Food Systems Exchange #4: What does Conscious Eating Really Mean?
Food Systems Exchange — September
Bangkok Climate Action Week Food Systems Community Exchange
Online · 1 hour · BKKCAW 2026 Food Systems Community
How We Eat: What does Conscious Eating Really Mean?
We make choices about food every day — but what does it actually mean to eat consciously?
What we eat connects us to much more than what is on our plate: farmers and producers, animals, land and ecosystems, culture and heritage, health and wellbeing, and the wider food system. Yet our choices are also shaped by affordability, convenience, access, habit and the information available to us.
For our final Food Systems Exchange before BKKCAW, we turn to how we eat — exploring what conscious eating can mean in everyday life, without reducing it to individual responsibility or suggesting there is a single “right” way to eat.
Moderated by Rosalind Yunibandhu, BKKCAW Food Systems Cluster Co-Chair, with:
Paew Pirom — Food Systems Campaign Manager at World Animal Protection, where she works with animals, smallholder farmers, local communities and consumers to explore how we can create food systems that are more equitable, humane and sustainable. She cares deeply about the connections between what we eat, how our food is produced, and the people, animals and communities behind it — and believes conscious dining can be part of creating meaningful change.
Chef Trish — Chef and Owner of &Then, a Lanna-Burmese restaurant, and Founder of Bamama, a food initiative and workshop platform exploring food systems, culture and culinary history. She is also Co-Founder of Doplace, a creative community and alternative third space bringing together artists, creatives, cooks and lecturers.
Join us for an open conversation about what conscious eating really means — and how the choices we make around food connect with ourselves, other people, animals, communities and the planet.
📅 Thursday 24 September 2026 | 4:00–5:00 PM Bangkok time
💻 Online — free & open to all
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AGENDA
Introduction · 5 min
How We Eat: What Does Conscious Eating Really Mean? · 40 min
Q&A & open discussion · 10 min
Food Systems Community updates · 5 min
What’s coming up for BKKCAW and how to get involved
Community shares, announcements and connections