Episode 26: Theresa Lieb (https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresa-lieb-89835886/ and https://twitter.com/_TheresaLieb) is a food systems researcher with the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford University (https://www.foodsecurity.ac.uk/research/), working remotely from Palo Alto. She focuses on the intersection of food, climate and environmental policy. Previously, Theresa was a fellow at the World Resources Institute on researching pathways for sustainable dietary transitions in low and middle-income countries. She also completed traineeships with the German Development Bank and the German Development Service in Brazil to support small-scale farming of socio-biodiversity forest products in the Amazon in an effort to combat deforestation by strengthening local, sustainable livelihoods. With the NAZCA Institute for Marine Research in Ecuador, she supported the establishment of a participatory management plan for a new marine protected area and improved the sustainability of artisanal fishing practices on Ecuador’s northern coast.

Theresa holds an MPhil in Environmental Change and Management from Oxford University and a BSc in International Development and Policy Science from Leiden University (Class of 2015). She speaks German, English, Spanish and Portuguese.

This episode's motto: "It's hard to cool down grass that's too hot!"

How to shop, cook and eat in a warming world.

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/04/30/dining/climate-change-food-eating-habits.html