Food waste is one of the most immediate environmental challenges encountered in everyday life. Across households, schools, workplaces, and food services, edible food is often discarded not because it is unusable, but due to habits, social norms, and cultural expectations around abundance, convenience, and hospitality.

Organized in collaboration with UNEP in the context of the International Day of Zero Waste, this workshop invites participants to explore food waste not as an individual failure, but as a shared challenge shaped by culture, everyday practices, and system design. Through reflection and dialogue, participants will consider how small, realistic changes in daily routines can contribute to reducing food waste and contribute to an improved quality of life.

This workshop is part of the Planetary Embassy in Japan and showcases how dialogue and cross-disciplinary perspectives can help rethink everyday practices in ways that support both human and planetary wellbeing.