Steffanie Scott Abstract: What does the food movement look like in China? What is the Chinese government, locally and nationally, doing to ensure food security and a safe food supply for its population? What can Canada learn from these bottom-up and top-down experiences?

Jeffrey Wilson Abstract: The presentation will discuss three research ideas in various stages of development examining the role of natural capital and social capital as building blocks of flourishing communities. The first research idea will explore the messy relationship between environmental priorities, attitudes and household sustainability performance. The second idea will present a conceptual framework to understand the business case for investments in urban greenspace. The third idea will propose an ethos of caring as a unifying concept in sustainability.