Take Back the (Food) Economy: Lessons from the Hummingbird
In Dirt!: The Film, Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan Nobel Peace Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement in Africa, tells the story of the tiny hummingbird who fights a huge bush fire drop by tiny drop of precious water. What can the little hummingbird tell us about ways of building a sustainable food future? This paper explores this question.
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Cameron, J. 2010. "Take back the (food) economy: lessons from the hummingbird." Keynote Presentation, Fair Share Festival, Newcastle, October 22-23.