Ways to reduce food waste

Zero Waste is a concept referred to the need of guiding people in changing their lifestyles and practices to emulate sustainable natural cycles, where all discarded materials are designed to become resources for others to use.

It's actually a philosophy grounded in ecological theory,  that promotes the four Rs - Rethink, Reuse, Reduce, Recycle - as a lifestyle for a sustainable future and emphasizes on designing and managing products and processes so as to avoid the volume or/and toxicity of waste and  conserve natural resources.

Your goal for this webQuest is to develop as much information as possible so that you can describe the causes of food waste, the link with planet healthy, the need of food waste management in customer and society level, as well as to think of ways to reduce it.  

Then you are called to create posters or infographics related to the topic so as to be used for an online exhibition in order to spread awareness to your school, family or/and society so as all together to manage to achieve zero waste ambitious goals.

Step one

Look at the followig pictures:

What is the sentiment these leave you with? What;a your point of view related to wasting food? Is that a common issue in your household?

Make a discussion with your team trying to give a definition on "What is Wasted Food and Where Does it Come From?"

Step two

Our topic suits on the concept of zero waste. Food waste is a major problem to a lot of countries -high-income, upper middle income, lower middle income and low-income- although some made much more progress in tackling food waste management than others. 

• Have you ever searched for the amount of food waste or/and waste management solutions in your country? 
• Have you ever wondered "Why So Much Wasted Food?"
• Have you ever thought that wasting food is not only an ethical and economic issue but it also depletes the natural resources of the environment you live in?

Make a research here https://ec.europa.eu/food/safety/food-waste_en try to identify some data for your country by searching on the web, and take a look at the following articles so as to better understand the causes of food waste, why management is important, ways could reduce food waste in personal and community level.

https://www.epa.gov/sustainable-management-food/sustainable-management-food-basics

https://www.bioenergyconsult.com/trends-in-food-waste-management/

https://hospitalityinsights.ehl.edu/food-waste-management-innovations

https://www.businesstown.com/ways-to-reduce-and-manage-food-waste/

https://www.goingzerowaste.com/zero-waste-food/

http://www.savefoodcutwaste.com/food-waste/

Step three

Make infographics or posters by using canva or postermywall app so as to be added to a virtual exhibition that will be designed to emaze app.

Instructions on how to use postermywall could be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S5TjZi9wFYrfX2w-lukEPsEn6RY2iwnrNRCpl4oFoTE/edit?usp=sharing

Instructions on how to use canva could be found here:   https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/19eTm_Cwu2hdKSXrRfWrARY5zAmmi9JZyfqSrzN17xYA/edit?usp=sharing

You can upload your work here

https://padlet.com/essayland2020/6iazz5nbd7x6sfxd

This is how your work will be evaluated.

This WebQuest was created by a team of teachers, within the co-funded Erasmus plus KA229  partnership “Eat Smart Save Your Land” (ESSAY LAND), project number: 2020-1-EL01-KA229-078815.

The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsi­ble for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.