[Chapter-delegates] Application to form the Internet Society Chapter on Internet of Food

Fri Apr 3 04:02:20 PDT 2015

Hello again,

I want to make something clear, I did not adress issues in *what capacity
will or should ISOC adress those questions*, about connections of food and
internet, I just quote that this are right issues to be adressed by ISOC
community and ISOC org.

Best regards,

Saso

Saso Nozic Serini
Member of the Presidency ISOC.SI
ISOC-SI (President: Prof. Dr. Borka Jerman-Blazic)
Jamova cesta 39
1000 Ljubljana-SI-EU
tel.: +386 1 4773 756

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:52 AM, Saso Nozic Serini <sasonozic at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dear colleagues,
>
> application for creation new, non geographic-based (Special Interest*)*
> ISOC Chapter-Chapter of Food, I found very interesting.
> Issues of food security, food waste management, food quality transparency,
> health & food connections and food environments are and should be one of
> the key issues of our existence as humans on Earth and they show our care
> and good intention not just for our health, but also for health of other
> beings and health of Earth itself as a Planet. By definiton of Committee on
> World Food Security (three Rome-based UN Agencies: The Food and
> Agricultural Organization (FAO) <http://www.fao.org/index_en.htm>, The
> International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
> <http://www.ifad.org/>and  The World Food Programme (WFP)):
> <http://www.wfp.org/>*"Food security exists when all people, at all
> times, have physical, social and economic access to sufficient safe and
> nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an
> active and healthy life". *And from the core begining of movement for
> free internet, innovations and openness of internet, there are strong and
> bold connection between those two. There is also onother issue which
> consider healthy use of internet in connection with sliping patterns and
> junk food advertisement on internet :"Media clearly play an important
> role in the current epidemic of childhood and adolescent obesity. The sheer
> number of advertisements that children and adolescents see for junk food
> and fast food have an effect. So, too, does the shift away from good
> nutritional practices that increased media screen time seems to create. Any
> success in dealing with the current epidemic will require a major change in
> society's recognition of media exposure as a major risk factor for obesity
> and in young people's media habits and the advertisements to which they are
> "TV and other media are known to displace or disturb young people's sleep
> patterns. A longitudinal study of adolescents in New York found that
> viewing 3 or more hours/day of TV/Internet doubled the risk of difficulty
> falling asleep compared with adolescents who watch less than 1 hour/day.
> There is also now evidence that later bedtimes and less sleep may be
> associated with a greater risk of obesity. The mechanism may be that
> sleep loss leads to increased snacking and consumption of less healthy
> foods to maintain energy, that sleep deprivation leads to fatigue and
> therefore greater sedentary behavior, or that children who do not get
> enough sleep have metabolic changes as well"*.
> In my conclusion statement, *I gave my strongly support *to establishment
> of special ISOC  "Chapter of Food" which can/will  also deal with healthy
> Internet use, healthy food advocacy  and ecology/environment/sustainability
> awareness advocacy issues in connection with use of internet.
> About some concernings of incomplatibles of that issue and ISOC agenda I
> will just quote:
> "*By connecting the world, working with others, and advocating for equal
> access to the Internet, the Internet Society strives to make the world a
> better place. At the foundation of our work are a vision and a mission.
> Vision :The Internet is for everyone. Mission :To promote the open
> development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all
> people throughout the world"*.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Saso
>
>
> Saso Nozic Serini
> Member of the Presidency ISOC.SI
> ISOC-SI (President: Prof. Dr. Borka Jerman-Blazic)
> Jamova cesta 39
> 1000 Ljubljana-SI-EU
> tel.: +386 1 4773 756
>
>
>
>
> *From the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement,  Children,
> Adolescents, Obesity, and the Media
> Council on Communications and Media, American Academy of Pediatrics
> 141 Northwest Point Blvd., Elk Grove Village
>
> I
>
> On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 6:10 PM, Joyce Dogniez <dogniez at isoc.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> The following application for a Chapter on Internet of Food has been
>> received.
>> It is being sent to this list for peer comment and review. Please note
>> that the Chapter is not yet formed and has not been officially recognised
>> by the Internet Society.
>>
>> As this application for a topic based Chapter that would be a little
>> different from the geography based ones, here is a little explanation of
>> the concept (an excerpt from the application):
>> Internet of Food is a concept equivalent to Internet of Things, though
>> more complex and dynamic and with potentially larger impact on human life.
>> Yet, the discussion on how we combine the power of the Internet with food
>> is little explored in spite of its massive potential to affect key areas
>> such as food security, transparency, health and food waste through
>> innovation and openness. The proposed chapter on Internet of Food aims at
>> leading the
>> discussion regarding this new field and to engage a wide audience in
>> building better solutions for how to feed the planet in a healthy and
>> sustainable way.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> If there are people on this list that know any of the individuals
>>
>> proposing to establish the Chapter, their feedback is especially welcome.
>>
>> The period allowed for comments is two weeks and the deadline is April 16,
>> 2015.
>>
>> Please do not hesitate to contact me on or off list.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Tommi Karttaavi
>> Manager, Chapter Development - Europe
>> Internet Society
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>
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