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Provided by: Harvard University |Published on: November 9, 2021
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5-12
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This simple online calculator by Harvard University provides an easy way to calculate the carbon, nitrogen, and water footprints of your diet.
The results page provides relatable context for the footprints and provides the upper limit of per capita carbon emissions to avoid a climate disaster.
Social studies classes could use this resource when discussing cultural differences and the way diet is incorporated into social gatherings and celebrations.
If students are interested in changing their diet, they could watch this YEARS project video or this Vox video about ways to change your diet to help fight climate change.
School clubs could look to start a Meatless Mondays program at their school or students could advocate for more plants in their diets at home.
To extend the lesson for more advanced students, the global impacts of food production and agriculture can be explored in this interactive data resource and in this StC lesson plan about the impacts of food on the climate.
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