Amanda Appelson: Bringing Plant-Based Solutions to Bodegas
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Provided by: Project Drawdown|Published on: January 5, 2024
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Synopsis
- This video and corresponding materials highlight Plantega, a New York City business that makes plant-based food more accessible to New Yorkers, and its marketing manager, Amanda Appelson.
- Students will learn that plant-based food can come in many varieties, food production accounts for a noteworthy percentage of global greenhouse gas emissions, and climate activism can be a productive way to manage one's eco-anxiety.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences, Economics, Career Skills
Authors: Project Drawdown
Region: North America, USA - Northeast, United States, New York, New York City
Languages: English
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Positives
- Students will enjoy the reference to New York City culture.
- The interviewee emphasizes the importance of finding other people who share your values.
Additional Prerequisites
- It may help students to know how humans impact biodiversity and ecosystems worldwide.
- Students should be familiar with greenhouse gas emissions and how they affect the environment.
Differentiation
- Students can brainstorm how they can make their diets and lifestyles more sustainable.
- This video can supplement a classroom activity where students analyze and compare the greenhouse gas emissions of common meats, drinks, and vegetables.
- Social studies students can discuss how citizens can pressure institutions to address climate change sustainably.
- This video can introduce an activity where students research and consider the plant-based options they have in their community.
The adoption of a plant-based diet is scientifically one of the individual lifestyle changes with the most impact on the climate. The climate science addressed in this video is accurate.
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Project Drawdown
Project Drawdown is a nonprofit organization that seeks to help the world reach “drawdown”—the future point in time when levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere stop climbing and start to steadily decline. Cities, universities, corporations, philanthropies, policymakers, communities, educators, activists, and more turn to Project Drawdown as they look to advance effective climate action. Project Drawdown resources for educators include the database of Drawdown Solutions, educational video series Climate Solutions 101, the Drawdown Stories initiative, and more.
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