http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/rss.php Project RSS Feed en-us http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/the-animal-welfare-provenance-of-food---communicating-and-engaging-with-consumers-_189.html A rapid review of the evidence on existing interventions to engage with consumers on the animal welfare provenance of food and other related issues. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/evaluating-the-impact-of-local-partnership-adviser-activities-in-england-_188.html The LPA activities include LFHW cascade training and awareness-raising workshops, which aim to enable individuals to both reduce their own household food waste, and to cascade food waste prevention tips and advice to other members of the community/business. The evaluation aims to establish the effectiveness of this approach in achieving behaviour change both directly and via the cascades. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/evaluation-of-the-volunteer-network-_187.html Zero Waste Scotland’s Volunteer Programme was established to create a network of volunteers across Scotland to empower local communities to adopt more sustainable ways of living, helping to make Scotland a genuinely zero waste society. Brook Lyndhurst were commissioned to evaluate the impacts of this network. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/soil-testing-and-nutrient-management-evaluation-_186.html As part of its work to tackle diffuse water pollution from agriculture, the Environment Agency, in partnership with the UK Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group (FWAG) and EBLEX, ran a campaign offering free soil analysis to 4000 farmers. Brook Lyndhurst was commissioned by the Environment Agency to evaluate the effectiveness of the campaign as a means of affecting farmers’ nutrient management practices. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/understanding-the-retail-business-case-for-promoting-sustainable-diets--_185.html WWF’s One planet Food Programme aims to reduce the global environmental and social impacts of UK food production and consumption. Brook Lyndhurst have been commissioned by WWF to undertake a programme of research to demonstrate the business case for retailers to promote sustainable diets. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/evaluation-of-the-reward-and-recognition-fund-_184.html Brook Lyndhurst are providing monitoring and evaluation support to 16 local authorities and community organisations funded through the Household Reward and Recognition Fund for Recycling and Reuse (RRF), and to carry out a programme-level evaluation. We are assisting the pilots in designing methods to gather robust quantitative and qualitative data to demonstrate their impacts, both in terms of waste behaviours changes and waste tonnage reductions. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/evaluation-of-the-inspiring-sustainable-living-isl-fund-_182.html Four third sector-led initiatives have received seed funding for projects to inspire sustainable lifestyles through the Olympic and Paralympic games. Brook Lyndhurst were appointed to conduct a programme level evaluation of the fund. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/future-waste-scenarios-_181.html Brook Lyndhurst supprorted German futures company Z_punkt to develop scenarios of UK waste. Using a mix of qualitative and quantitative techniques, the scenarios sought to explore the possible scale of waste over the next ten to twenty years. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/public-attitudes-to-emerging-food-technologies-_179.html A rapid evidence review to consolidate the FSA’s understanding of public attitudes to emerging food technologies, and to identify gaps in the existing evidence. http://www.brooklyndhurst.co.uk/supporting-change-in-the-retail-environment-consumer-food-waste-prevention-reviews-_177.html 30 tailored consumer food waste prevention reviews for a range of Courtauld Commitment (CC2) signatories.