Volunteers sorting rescued food

ThemedCircle · Sustainability Climate & Food · one of 26,000 active

Urban Food Rescue

280 members · 12 Projects · next CONNECT Fri 12:30

Joined
Erin Smith

Good morning, Erin

Contributor here · Sponsor of Second Helpings · next: Ladders of Feedback · 12:30 today

This Circle keeps its record — 12 of 16 Stage-D closures verified · 75%

About this Circle

A ThemedCircle of 280 peers within Sustainability Climate & Food, working on getting good food to people instead of into bins — surplus rescue, school food, community fridges and the habits around them. Everyone is welcome; turning up is the only qualification.

One of 26,000 ThemedCircles active across UP — and one of a whole food-systems lattice inside Sustainability Climate & Food.

The Age of Thriving · 2035

three years to go · this Circle's toolkit runs in 46 Circles · of 663K Projects across UP this year

ENN · curated for this Circle

The world's news, provenance-checked · Empowered News Network

Member-witness footage awaiting authentication
ENN verification deskFabricated

Viral 'food shortage' clip is fabricated

via ENN · 14 sources · 22m

Fresh produce at market — food-loss rates
Financial TimesVerified

Food-loss rates fall for a third straight year, FAO reports

via ENN · 4 sources · 5h

Rotterdam harbour traffic
Member-verified · open datasetVerified

Port authority pilot — first month's data is in: diversion 18% ahead of plan

via ENN · 4 sources · 1d

Live in this Circle

Today · 12:30 · video

Second Helpings — Ladders of Feedback

The Stage C execution pack is pinned; the autumn audit method is on the table. Replay and notes land in the Library; the thread stays open all week.

Today

08:30Wednesday market rescue run · Markthof

15:00Cold-chain kit returns — tool library window · the depot

20:00Sponsor curriculum — KPIs (the Circle's 5 Sponsors) · UP Academe

This week

Thu 17:00Replication clinic — The Hague teams · toolkit handover

Fri 12:30TC CONNECT · Second Helpings feedback round

Fri 13:00Too Good To Go — café-partner onboarding · 15 new cafés

Fri 15:00New members welcome call · four joined this week

The Circle today11 members online now·14 threads active today·9 of 12 Projects moving this week
Erin Smith

Your Urban Food Rescue feed

NAVi surfaced 9 of ~30 new this week

Pinned

Amara O. · Circle host

New here? Say hello in Discussion, browse the Library for our rescue-run checklist, and come to Thursday's CONNECT — that's where we decide things together.

Pinned · updated this week

38 live threads carry the rest in Discussion

9 shown

More in this GlobalCircle

Five of many — 26,000 ThemedCircles and 98,000 BrandedCircles are active across UP. Discover surfaces the ones near your themes.

Programmes · NAVi picked 3

  • Today 12:30Second Helpings — Ladders of FeedbackYou Sponsor it — the round is yours to open.
  • Thu 17:00Replication clinic — The Hague teamsYour toolkit handover; translators still wanted.
  • Fri 15:00New-volunteer inductionFour joined this week — welcomers welcome.

6 standing programmes · the Programmes tab carries the engine

Your Projects here · 2

  • FoodShare FridgesTeam · Stage CUrban Food Rescue · your role: Logistics

112 backers behind Second Helpings — the board of 12 is in My Projects

NAVi avatar

NAVi

Your day in this Circle, triaged: 30 unread here of your 218 — nothing waits on you in this room. Next: the 12:30 feedback round, and your Waste Nothing backer note Friday (De Pijp).

Next CONNECTs · 3 upcoming here

1 of 3

Urban Food Rescue

Fri 12:30 · Circle CONNECT

Second Helpings feedback round

Food Systems & Circular Economy

Thu 16:00 · Monthly CONNECT

port authority pilot

Too Good To Go

Fri 13:00 · Member CONNECT

café partner onboarding

Inbox · this Circle

1 of 2
Volunteers sorting rescued foodUrban Food RescueSecond Helpings feedback round starts 12:30.6
Many hands on the surplus-to-service roundSecond HelpingsAmplifier tranche confirmed — press note Friday.3
A community fridge stocked on the rescue routeFoodShare FridgesFridge 7 compressor replaced — route resumes tomorrow.12
Second Helpings backersTranche update queued for backers.9

30 unread across this Circle's 4 threads · the Inbox tab

Announcements · this Circle

  • Sustainability Climate & Food2032 Mission Report published.

  • This CircleFood-rescue toolkit v3 shipped — running in 46 Circles: Rotterdam, Utrecht, Oost among them.

  • This CircleThe Hague handover — replication clinic Thursday 17:00; translators wanted.

  • Too Good To GoCafé-partner onboarding Friday 13:00 — pairing sheet open for route runners.

NAVi surfaced 4 · minutes and decisions publish in the open

People here · curated by NAVi

Jonas K.

Jonas K.

Sponsor, FoodShare Utrecht — runs this Circle's toolkit

Tunde A.

Tunde A.

Logistics mentor · Sustainability Climate & Food

Ana P.

Ana P.

Food Systems & Circular Economy · data volunteer

Sofia R.

Sofia R.

Tuesday route captain — the 1,000-crate route

This work around the world

280 members here · 11 online now

280

members

46

Circles run the kit

12

Projects live now

26,000

active ThemedCircles

Just nowRoute 4 extends — two new fridge hosts pass the cold-chain check · Amsterdam · Oost

9 of 12 Projects moving this week · the kit keeps travelling

My Finance · this Circle

€130,000 raised across the 12 this year
Second Helpings · raised, as Sponsor€62k
Backing 22 Projects — whole HUB€1,150

Amplifier tranche 2 (€18,000) released this week — books open to the Circle

The full ladder — the My Finance tab

UP Points · this Circle

of your +380 this month
+80earned here this month
  • +40Second Helpings — tranche 2 milestone conditions verified · Sponsor credit
  • +25Kudos from Sanne (De Pijp) — the food-audit toolkit that travels both ways
  • +15Kit reuse — cold-chain checklist adopted by three more Circles this month

Recognition rewards contribution, never attention.

Next CONNECT

Urban Food Rescue

Fri 12:30 · online · Second Helpings feedback round

In this Circle now

11 online · 14 threads active today · 9 of 12 Projects moving this week

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