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
Climate Action, Food Systems and Undernutrition
The world is beginning to understand that our food systems play a role in climate change—and that by improving our food systems now we might be able to mitigate some of the more devastating shifts in climate yet to come.
For Climate Crisis and Malnutrition, Look at Diet Choice in Context
We must not prescribe a “one-size-fits-all,” Western-centric solution to the challenges of diet and climate.
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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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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.