Food production impacts our environment more than anything else we do. 

Few of us realise that we are now in the midst of the "Sixth Great Extinction", and that our use of nitrogen is considered the greatest cause of environmental pollution.

This presentation by scientist Gerard Wedderburn-Bisshop examines the impact of food production on the systems that make our planet habitable. We examine biodiversity loss, deforestation, land degradation, nitrogen pollution, the oceans and climate and look at how our diet can profoundly affect sustainability.

You are invited to Five Dock Library to meet Meg Keneally. Meg and Tom Keneally are a father and daughter writing duo based in Sydney. Their latest book, The Ink Stain, is a thrilling read set in colonial Australia that involves murder, government corruption, kidnappings and secret alliances.

Meg has worked at the Consulate-General’s office in New York as well as a journalist and radio producer. She now writes while working in finance and is a part time scuba diving instructor.

Bookings are essential. Light refreshments will be provided between 6-6.30pm.