Class Discussion: Food and Climate Change

Due Nov 27, 2024 by 11:59am
Points 15
Submitting a discussion post
Available Aug 10, 2024 at 12am - Dec 1, 2024 at 11:59pm

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Overview: Over the semester, you have been practicing reading newspaper, journal articles or datasets, creating discussion questions and using those in class. In this unit on climate change, we will continue this practice, but because the topic can be overwhelming and depressing, we will focus on articles related to climate solutions: technical, personal and political.

As before, you will read the article, answer some questions, write up a personal response and then pose a discussion question. ,we are going to try this via a Discussion Board.

Step One: Read & Answer Questions	Read these two articles Answer the questions
	1st Article Carbon Footprint of Food Links to an external site.Questions Of all the world's GHG emissions, what portion comes from food? Fill in this information: This study is examining the GHG emissions per_______ Which GHG's did they include in the study, even though it is expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents? What foods have the largest GHG emissions- give the top 7? For each of these foods, what is the largest source of GHGs? (ie, land use, farm, animal feed, processing, transport, retail, packaging)? What parts of the ''Farm-stage'' processed produce GHGs? of Land use? Does eating locally affect GHG emissions? What type of food is air-freighted?
	2nd Article: How New York’s Public Hospitals Cut Carbon Emissions: More Vegetables Links to an external site. (if you can't open this due to a Paywall, here is a link to the PDF Links to an external site.) What change did NYC Hospitals make to their inpatient meals? What did this do their food related carbon (GHG) emissions? What has been the satisfaction rate? What percent of New York City's GHG emissions comes from food? from transportation? If you ate a plant-based diet, how much less GHG emissions would you be responsible for? What was the cost savings for the hospital?
Step Two: Write Personal Response	Write your personal response ( a single Personal Response for both articles - not two different Personal Responses!)
Step Three: Write Discussion Question	Write one discussion question that addresses both articles. Make sure your questions are aimed at your fellow students. Don't write discussion questions that are for an expert To make your questions elicit more discussion, write follow up questions. Ask questions to help make the topic more personal
Step Four: ;Post	Post the above information to this Canvas Discussion by Wednesday, November 27th You will not be able to see anyone else's posts until you post yours
Step Five: Respond	Answer a fellow student's discussion question by Sunday, Dec 1st at midnight Only one person may answer a person's question If someone has already answered it, you need to find another person's question to answer.
Bonus: include a plant based recipe or food that you have made and like.	My example: simple, cheap and tasty Boil red lentils in water ( I add vegetable boullion cubes) ~ 2 cups lentils and 6 cups of water Stir in curry powder and a can of coconut milk I like to puree it at this point and add a little nutmeg If you want to be fancy, saute onions before adding lentils and water And really fancy, I will add the curry powder after the onions are cooked, stirring a bit to make the curry more flavorful. And you could add some types of chili powder to make it spicier. Serve with rice or pita bread, naan, polenta, etc. lentils (or beans) combined with a grain like rice, wheat or corn makes a complete protein. Some good simple food blogs that focus on plant based meals Links to an external site.