Have you heard of Baptiste Dubanchet? I hadn’t until I found an article about him on treehugger.com. He’s a French guy that has decided to ride his bike from Paris to Warsaw, Poland eating only what he can find by dumpster diving, eating local restaurant cast-offs, and what is given to him by strangers. He’s doing it all in an effort to raise global awareness about food waste. The food he’s eating isn’t what you’d think either, it’s perfectly good day old bread, packaged produce, etc.
What a cool idea to bring awareness to the global food waste program. Every year, it’s estimated that we throw 50% of our food away. 50%! That means that all of the water, gas, and resources used to grow the food goes to waste too. Dubanchet, a 25 year old educated in sustainable development, could no longer stand to see the food go to waste, particularly after a trip to South America, South East Asia, and Tahiti, where people do not have access to the over-abundance the 1st world countries do.
He wanted to show that we import food like rice from these countries, thereby driving the prices up for its own people, and then we end up throwing HALF of it away. Dubanchet plans to stop at schools along the way to educate students on the ramifications of food waste. If you are interested in following his journey, you can check out his website. Remember to hit the translate button at the top right of the screen {unless they speak French ;)}
The European Parliament has named 2014 The European Year Against Food Waste. The problem is totally a global one, though, so I think we should get on board. What do you think, have YOU ever eaten anything out of a dumpster {or something destined for the dumpster}? If not, would you?
~Mavis
Photos lafaimdumonde2014.com
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