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Food Waste Is the World's Dumbest Problem

Provided by: Vox |Published on: April 27, 2021
Videos Grades 6-8, 9-12

Synopsis

  • This video explains the problem of food waste and offers several solutions to this huge climate problem.
  • It shows the power of MIT Media Lab's food cam, a camera that is mounted in the break room at the MIT Media Lab to alert everybody in the building whenever there is leftover food, UC Santa Barbara's effective yet simple food program updates, and an app that takes excess food right from the source to the shelters and pantries that support people who need it.
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Subjects: Biology, Economics
Authors: Vox
Region: Global, California
Languages: English

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