economy and social well-being. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, about one-third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted, which amounts to 1.3 billion metric tons of food each year. This staggering amount of food wastage not only contributes to environmental degradation, but it also exacerbates issues such as hunger, poverty, and climate change. In this blog post, we will explore the challenges and consequences of food wastage, as well as practical strategies and solutions to reduce food wastage and promote sustainability in our daily lives.   The Global Impact of Food Wastage: Food wastage has far-reaching consequences on a global scale. Firstly, it contributes to environmental degradation. T...
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 AGEISM The problem of defining people by their age I first came across the term ‘compassionate ageism’ in Betty Friedan’s book The Fountain of Age published in  1993 [i] . It remains one of a handful of my most treasured books, which have had a profound influence on both my thinking and professional practice. It captured my mind, but, more importantly, my soul. Here in its very personal pages is laid open her own ‘voyage of discovery into a different kind of ageing’. It is both deeply disturbing and yet inspirational. It challenged the very decline, dependency and sickness narrative currently dominating civic and civil society.  If we define Compassionate Ageism as the belief that older adults are needy and deserve special policies to help them, we are at risk of ‘othering’, which can lead to, for example, the very corruption of care so exercising us in the field of safeguarding. In addition, it has the potential to reinforce paternalistic, patronising and disempowering ...
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