This course is designed to help learners around the world become more sustainable eaters. Course videos can be watched in any order. Feel free to explore special areas of interest by skipping ahead and coming back to less familiar topics at a later stage. Together, we’ll explore key topics, like how food production impacts the environment and why meat production and protein consumption are often at the center of the debate around sustainability. We’ll introduce the pros and cons of different kinds of agriculture, fishing and food packaging, with a focus on how we can make more environmentally friendly decisions on a daily basis. We’ll also look ahead and explore some of the technology innovations that could become increasingly important as we look at the future of food for a growing global population. If this is the first course you’ve ever taken on food and sustainable eating, you’ll come away with concrete tips for how you can make food choices that will protect the world we hand over to the next generation. Our planet needs many people making small changes in the right direction and we’re here to help with that. If you’re an expert in food sustainability, we hope to offer you some tools that could help you to communicate key messages to others in simple, digestible ways. Whatever your level, we hope you’ll join this discussion as we explore, together, the ways in which we can all become more sustainable eaters.
This course is part of the Food Sustainability, Mindful Eating, and Healthy Cooking Specialization
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About this Course
No background or previous coursework required. You may complete video modules in any order.
What you will learn
You will learn how to eat in a way that optimizes your health and the health of the planet, making the most of the resources available to you.
You will also learn how to be an environmentally-conscious consumer, whether you’re at the grocery store or eating out.
Skills you will gain
- How to identify sustainably caught (or farmed) fish and seafood
- How to choose more sustainably raised meat and chicken when shopping at the supermarket (if you eat these foods)
- How to navigate the egg section (understanding terms like free range and pasture raised)
- How to reduce food waste
- How you can alter your consumption of protein to optimize your health and the health of the environment
No background or previous coursework required. You may complete video modules in any order.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Eating for Our Health and the Health of Our Planet
How Meat and Milk Impact Our Planet
How Seafood and Egg Consumption Impact Our Planet
The Future of Food?
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TOP REVIEWS FROM INTRODUCTION TO FOOD AND OUR ENVIRONMENT
Good one. More questions would definitely help make it better.
amazing information. great lectures. always love the way maya mam teaches
I am a Maya Adam, MD fan. This course is stress-free and easy to understand, yet you walk away with so much knowledge. You will never look at food the same way again. Highly recommended.
Excellent course for understading the relationship between our food and its environmental affect.
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