Courses Food: Eating for the environment

Food: Eating for the environment

‘You are what you eat’, goes the old adage, but what you eat also has an impact on the environment. 

Cost: £0.00 Free for all users

1 sessions • Self paced course

Course type: self-paced

Level: Beginner

Host: Open Learn

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1. Food : Eating for the Environment
"Self-paced"


‘You are what you eat’, goes the old adage, but what you eat also has an impact on the environment. This free course with Open Learn will explore the links between food, nutrition and environmental sustainability.


It will start by exploring the diversity on your dinner plate and encourage you to reflect on it in relation to dietary choices and preferences of people around the world. It will explore the connections between food, culture and traditions, and the challenges in providing healthy and nutritious food to the world’s growing population.


The course will examine innovative approaches to food that also help environmental sustainability.

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