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Reduced Food Waste
Provided by: Project Drawdown |Published on: August 1, 2021
Articles/Websites Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This report summarizes the food waste problem, evaluates the potential impact of reducing food waste in the coming decades, and quantifies the reduction in carbon emissions that could be achieved.
Subjects: Biology, Earth and Space Sciences
Authors: Project Drawdown
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This article is succinct and provides information about secondary impacts (like deforestation) that are relevant to this issue.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should be familiar with the terms Gigatons, sequester, and CO2eq.
Differentiation
- There are a number of related climate change solutions linked at the bottom of the page for further exploration.
- Students can monitor and record the food waste in their household over a week and explore methods to reduce this waste.
- Cross-curricular connections could be made with social studies and geography when discussing the different reasons for food waste in different countries.
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About the Partner Provider
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.
All resources can be used for your educational purposes with proper attribution to the content provider.
