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Meatless Mondays
Provided by: Climate Generation |Published on: May 20, 2021
Projects Grades 6-8, 9-12
Synopsis
- This resource provides information and guidance for students to start a Meatless Mondays program at their school with a focus on Minnesota schools.
- Students will learn about the impacts of meat production, find out about the benefits of including more plants in their diet, and engage with their peers to take actionable steps to reduce their carbon and water footprints.
Subjects: Biology, Health
Authors: Climate Generation
Region: North America, USA - Midwest, United States, Global, Minnesota
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This resource provides easy-to-follow instructions and links to additional information with recipes and ideas for the program.
- It provides students an opportunity to do something that will have an immediate effect on carbon emissions.
Additional Prerequisites
- Students should have some knowledge about the impacts of agriculture on global land use, deforestation, fresh water ecosystems, biodiversity, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Differentiation
- This activity can be completed by individual students, as a class, or in groups.
- Cross-curricular connections to art, language arts, and math could be included with posters, presentations, or announcements about the project and/or to calculate the reduction in carbon emissions achieved.
- This project may be limited to encouraging students to choose vegetarian options on Mondays vs. having only meatless choices available in the cafeteria, depending on the school.
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About the Partner Provider
Climate Generation
Climate Generation is a nationally connected nonprofit dedicated to climate literacy, climate change education, youth leadership, and community engagement for innovative climate change solutions. Climate Generation empowers individuals and their communities to engage in solutions to climate change. Their vision is a world of resilient communities with equitable solutions to climate change.
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