About

Waste occurs across food, energy and water systems. At the interface of these systems, waste increases significantly the over-consumption of our limited resources. Resource scarcity is not only a matter of efficiency, but of access, distribution and equality. Understanding  different pressures and opportunities in distinct urban contexts is important for identifying processes by which cities can identify, test and scale viable and feasible solutions that reduce the most pressing inefficiencies in each context.
The aim of the WASTE FEW ULL project is to develop and test internationally applicable methods of identifying inefficiencies in a city-region’s food-energy-water nexus. We will undertake this through an international network of industry/civic society-led Urban Living Labs (ULL) in four urban regions - UK (Bristol), Netherlands (Rotterdam), South Africa (Cape Town) and Brazil (São Paulo). Partners in Norway and the USA will provide economic valuations of potential impact, and impact-led public education, outreach and dissemination.

Sharepoint link (Only for Waste FEWULL members)

Contacts

Meetings
  • Waste Few ULL International Team meeting on the 26th and 27th September 2019 in Rotterdam
  • Kick-off meeting,London, June 2018, more information here
  • Full meeting, Bristol, UK, October 11th & 12th 2018; more information here 
  • SUGI hosted sessions at the American Association of Geographers (AAG) conference in Washington, DC in April 2019
              Session 1: Participatory mapping and modelling in urban resource and infrastructure governance 
              ​Session 2: The Food – Water – Energy Nexus in an urban context 

Contact Us
apaytanATucsc.edu