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If you are inquiring about graduate studies in the Department of Geography and Environmental Management, please contact Alan Anthony at [email protected]. On Jan 5, 2026, at 6:34 AM, 'Adam Calo' via gep-ed <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Colleagues, You may be interested in More is Less? the latest episode of Landscapes. In it I confront a vocal journalist on their advocacy for simplistic sustainable intensification policies. I've been tracking a resurgence in sustainability-as-efficiency narratives (Abundance, land sparing) that tend to conveniently align with dominant economic priorities. Here is one attempt to understand what's behind this trend. Episode Description Michael Grunwald is an environmental journalist who sees maximizing efficient production as the most important sustainability strategy. His book, “We Are Eating the Earth,” brings fresh attention to an old debate. Listen on a Podcast app Full transcript -- Adam Calo Assistant Professor of Environmental Governance and Politics Radboud University, Netherlands @adamcalo Google Scholar Land Food Nexus Blog (2025) The enduring fantasy of 'feeding the world.' Spectre (2024) Transforming land for sustainable food: Emerging contests to property regimes in the Global North. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene, 12(1). (2024) New entrant farming policy as predatory inclusion. Agriculture and Human Values. (2022) Using property law to expand agroecology: Scotland’s land reforms based on human rights. The Journal of Peasant Studies, 1-37. (2020) The Yeoman Myth: A troubling foundation of the beginning farmer movement. Gastronomica 20, 12–29. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/CAPT4Ua2PKE0TGM-PTmuRepTYCB%2B7DGUyfHc%3D43Hb9cVa7SZ04w%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/289FEAFA-F115-4973-B27C-FCA9C6573900%40uwaterloo.ca.
