Center for a Livable Future
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future—working toward a healthy, equitable, resilient food system from within the Department of Environmental Health and Engineering.
Impact Stories
COP23 Recognizes – Sort of – Livestock’s Role in Climate Change
This year, there were a few well-attended civil society talks focused on animal consumption and climate change.
Is Iowa Gaining Traction against the Hog Industry?
People working to push back on Iowa’s hog confinement industry have finally found a few notes that resonate on a large scale.
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New York Town Goes Meatless, Wants to Do It Again
Judging from the CLF survey results, it does seem that an impressive number of residents are more aware of the carbon footprint of meat, as a result of the initiative.
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Cafeteria Managers Dive Deep into Food Systems Thinking
CLF’s high school curriculum, FoodSpan, helped cafeteria managers get a chance to step back and think about food systems as a whole.
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CLF-Lerner Fellowships
Established in 2003, the goal of the Center for a Livable Future-Lerner Fellowship Program is to support doctoral students at the Johns Hopkins University.
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FoodSpan
A downloadable curriculum that provides high school teachers with lesson plans relating to food system issues.
Free Online Courses
“An Introduction to the US Food System: Perspectives from Public Health,” offered through the University’s partnership with Coursera.