The City That Never Sleeps
By: Taylor Lunka
New York- The Waste Not team boarded a train on Friday afternoon from Washington D.C. to head to the big city.
After a three-hour train ride, the team arrived at Madison Square Garden and started their East Coast adventure.
On Saturday morning, the team grabbed their equipment and headed off to Time Square to conduct on the street interviews in New York City. We talked to a variety of people from in and out of the country, who had diverse knowledge on the issue of food waste.
After talking to people in Times Square for an hour, the team took the rest of the weekend to catch up on work, update the blog, and indulge in some tourist activities while in the Big Apple.
Monday morning we were greeted with the comforts of home- plenty of rain and cloudy skies for the Washingtonians conquering the big city.
That morning, we made our way downtown to meet with the United Nations Environmental Protection Director, Elliott Harris.
Harris painted a picture of how large the issue of food waste is.
“If food waste were a country, it would be the third contributor to green house gases,” Harris said. “People need to change their consumption patterns.”
Harris said that wasted food goes beyond throwing useable food into the trash. It also contributes to problems environmentally, socially and economically.
Portion sizes at the grocery store and in restaurants are key contributors to these problems, Harris said.
“Being able to consume more, doesn’t mean you need to consume more,” he said.
After our interview with Harris, the team took the time to do some more sightseeing during their last day in NYC.
On Tuesday morning, the team heads out of the country and takes their journey north to Toronto, Canada.
By: Taylor Lunka
New York- The Waste Not team boarded a train on Friday afternoon from Washington D.C. to head to the big city.
After a three-hour train ride, the team arrived at Madison Square Garden and started their East Coast adventure.
On Saturday morning, the team grabbed their equipment and headed off to Time Square to conduct on the street interviews in New York City. We talked to a variety of people from in and out of the country, who had diverse knowledge on the issue of food waste.
After talking to people in Times Square for an hour, the team took the rest of the weekend to catch up on work, update the blog, and indulge in some tourist activities while in the Big Apple.
Monday morning we were greeted with the comforts of home- plenty of rain and cloudy skies for the Washingtonians conquering the big city.
That morning, we made our way downtown to meet with the United Nations Environmental Protection Director, Elliott Harris.
Harris painted a picture of how large the issue of food waste is.
“If food waste were a country, it would be the third contributor to green house gases,” Harris said. “People need to change their consumption patterns.”
Harris said that wasted food goes beyond throwing useable food into the trash. It also contributes to problems environmentally, socially and economically.
Portion sizes at the grocery store and in restaurants are key contributors to these problems, Harris said.
“Being able to consume more, doesn’t mean you need to consume more,” he said.
After our interview with Harris, the team took the time to do some more sightseeing during their last day in NYC.
On Tuesday morning, the team heads out of the country and takes their journey north to Toronto, Canada.
