‘Hungry for Exchange’-webinar: “How Local is Beautiful and Essential – Education as a Catalyst for Change”
SchoolFood4Change invites you to join the webinar session “How Local is Beautiful and Essential: Education as a Catalyst for Change”, which takes place as part of the ‘Hungry for Exchange’-webinar series. This webinar will explore how education fosters healthy habits in food production and consumption across diverse ages and stakeholder groups, playing a vital role in building sustainable and resilient food systems.
Special guests Marion Villacampa from San Sebastian (Spain), and Mehmet Can Yilmaz from Nilufer (Turkey), will present impactful case studies that highlight practical, community-driven solutions developed over the last four years in the framework of the EU-funded FUSILLI project.
Afterwards, Aylin Topal, from the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University, invites you to an engaging discussion on cooperative education programs and the importance of local strategies for sustainable food systems.
From this webinar, you can expect lively discussions, panel debates and a Q&A session to explore how education initiatives contribute to community wellbeing and sustainability!
More information and registration here >>>
‘Hungry for Exchange’ is a series of six lunchtime webinars organized by the FUSILLI project, focused on the theme of sustainable food systems, which has been running since 2023. These events aim to create a global knowledge community with individuals interested in or working toward urban food system transformation. Each webinar features presentations from one or two FUSILLI cities, along with an initiative, organization, or institution external to the FUSILLI consortium. These guest speakers share their activities and insights related to specific food themes, such as food education, stakeholder engagement, farm-to-fork strategies, advocacy, and more.
All webinars are being recorded and made available on the FUSILLI project website.
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Speaker Biographies:
Marion Villacampa, PhD
Dr. Marion Villacampa holds a PhD in climate change modeling and has a strong background in sustainability and its economic impacts. She is an expert in managing international projects related to sustainable value chains, the food industry, and the circular economy, with a particular focus on innovation and the integration of new technologies.
Mehmet Can Yılmaz
Mehmet Can Yılmaz graduated with a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Bahçeşehir University and holds a Master’s degree in Health Management from Anadolu University. He serves as the Healthy Cities Project Coordinator and is the FUSILLI Project Executor for Nilüfer Municipality.
Aylin Topal
Aylin Topal is a faculty member in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at Middle East Technical University in Ankara. She also chairs the Latin and North American Studies Program. Her research focuses on the political economy of development and agrarian change. Currently, she is the principal investigator from Turkey, coordinating the Turkey hub in the Belmont Forum SSCP project titled “Co-Creation of Sustainable Food Supply Chains through Cooperative Business Models and Governance (CO-SFSC).”