- February 20th, 2012
Food and Global Citizenship
- nickmorgan
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Food - Something everyone has an interest in, and a great subject for some innovative thinking about education for Global Citizenship and Sustainable Development. Issues like food poverty and food justice can be discussed and understood by young people alongside their learning about Health and Well-being and ethical decision-making.
Here are some current programmes and initiatives which teachers can adopt, use and work with to help address Food issues in the classroom:
Eco-Schools Scotland has recently launched its new Food and Environment Topic giving school the opportunity to explore sustainability and food related issues and work towards their green flag at the same time.
Oxfam has resources and background material about food justice, such as its report ”Growing a better future“, and the charity is also running its ‘GROW’ campaign to work for improvements in global systems of land ownership, agricultural use, trade, etc.
The ‘School of Fish’ programme, supported by Marks and Spencer, is a fun resource for Primary schools with material aimed at both teachers and pupils. It supports learning about the place of Fish in a healthy diet and also deals with marine conservation issues. There are facts, games, videos and ’codcasts’ (great name), intended to get children thinking about the marine environment and eating fish. Schools can get a pack posted to them which contains more material such as magazines and stickers.
And finally, the Big Lunch and a competition with breadmaker Kingsmill. The Big Lunch will be held on Sunday 3rd June and this year will form part of national celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The website describes many of the activities taking place around the UK and offers ideas for more. Kingsmill is one of the companies partnering and supporting this nationwide event, and offers recipes for street parties, information about nutrition, etc. Downloadable resources are available for local organisers. A Fun Lunch Competition for primary schools invites children to ‘Design your Dream Sandwich’, and the winning entries will feature in a downloadable recipe book. The overall winner will receive a toy store voucher, chefs outfits and a Big Lunch for their own street. - So here you could have some discussion about food types and nutrition, healthy eating, food sources and the concept of ‘food miles’, sustainable farming, etc.
Eat well!
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