FOOD (NOT SO) GLORIOUS FOOD. PART 2: BITTER-SWEET FREE MARKETS

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Africa, Algeria, Cadburys, chocolate, choice, coca cola, diabetes, diet, dystopia, food, free market, free trade, funding, globalisation, guidelines, health, macro nutrition, malnutrition, media, Millennium Development Goals, neoliberalism, Nigeria, obesity, poverty, South Africa, sugar, superfood.

by Stu Lucy

In the first article concerning the less palatable aspects of food within a global context, the paradox of abundance and dearth in both Ghana and the West were contextualised within an apparent food dystopia. On that journey, a foodstuff was briefly mentioned that has become almost omnipresent in weird people’s lives, and will be the focus of the next in this series of pieces illuminating the realities and practices relating to food and the international community. So without further ado, let us delve straight into the sickly-sweet world of sugar.Continue Reading

JAPAN MUST REFLECT ON ITS HISTORY IF IT IS TO REVISE ARTICLE 9

Posted on November 12, 2017 by Norwich Radical in Inter|national and tagged Article 9, china, comfort women, conflict, constitution, diet, Donald Trump, Eisaku Sato, history, Japan, Korea, massacre, North Korea, nuclear weapons, pacifist, peace, peacekeeping, Samurai, SDF, self defence forces, sex slaves, Shinzo Abe, snap election, Tsukahara Bokuden, UN, united nations, war crime, wwii.

by Yali Banton Heath

On September 25th, Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe called for one of those snap elections we all know and love. Unlike Theresa May, when the results were announced almost a month later on October 22nd, Abe managed to pull through and secure himself a majority in the Diet.

Japan is now swinging heavily to the right. With Abe possessing a mandate to attempt implementation of his main objective – revision of Japan’s pacifist constitution – is the country about to embark on a dangerous path of no return?Continue Reading

NORMALISING CBT; MAKING VISIBLE MENTAL HEALTH

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Norwich Radical in Perspectives and tagged anger, anxiety, body mind, borderline personality, brain, capitalism, cbt, cognitive behavioural therapy, corporate, course therapy, depression, diet, education, emotions, equalimania, exercise, feeling beings, human, humanity, immune system, inner landscape, mental fitness, mental health, Mind, personal development, personality, physical fitness, psychological help, psychosis, self reflection, society, STD, stigma, test results, therapist, therapy, trigger.

by Sunetra Senior

If your friend says ‘I’ve started going to the gym’ it is considered undisputedly positive; if they tell you ‘I’m getting CBT’, suddenly the atmosphere becomes tense. They seem to feel awkward as they tell you, and you don’t quite know how to react. They might as well have told you they’ve contracted an STD. But Cognitive Behavioural Therapy — ‘a talking therapy that can help you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave’ — is only good for you. It is evidence of a sensible choice. And yet, sweating, starving and interfacing with an inanimate, rectangular scale every morning, is more attractive to people than sitting in a comfortable chair and talking leisurely with someone you trust.Continue Reading

FOOD EDUCATION: AN OPEN LETTER TO TIM BAKER

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged #SugarRush, charlton manor, diet, education, food, food education, health, healthy eating, holistic education, jamie oliver, jamie oliver sugar rush, learning, national farmers' union, norwich, open letter, primary school, school, sugar, sugar rush, teaching assistant, tim baker, UEA.

by Rowan Van Tromp

Dear Tim Baker,

My name is Rowan Van Tromp, I am 22 years old and have spent the past academic year working as a teaching assistant at a secondary school in Norwich, following graduation from the University of East Anglia in June 2014.

After seeing Charlton Manor Primary School on the Channel 4 programme Jamie’s Sugar Rush, I was so inspired by the work you are doing, I have decided to write you a letter to share my own experiences with you and my strong advocacy of the model you are working to.Continue Reading

AN OPEN LETTER TO DAVID MCNALLY: MAKE NORWICH CITY FC A ZERO CARBON CLUB

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Norwich Radical in Community and tagged 38 degrees, breweries, campaign, canaries, Community, dale vince, david mcnally, diet, ecotricity, environment, environmental sustainability, football, forest green rovers, living wage, match day, matchday, norwich, norwich city fc, open letter, shareholder, sport, sustainable, vegetarian.

by Rowan Van Tromp

Dear Mr McNally,

I was pleasantly surprised upon hearing the news that Norwich City FC are committed to introducing the living wage — as set by The Living Wage Foundation — to all permanent colleagues across the business by the 2016/17 season, as well as reviewing wage policies of external agencies and contractors who work at the club, to make sure staff also receive the Living Wage by 2016-17. Whilst this is a great step forward in becoming a club that takes its social responsibility seriously, we’re still lagging way behind on environmental sustainability.

One club that’s made huge strides forward in this area is Forest Green Rovers, owned by Dale Vince, the founder of the green energy company — Ecotricity. Since taking over in 2010 the club has implemented many measures to improve their environmental performance and in doing so has achieved the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS) — the gold standard for environmental performance, along with international recognition as the world’s leading club in this field.Continue Reading

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FOOD (NOT SO) GLORIOUS FOOD. PART 2: BITTER-SWEET FREE MARKETS

JAPAN MUST REFLECT ON ITS HISTORY IF IT IS TO REVISE ARTICLE 9

NORMALISING CBT; MAKING VISIBLE MENTAL HEALTH

FOOD EDUCATION: AN OPEN LETTER TO TIM BAKER

AN OPEN LETTER TO DAVID MCNALLY: MAKE NORWICH CITY FC A ZERO CARBON CLUB

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