Ida Kubiszewski

Feb 25, 2024 | nature.com | Natalie Stoeckl |Vanessa M. Adams |Rachel Baird |Robert Costanza |Darla Hatton MacDonald |Elizabeth A. Fulton | +4 more

Antarctica and the Southern Ocean provide numerous ecosystem services that benefit people globally, but many are ‘invisible’ to markets and to some decision makers. A subset of these services — Antarctic tourism, commercial fisheries, and a suite of inter-related regulating services — are conservatively valued at ~US $180 billion annually, highlighting their importance.

Nov 10, 2023 | anthempress.com | Ida Kubiszewski |Robert Costanza

Everyone loves dumplings, but what exactly is a dumpling? Must they be stuffed? Do they have to be boiled or can they be baked, like Cornish pasties? Can the dough be bread-like with yeast or does it need to be more like pasta dough? How big or small can they be? Is a clootie dumpling even a dumpling? What about a calzone? Can they be sweet or do they have to be savoury? So many questions and so much opportunity for long debates over drinks (and dumplings). This book explores these and other questions.

Sep 28, 2023 | topographickitchens.substack.com | Ida Kubiszewski |Nic Annette Miller

Work is hectic. I have several months of commissions to cram into the seven weeks before a month-long trip, including a proposal for a (large) new project in a local prison. This means I have neglected my newsletter far more than I am comfortable with. I am so sorry. Lengthier pieces for both here (and- *gestures* - there) are underway, but until they are ready, I’m sharing with you some of the food-related odds and sods that have interested me of late.

Jul 20, 2023 | openforum.com.au | Ida Kubiszewski

In an implicit admission that the Commonwealth budget may not measure what really matters, Treasurer Jim Chalmers is about to release what he is calling “Measuring What Matters” – Australia’s first national wellbeing framework. The statement was to have been released as part of this year’s May budget, and an earlier hurriedly-prepared attempt was included in Chalmers’ 2022 budget.

Mar 22, 2023 | journals.sagepub.com | Ida Kubiszewski |Caroline Ward |Kate Pickett |Robert Costanza

ARTICLEThe complex relationships between economic inequality and biodiversity: A scoping review format_quote CITE Biodiversity change and increasing within-country economic inequalities represent two of the greatest global challenges of the Anthropocene. The most marginalized in society are often the most vulnerable to biodiversity change but there is no consensus on the relationships between biodiversity change and rising economic inequalities.