Act: Inspiration

Bristol Good Food Films: Growing Food

By the source project, originally published by Bristol Food Network

June 16, 2020

BristolFoodKind

We’re producing a series of films to capture the incredible enthusiasm of people across Bristol for good food. From growing at home to cooking from scratch, stopping food waste to supporting local producers, Bristolians are finding new ways to make our local food system stronger than ever. We’ll publish the films here as they’re made – watch them and share them using #BristolFoodKind to help inspire others across the city.

Growing Food – share the film with friends using #BristolFoodKind

the source project

Jason Taylor ~ Camera – Editor – Producer

The most powerful way to communicate an issue is to focus on the voices of the people most effected. Create films that allow the community to tell their own story, connect the viewer to the people their culture and their environment. It is only then that we are able to understand some of these complex issues that now saturate mainstream and social media. We need to begin to focus more on the cause than the symptom, the solution and not the problem.

The source project is about using media to engage people in some of the many issues we need to embrace. Story telling from people who are driven by nothing more than a compassion moves us away from the traditional confrontational format, which does little more than foster an overwhelming sense of helplessness.

Tags: Building resilient food and farming systems, food growing, gardening, local food systems

Agroecology has a PR problem. Here’s how we can solve it

By Robbie Blake, ARC2020

Good Food For All!, a European Citizens’ Initiative supported by a coalition of more than 300 civil society organisations across Europe, including ARC2020, is making important strides in amplifying the messages of the food sovereignty and agroecology movements. But the battle for hearts, minds and policies is still far from won.

May 22, 2026

Extreme heat is a growing threat to health, jobs and food security in southern Africa – study looks for practical solutions

By Jerome Amir Singh, Caradee Yael Wright, The Conversation

Extreme heat is already a defining climate and health threat in southern Africa, yet public debate still treats it as ordinary bad weather. A new study shows that, as climate change drives more extreme events, governments and institutions can adopt practical steps to make communities more climate‑resilient.

May 19, 2026

A realistic ‘energy transition’ is to get better at using less of it

By Richard Heinberg, Independent Media Institute

We must develop a realistic plan for energy descent, rather than clinging to naive fantasies of endless consumer abundance powered by alternatives to fossil fuels.

May 15, 2026