The aim of the exercise: to sensitize students to the topic of responsible agriculture to become acquinted with the economic and social aspects of sustainability to understand the following concepts: agrofuel, biodiesel Download the GLU
The Real Price of Banana
The aim of the exercise: to explore the economic and social aspects of sustainability through a produce (banana) to become acquainted with the concept of fair trade Download the GLU
Fair Trade Festival
Learning objectives: To draw students’ attention to consequences of globalization. To make them aware that our choices (e.g., our responsible consumer attitude) actually affect people living in far-away regions of the earth. Download the GLU Download the GLU’s appendix
Seeds: basic concepts and trading
Students will: become aware about the importance of seeds from perspective of nutrition, self sufficiency and trade, understand that climate and soil conditions vary around the world and become aware that the plants (crops and others) adapted to these diverse…
Eating habits: breakfast
Objectives: Learning which an ideal breakfast for a teenager is Discovering the breakfast habits in the local area Learning the importance of breakfast as a necessary source of energy to stand the school day Downloads: You can download the learning…
Poverty and Food Insecurity
Objectives: To promote more awareness on the multi-dimensional aspects of poverty and social exclusion; To gain better understanding of the importance of adopting ethical and sustainable life-style choices and food consumption patterns; To enhance understanding of how poverty and food…
Food and Multinationals
Objectives: Discovering the impact of MNCs on the production of food; Learning about the exploitation of resources and farm workers by large multinational companies; Understanding the concept and benefits of Fair Trade in food production; Understanding the role of MNCs…
Food and Technology
Objectives: Learning about the main technological innovations in the agricultural sector, throughout history; Understanding the impact (both positive and negative) of these innovations for sustainable development; Learning about GMOs and their impact on the food production system; Learning about the…
Food and Water
Objectives: raising awareness to students about the link between food and water; emphasising that all food comes from living things, and all living things need water; stressing the importance of water and its preservation; shedding light on where our water…
Educational itineraries for schools in Expo 2015
Stemming from our exhibition “Food Cloud” and cooperating with the Media center EAThink2015, we created a few educational paths for schools visiting Expo 2015. These paths begin in the Food Cloud exhibition and unfold developing one or more key words…