SRD Feel Good Foodies ~
‘Planet friendly’ Recipes, Dinners and 14-day Challenges ~
Foodies steam ahead in 2026

Second Lunch event in 2026 is at a lovely residence in Mona Vale on 18th October 12 noon - 2:30pm. Sign up for details.

The first lunch event this year was at a beautiful home overlooking the beachfront above Mona Vale... report due

Now planning Low CO2-e shared meal events for the 8th of every month from 8th November 2026. At your place or across the Northern Beaches. Contact for details. 

SRD / AYCE CO2-e Food Circle Target Poster FRONT & CO2-e Food Data BACK A2 size reference.

For food CO2-e calculators, sign in to Eaternity https://app.eaternity.ch/login needs an email & will send a link for access, 1 month free with no credit card needed. The other site is Carbon Foodprint https://myemissions.co/resources/food-carbon-footprint-calculator/

Our new Logo, a selection of events, reports & more are on now & soon. Look out for them. Are you on our mailing list? 

The 2025 EAT-Lancet report was released at Stockholm Food Festival early October, we have posted our full summary here and short review in the last newsletter.
As many are unaware that the Food industry accounts for around 33% of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, there's great scope to adjust some habits accordingly. feelgoodfoodies@srd.org.au - Completed Sign-up for the 1st 14-day challenge Join the Feel Good Foodies mailing list here to keep abreast of events.  See the amazing All You Can Eat for Climate poster from the EU. Can we get an even better Aussie version going? Come and help make it so.

Low-Carbon Emission meals have simply identified & removed or reduced any High Carbon emission content. How? 

•Review this simple graph to see Red Meat ruminant animals globally have by far the biggest CO2-e footprint, so reducing content (no need to eliminate) will help.
Divide the list into Thirds vertically. Eating Less of the top third section and replacing with content from the Lower Two Thirds will significantly reduce the Carbon Equivalent emissions. If everyone did this with 3 main meals a week, research suggests this is all we need to do. Read our references [/public-updates/] to learn more. The full detail graph is here: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/food-emissions-supply-chain  Australia does have best practice in some agricultural areas while others still have room to improve. We encourage developing to lower carbon-e emissions as the priority..

Tied 1st Winners 🥇in two sectors 🥇Pics above from FGF shared dinner #3, 15th October 2025 at Greg & Cheryl’s place.

The next Feel Good Foodies lunch/dinner/meal is open & looking for a Host. Drop us a line if you may like to host the next event.  

•We will gladly help you through the event at every point you wish or just help with getting ‘Foodies’ attending (We aim for around 8 per event). These projects and more are developing. We appreciate your interest and support. See latest local details on WhatsApp, SRD newsletter or here.

Our first Feel Good Foodies 14-day challenge trial run is on 15-28th October, several have signed up for the fun already

•Join an online group participating in this free community challenge. See latest local details on WhatsApp, SRD newsletter or sign-up here.

14 Day Challenge 1  15-28oct Progress Leaderboard - Low Impact meals reported + Carbon-emissions saved 

CEC BBQ lunch 20th Sept, FGF #2,  MP says new recipe in progress.

•These projects and more are developing. We appreciate your interest and support. See latest local details on WhatsApp, SRD newsletter or here.

CEC BBQ lunch 20th Sept, MP says new recipe in progress.

•These projects and more are developing. We appreciate your interest and support. See latest local details on WhatsApp, SRD newsletter or here.

Feel Good Foodies slide presentation + surprise was a fascinating discussion!

•Taste the future with low-carbon-e recipes & dinners •Take on fun 14-day challenges  •Support our Climate Action course progress.  Tues 16 Sept. 11am - 12 noon Pittwater Aquatic Club upstairs, Level 1 clubhouse 2a the Esplanade, Mona Vale, NSW, Au. just past Pittwater High School Google Maps  88P4+53 Mona Vale, NSW. Hear about new Foodie events, local and global.

7 enjoyed the first 'Feel Good Foodies' lunch

at Gay's place with a lovely Spinach quiche, a Chilean Bean Stew, a super salad & Kumera Dahl. Wine and water were the lower-carbon-emission drinks of the day. A short time was spent covering the Lower Carbon emission aspects including a graph of CO2-e per kilo of food which clearly shows the major contributors. Lower Carbon Emissions Food can be scaled up. From this simple idea, significant carbon savings can be achieved.

We are planning a free 20-minute presentation and Q&A session about our work with the School of Climate Action Design at 11am in Mona Vale on Tuesday, 16th September. Details to be confirmed & available on request.

Soon we'll organise another 'FGF lunch or dinner event' to help complete our course and confirm the ideas are valid and worth replicating. We appreciate everyone's interest so far srd.org.au/public-updates for more data.

Disclaimer: Please stay aware. Everyone remains responsible for their own diet and well-being. As many have a wide variety of tolerances and health levels, SRD is not advising any change to your diet without you properly assessing your own and others needs, health, allergies and the like. Ensure you have consulted your registered GP and your nutritionalist. We are simply making some serving suggestions that are good for planetary health. Ensure you eat for your own health as a daily priority. E.&O.E. Many ideas here may also save you money, so that helps everyone too.