Viewpoints
Viewpoints features essays and interviews by the Center for a Livable Future’s staff, faculty, fellows and other affiliates. These opinions are opinions—not representations of the Center’s priorities, activities or stances.
Food Animal Production, Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries, Food Systems & Climate Change
Al Sommer on Better Science: Data Versus Beliefs
A public health legend discusses why it’s important to question long-held beliefs, and why we need a bigger tent.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries, Food Equity, Food Systems & Climate Change
Jess Fanzo on Sustainable Diets: It’s Not Just a Fantasy
A Johns Hopkins food systems researcher discusses climate change and the planetary health diet.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries, Food Equity, Food Systems & Climate Change
Jay Naidoo on Today’s Challenges: Ecology Must be at the Center
A South African anti-apartheid activist discusses agriculture, changing consciousness, and learning joy.
Diet, Health & Planetary Boundaries, Food Policy & Governance, Food Systems & Climate Change
Francesco Branca on Healthy and Sustainable Diets: Everything Has To Be Reset
Nutrition and food safety expert shares ideas about connections between human health and planetary health.
Food Equity, Strengthening Food System Resilience, Seafood & the Food System
Covid-19 implications for seafood and nutrition: Keep an eye on production and trade
Building forward better in the shadow of Covid-19 could translate into more intentional quantifications of aquatic resources.
Food Equity, Food Policy & Governance, Strengthening Food System Resilience
Ertharin Cousin on Food Security and Covid-19: The Datapoint Becomes a Reality Point
Humanitarian aid expert shares ideas about global food security and vulnerable communities.
Food Animal Production, Food Policy & Governance, Food Equity
The Path Forward During the Pandemic
Emergency food security funding could lead to more lasting, broad-reaching reform once life returns to normal.
Strengthening Food System Resilience, Food Policy & Governance, Food Equity
Data Collection and Sharing during Pandemic: Opportunities and Evolution
The pandemic has led to innovative methods for collecting and sharing data.
Strengthening Food System Resilience, Food Policy & Governance
What the Coronavirus in China Shows Us About Food System Resilience
Pandemics are not just a public health issue, but a food systems issue – what makes a food system resilient?
Food Animal Production, Food Systems & Climate Change
Dan O’Brien: Bison, Prairies and Climate Change
Bison rancher Dan O’Brien has ideas about how to restore the Great Plains—buffalo.