The Diet that Helps Fight Climate Change

Positives

• This video does a good job of illustrating the huge impact agriculture and livestock production have on climate change and on the planet while recognizing that many people are used to eating meat on a daily basis.
• This resource presents a sustainable solution to climate change in which students can immediately engage.
  

Additional Prerequisites

• Students should be familiar with the following terms: livestock, agriculture, and greenhouse gas emissions.
• You might have to wait through a commercial before the video starts.
  

Differentiation

• The video covers trophic levels, energy flow, and ecosystems, which could easily be tied into science classes.
• Cross-curricular connections could be made with math classes, as there are a lot of data and graphs presented in the video.
  
• Other resources on this topic include this Meatless Mondays project, this data explorer on the Environmental Impacts of Food, and this Project Drawdown report on plant-rich diets.