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Lex Icons is an extensive, open-source collection of icons that help explain key terms and principles that define global food systems. You can view a selection of our icons here and on The Noun Project, the world’s largest repository for open-source icons.
All Lex Icons designers own their work but have granted the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right of usage of their work to thelexicon.org under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Licensees (you) are allowed to share (copy and redistribute Lex Icons in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially). The licensor (us) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the licensee follows these license terms.
Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this web page, and indicate if any changes have been made to these Lex Icons. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
Note: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything this license permits.
Finally, these Lex Icons are cool, but the designers of each icon reserve the merchandising rights for their work. This means that merchandise that use these Lex Icons as designs (as opposed to describing some other product), must be negotiated with the icons’ designers. For example, t-shirts, hats, clothing, and other merchandise that only feature a Lex Icon, itself, cannot be sold without permission from the designers.
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Our panel of international experts explores how our global food systems have become overreliant on only three crops, and what we can do about it.
All Lex Icons designers own their work but have granted the royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive, worldwide right of usage of their work to thelexicon.org under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Licensees (you) are allowed to share (copy and redistribute Lex Icons in any medium or format) or adapt (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially). The licensor (us) cannot revoke these freedoms as long as the licensee follows these license terms.
Attribution: You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to this web page, and indicate if any changes have been made to these Lex Icons. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
Note: You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything this license permits.
Finally, these Lex Icons are cool, but the designers of each icon reserve the merchandising rights for their work. This means that merchandise that use these Lex Icons as designs (as opposed to describing some other product), must be negotiated with the icons’ designers. For example, t-shirts, hats, clothing, and other merchandise that only feature a Lex Icon, itself, cannot be sold without permission from the designers.
That’s it! If you have any additional questions, feel free to reach out the Lex Icons team here.
Born from an unprecedented global collaboration between hundreds of designers and agrifood system experts, Lex Icons contains visual representations of foundational terms and concepts in key thematic areas, from nutrition to food security, food waste to regenerative agriculture. This open-source collection is made freely available as a Public Domain resource for use by international NGOs, food companies large and small, as well as government agencies. Learn more here.
Solidarity economy refers to a wide range of economic activities that aim to prioritize social profitability instead of purely financial profits in a local economy. One distinguishing feature is that governance and decision-making are more shared and collaborative..
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Energy that has been derived from earth's natural resources that are not finite or exhaustible, such as wind and sunlight. It is an alternative to the traditional energy that relies on fossil fuels, and it tends to be much less harmful to the environment. Other types of renewable energy include hydroelectric, geothermal, ocean, Hydrogen, etc.
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Native plants that may serve as sources of nectar or pollen for adult pollinators, or plants that host larva. Some plants and flower shapes attract specific pollinators with deep or complex flowers.
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Modern industrial fermentation, combined with biotechnology, to build upon natural biological processes to turn microflora into tiny factories that make specific, useful molecules.
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Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.
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Cultural identity is the identity of belonging to a group. It is part of a person’s self-conception and self-perception and is related to nationality, ethnicity, religion, social class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own distinct culture.
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Diversifying the range of plant and animal species or habitats available at a site. This can be acheived through the adoption of practices such as sustainable agriculture practices which support a diverse environment.
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