The Diet that Helps Fight Climate Change

• This video illustrates the huge impact of individual dietary choices on the planet.
• Students will learn about the footprints of various foods and diets and see that you don't have to completely eliminate certain foods to achieve positive results for the planet and your health.

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.
  

The resource critically emphasizes cutting down meat consumption per capita. Eating plant-based diets could cut down about 3 Gigatons of carbon monthly to help fight climate change. Data from the IPCC and other sources are accurate. Hence, students can learn how to reduce their carbon footprints to help fight climate change. The resource is recommended.