The basic human needs are food/water/shelter. We need food to survive. No doubt food culture is one of the biggest in our lives. It surrounds us everywhere, it is so naturally integrated in our life that we dont even notice that it is there. But what is happening behind our food consumption?
With the example of a simple potato in the following video:
https://www.ted.com/talks/arthur_potts_dawson_a_vision_for_sustainable_restaurants#t-507458
Arthur Potts described the cycle our food go through before we get it on the plate. It goes from being grown, harvested, packed, transported, sold and processed to being consumed. But what are we missing is the waste that incorporates in every part of a cycle. It includes a waste of time, energy and waste of the actual waste.
The idea behind the sustainable restaurant is to minimise any waste throughout the process.
Arthur's restaurant is run entirely on sustainable energy. He is all about the idea of reuse and recycle. Every single aspect of the construction, design and service is taken care of, so there is no waste.
Even the menu is made in a way that the customer can vary the amount of food that goes on the plate.
I think there is a huge potential in these ideas as the food culture is strong all around the world.
If such a natural and essential activity affects the amount of energy wasted around us, we might think about how to reduce it. How to be more sustainable even with something so simple.
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