How can we eat well to live longer, feed future populations, and sustain planetary health? What's the science behind creating the world's most resilient hybrid wheat?

Food makes us who we are. The ways we eat together change lives and communities. In this Sydney Ideas event, we bring together some of the best brains to cook up new ideas and solutions to shift how we think about food for the better. They serve inspired visions for changing the way we eat, produce and understand why food is so important.

- Alice Gibson, researcher exploring emerging hybrid food environments, with expertise in the prevention and dietary management of chronic health diseases;
- Peng Zhang, who is using advanced biotechnology and genetic techniques to grow resilient and disease-resistant crops such as wheat;
- Sophie Gee (host), English professor, co-host of the popular literary classics podcast The Secret Life of Books, and author of The Barbarous Feast: Writing and Eating in the Eighteenth-Century World (forthcoming, Princeton University Press);

This Sydney Ideas event was presented on 22–23 October at Riverside Theatres, with the support of City of Parramatta as part of Parramatta Lanes, one of Sydney’s most exciting street festivals, transforming the city's streets, laneways and car parks into a playground of Eats, Beats and Art.

This podcast is a recording of a live public event held on 23 October 2025. For more links and resources, including the transcript, visit Sydney Ideas website: bit.ly/3LRYhNV

The social life of food - Part 2

basement fan hum
featured on the ambient collection "environments". 
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a collection of recorded natural sounds for easy listening, relaxation, and sleep.
curated from real world places and experiences.

basement fan hum

light rain breeze by maur.
featured on the ambient collection "environments". 
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a collection of recorded natural sounds for easy listening, relaxation, and sleep.
curated from real world places and experiences.

light rain breeze

environments (continuous mix) by maur.
featured on the ambient collection "environments". 
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a collection of recorded natural sounds for easy listening, relaxation, and sleep.
curated from real world places and experiences.

environments (continuous mix)

summer walk outside
featured on the ambient collection "environments". 
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a collection of recorded natural sounds for easy listening, relaxation, and sleep.
curated from real world places and experiences.

summer walk outside

In the war that Russia is waging in Ukraine with the aim of wearing down its opponent, the destruction of the infrastructure of human and more-than-human life – in short, the environment– plays an important role. As Svitlana Matviyenko argued in her talk at the “Pluriverse of Peace” conference, it is not only destruction but also reconstruction in occupied territories that is an expression of the aggressor’s necropolitics.

The talk was created for and presented at the “Pluriverse of Peace” conference on Thursday, October 16 at the ICI Berlin. It is based on Svitlana Matviyenko’s contribution to the “Pluriverse of Peace” text series.

More info: https://berlinergazette.de/projects/pluriverse-of-peace

Pluriverse of Peace: : Svitlana Matviyenko

F You BP (Rock Version)

Wetlands are miracles of nature. They work as the world’s kidneys, filtering and cleaning our water. Wetlands capture carbon dioxide more effectively than even forests and act as cradles of life for biodiversity, sheltering many endangered species. Despite all this, the Trump Administration on November 17 proposed regulations that would strip federal protections from more than 80 percent of wetlands across the U.S., leaving more than 70 million acres of wetlands vulnerable to development. We discuss the issue with Jon Devine, Director of Freshwater Ecosystems at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Trump Administration Proposes to Strip Protections from 70 Million Acres of Wetlands

In this episode, we dive into how EcoMerit’s sustainability reporting services help businesses turn complex environmental data into clear, meaningful stories. Instead of drowning in charts and carbon numbers, EcoMerit makes reporting simple—breaking down your energy use, emissions, waste, and progress into insights that any listener can understand. It’s all about telling your sustainability journey in a way that’s real, relatable, and genuinely impactful.

Visit:- https://ecomerit.ie/services/sustainability-reporting/

Sustainability Reporting Services That Tell Your Impact Story

Shannon Stones is  the Founder of PhilaBag. She joins the show to talk about the movement she created to clean Philly’s neighborhoods while building community pride. Shannon shared how PhilaBag started, its impact on our environment, and the excitement behind this year’s Christmas Toy & STEM Event. We also talked about how families can get involved, support the mission, and stay connected to this growing citywide effort.


Shannon Stones | ecoWURD Magazine w/ P.O.C. - 12.5.25

EcoMerit supports businesses in improving sustainability and governance, registered with Enterprise Ireland and Local Enterprise Offices for 'Green for Business' services.

Sydney Ideas is the University of Sydney's premier public lecture series program, bringing the world's leading thinkers and the latest research to the wider Sydney community.

Medium since 1999 – Culture–Politics–Technology – DE/EN – https://berlinergazette.de

We discuss important environmental issues in the news and investigative reports by the nonprofit, nonpartisan Environmental Integrity Project.

WURD Radio is the only African-American owned and operated talk radio station in Pennsylvania, and one of few in the country. Taking a multimedia approach – on-air, online and in the community – WURD is widely recognized as the pulse of the African-American community locally, regionally, and nationally. From mayoral races to presidential elections, from the street corner to the corner suite, WURD has tackled the hard issues as an influential, respected and powerful voice in the marketplace.

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