{"id":4638,"date":"2023-09-19T19:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-19T19:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/?p=4638"},"modified":"2025-02-25T19:38:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:38:20","slug":"s8e6-the-tiny-packaging-tweak-that-could-help-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/2023\/09\/19\/s8e6-the-tiny-packaging-tweak-that-could-help-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"S8E6 The Tiny Packaging Tweak That Could Help The Planet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of the Ways &amp; Means podcast: kicking America\u2019s multi-billion-dollar food waste habit. How tons of wasted food contribute to climate change, and how one simple change \u2013 better food date labels \u2013 just might help make a dent in the problem.<\/p>\n<p>This is the sixth episode in our \u201cClimate Change Solutions\u201d series, where we look at research-based ideas to help cool a rapidly heating planet.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"The Tiny Packaging Tweak that Could Help The Planet by Sanford School @ Duke\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F1620197037&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Guests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wfpc.sanford.duke.edu\/people\/norbert-wilson\/\">Norbert Wilson, Director, Duke World Food Policy Center<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/publichealth.jhu.edu\/faculty\/1991\/roni-a-neff\">Roni Neff, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chellie Pingree, U.S. representative for Maine&#8217;s 1st congressional district<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/subscribe\/\">Subscribe to Ways &amp; Means<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2023\/09\/S8E6-Transcript.pdf\">Read the transcript<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrdc.org\/stories\/reducing-food-waste-eight-tips-home-cooks\">Tips for the home cook on reducing food waste<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/2022.climate.duke.edu\/\">Find out more about the Duke Climate Commitment<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Thank you<\/h2>\n<p>Thanks to all of the students in Alison Jones\u2019 Introduction to Podcasting class which is offered by the DeWitt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy at Duke, including the students you heard reporting in this episode:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bella Larsen<\/li>\n<li>Damla Ozdemir<\/li>\n<li>David Gust<\/li>\n<li>Kate Brownstein<\/li>\n<li>Kelly Torres<\/li>\n<li>Maddie McCorkle<\/li>\n<li>Parker Davis<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joyliu.org\/about-8\">Duke student Joy Liu<\/a>\u00a0designed the artwork for the season.<\/p>\n<p><em>Season 8 of Ways &amp; Means is made possible thanks to support from the Office of the Provost at Duke University. Find out more about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/2022.climate.duke.edu\/\">the Duke Climate Commitment.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate Change Solutions Series 6: How better food date labels might make a real impact on the climate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/waysandmeansshow.org\/2023\/09\/19\/s8e6-the-tiny-packaging-tweak-that-could-help-the-planet\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">S8E6 The Tiny Packaging Tweak That Could Help The Planet<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":4639,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pgc_meta":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[50,39],"homepage-visibility":[60],"class_list":["post-4638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-environment-energy-policy","tag-social-policy","homepage-visibility-visible","ratio-natural","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - 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