How to encourage students to choose for a future in agrifood? Not like we always did. The labor market shows an increasing shortage. The agrifood sector plays a significant role in achieving global food security and environmental sustainability. Scholars hardly realize what they can contribute to these social, ecologic and economic issues. The sector needs to expand the range of career opportunities in the agriculture-food-nutrition-environment nexus. Most importantly, it means creating incentives that encourage young people to see agrifood as one of the best options for a career choice.Inspiring learning materials have been developed to achieve awareness in secondary schools in the Netherlands. A Genomics Cookbook with food metaphors to explain biological principles is highly appreciated by both teachers and students. It is a way to increase influx into green colleges and universities, and thereby efflux to the agrifood sector.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) biedt kansen. Het biedt mogelijkheden voor vooruitgang in gezondheidszorg, communicatie, bestuur en productie. Het biedt mogelijkheden voor het creëren van tekst, beeld, geluid en kunst. Het helpt om de effecten van de klimaatcrisis op te vangen door intelligente energienetten te ontwikkelen, door infrastructuren te ontwikkelen die geen of nauwelijks CO2 emissie hebben en door klimaatvoorspellingen te modelleren.Niet alles is positief. AI speelt een groeiende rol in de verspreiding van ‘fake news’, ‘deep fakes’ en andere vormen van misinformatie waardoor onze democratische samenleving wordt bedreigd door populisme en polarisatie.Een onduidelijker effect van AI is het ecologisch effect dat het heeft. Daar is de afgelopen paar jaar veel over gepubliceerd, maar het duurt lang voordat berichten daarover in het maatschappelijke bewustzijn indalen.
The Dutch Institute for Sound & Vision in Hilversum invited people from the munic- ipality, finance, NGOs, academic, and arts & culture to imagine future ways to deal with rising sea levels in Dutch cities. Stills from films, documentaries and news reports from the institute’s archive were used in combination with the NEB Impact model to create climate scenarios. Through them, participants creatively engaged with the impacts of climate change in the Netherlands, fos- tering collaboration, critical thinking, and imaginative storytelling that resonated with their personal memories and expe- riences. The NEB Impact Model guided the exercise. Working with co-benefits helped one group to develop a line of thought combining art, nature restoration and green, by reflecting on the role of art in communicating climate change. The imagined scenarios allowed participants to relate to each other’s narratives and talk about the impact of those. With a final set of action points, this method can inspire policy and decision making that are related to everyday life experiences within participants' organizations.
