Hosted by SALL , contributed by Nina Carryer01 on 7 July 2022
The aim of the project is to encourage children and families to reduce food waste in the household and in their schools. Through the implementation of their own projects within their schools/community children take an important role as multipliers/ embassadors for food appreciation in their families, communities and schools. There are different stages of the project involving:
1. workshop on food appreciation where students learn about the value of food and cook a three coruse meal from rescued surplus food
2. teacher training courses and the development of a teachers handout/guide book on how to implement the topic in their classrooms
3. project implementation at their own schools (using SALL methodology)
4. Feedback and evalution of individual projects and certification as a school for food appreciation
Antecedentes
Since 2018 RESTLOS GLÜCKLICH e.V. has visited more than 100 school in Berlin certifying more than 300 children as food rescuers. In the 5 hour workshops students learn about:
the value of food
get to know basic facts about the causes, extent and impacts of food waste in Germany
develop reduction strategies for the household, e.g. proper storage at home
cook a three- course meal from rescued sirplus food with a professional chef
Objetivo
The idea is to enable teachers to encourage their students to implement their own project. For this purpose we will invite teachers to teacher training courses where we give backround information on the topic and present methods, games and educational approaches regarding food appreciation. The teachers will receive a guide book with some ideas but are encouraged to develop their own activities/projects. We will help teachers and students in the development and implementation and evaluate their project together. Finally the schools will be certified as food appreciation embassador.
aims:
raise awareness about food waste
introduce and develop creative measures, activities and projects to reduce food waste in the household an in schools
empower children to understand themselves as important change driving societal actors in the form of food appreciation embassador
beneftis: active reduction in food waste through preparation of surplus food
supermarkets, restaurants don't have to waste it but can also brand themselves as socially and environmentally conscious
children broaden their cooking skills, try new things
healthier diet as main food rescued is fruit and veg
empowerment of children,
stronger community feeling
Cocreación con actores sociales
organic supermarkets: since 2015, twice weekly food is rescued from the supermarket
essentially the schools can decide to collaborate with everyone they would like in the sector: manufacturers, farmers, restaurants cafes
Implementación
The first stage of the cooking workshops is well tried. Some teacher training courses have already been implemented. The next stages will be the development of the guide book and to accompany support the implementation of teh students project with their teachers. A prototype of teh guide book has been developed and is currently evaluated after having received the teachers feedback.