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How to Make Rainbow Tacos - Video Instructions

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How to Make Rainbow Tacos - Video Instructions

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Part of our EcoCooks program is providing students a take-home meal kit with all the ingredients needed to provide a tasty and eco-friendly meal at home!

Watch and follow along with this instructional video to learn how to make Rainbow Tacos.

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Rainbow Tacos Recipe | Tasty and Eco-Friendly

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Use this recipe and the video to make Rainbow Tacos at home with our Take Home Meal Kit! Provided by MILA.

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In this document: How to sustain Ecosystems

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In this document: Making tea

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Youth Activism

Greta Thunberg

Thunberg became well-known after she protested outside the Swedish parliament in 2018, when she was 15.She held a sign saying "School Strike for Climate", to pressure the government to meet carbon emissions targets. Her small campaign had a global effect, inspiring thousands of young people across the world to organise their own strikes.By December 2018, more than 20,000 students - from the UK to Japan - had joined her by skipping school to protest. A year later, she received the first of three Nobel Peace Prize nominations for climate activism.

TASK: Learn more about Thunberg’s background and how her climate strikes have taken off: (8 minutes)

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Greta Thunberg Is Leading a Global Climate Movement

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OPTION 1:

In our session we touched on the idea of sell-by or consume-by dates. These dates indicate to the consumer (people who buy products) when their food should be eaten by. Implicit in that is that once that date has passed, the food should be discarded. However, food often lasts much longer than the sell or consume by date, which means that sometimes perfectly good food is thrown away.

TASKS:

Step 1: In the left hand column, write down all the food you can remember eating yesterday.

Step 2: visit eatbydate.com

Step 3: using the tabs at the top labelled ‘fruits’ ‘drinks’ ‘dairy’ etc, find out how long each food will last cooked, uncooked, or both!

Step 4: scroll down beneath each food. Note down how to tell when your food has truly gone bad:

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OPTION 2:

Consult your scavenger hunt handout. Put one of those suggestions to use.

E.g. use your old banana peels to create ‘compost tea’ for any garden or house plants or

OPTION 3:

Explore ivaluefood.com

This website gives information about food waste at each meal and how individuals can make better food waste choices.

TASK: Take the food waste quiz (under the ‘waste quiz’ tab at the top of the website) on this website to discover your food waste load. Note down the tips and tricks the quiz offers!

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Produce storage without plastic

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Canning Apple Sauce

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Watch the video above (10 min):

1. What food waste as the biggest impact in terms of emission?

2. What are two of the reasons that we overbuy food?

3. List two or more ways that are shown in the video to reduce our food waste.

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Food waste is the world's dumbest problem

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Tips for reducing food waste at home:

Make a shopping list: shopping lists are a great way to buy only what you need and the right amount.

Check the refrigerator: when planning your next meal or writing your shopping list, check first in your fridge to see what you can intuitively combine.

Don't start from scratch: count on the go-to recipes you love and make regularly. There is no need to open a cookbook every time you plan your weekly meals.

Think double duty: when buying specific ingredients (tortillas), think how you could use them for other recipes.

Cook batches and freeze: Many recipes can be cooked in a large batch (such as lasagna) can be frozen and defrosted when you need a quick meal.

Freezer guide for better storage

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Watch the video above to learn some clever food swaps.

Check this app: Too good to go! An app that helps restaurants and customers to eliminate unsold food surplus at the end of each day. There is plenty of options in Vancouver.

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1. Write one thing that stood out to you about the story and why

2. Write one or two ways we can get to a net zero greenhouse gases emission

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Watch the video and write at least 2 things that stood out to you.

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Indigenous Communities Are on the Front Lines of Climate Change | Hot Mess 🌎

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Based on what you see:

1. Where have forests grown (been gained)?

2. Where have forests been lost?

Pick a country that has either lost or gained forest. Use your research skills to find out why forests have grown or been lost in this area.

Net Forest Loss Vs. Deforestation

Net forest loss is not the same as deforestation.

Net forest loss = the amount of forest lost through deforestation + any forest gain

However, in the decade 2010-2020, net forest loss numbers were significantly lower than actual deforestation rates.

2010-2020:

Net forest loss = 4.7 million hectares per year

Deforestation: 10 million hectares per year

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Worth a look: UN Sustainability goal for climate change

Read: Canada is warming twice as fast

Zero waste tip: Shopping list is a great tool to buy only what you need for the week or a recipe! Note apps are great for that (and saving paper!)

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Watch the video above and answer the following questions:

1. Based on the video, why does beef have the biggest environmental impact of all the food we eat (list at least two reasons)?

1. What solution(s) will have a lesser impact on the planet?

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Beef is Bad for the Climate… But How Bad? | Hot Mess 🌎

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TASK: Watch the video above (2 minute) that covers her recent speech (Sept 2021) at the Youth4Climate conference:

What action is she calling for?

How can macro level leaders help combat climate change?

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Greta Thunberg mocks world leaders in 'blah, blah, blah' speech - BBC News

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Autumn Pelier

TASK: Watch the above video about Canadian climate activist Autumn Peltier:

What kinds of actions is she calling for?

How are Peltier’s aims influenced by her family and community?

How has Peltier made herself heard by those in power?

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Canadian Teen Climate Activist: Autumn Peltier | Postable

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Play the carbon cycle game

Talking about carbon, check this out:

Can Mass Carbon Capture Really Work? | Hot Mess

Where does carbon get stored in Canada?

Zero waste tip: Use “eat soon” stickers in your fridge and pantry to avoid throwing food away!

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Increasing Demand for Plant Based Meals:

In session we talked about supply and demand. If enough people want/demand a product or services, this provides an opportunity for companies or governments to provide it.

Take a look at the following article about the increasing demand for plant based foods.

1.  How much did sales of plant based meat and dairy alternatives reach in 2020?

2. What % of the global protein market does this represent?

Why are some consumers choosing meat and dairy alternatives instead of traditional meat and dairy?

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1. Favourite foods

Eating more plant based foods doesn’t mean that you can’t still eat the types of food you love! Make a list of your top 5 favourite meals below, and use your research skills to find ways to make those foods plant based.

E.g. If your favorite Tuesday night dinner is spaghetti and meatballs, you could easily substitute those beef meatballs for plant based meatballs.

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2. Dairy Alternatives

As we learned in the session, milk from cows is incredibly wasteful and relies on animal exploitation. Fortunately, plant based milks have become more popular in recent years. And, while a glass of cows milk is responsible for almost three times more greenhouse gas emissions than any plant based milk, it is worthwhile to know which cows milk alternatives are most environmentally friendly.

Take a look at this graph from the BBC:

1. Which type of plant based milk requires the least amount of land?

2. Which type of plant based milk requires the most amount of water?

3. Take a look at each plant based milk across all categories (emissions, land use, and water) and decide which you believe is the best ecologically choice. Explain your answer.

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Take a look at the graph above.

Now, take a look at the ‘habitable land’ bar. Habitable land means land that is suitable for humans to live in. What do you notice?

TASK: Our world population is set to rise from 7.7 billion people now to 10 billion people in 2050. Based on the increase in population, re-draw this bar based on how you think it will look in 2050.

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Take a look at the image above:

1. What important role(s) do whales play?

2. List at least two ways that climate change may affect the whale pump cycle.

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Watch the video above:

1. Why are sharks important to the ocean ecosystems?

2. List at list two reasons sharks are slowly disappearing from the oceans and what we can do about it.

Explore the scale of the ocean pollution

Read: a fifth ocean

Reduce your plastic: Bring your own reusable cutlery, and your own container for leftovers when eating out!

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Film and discussion guide
The Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future’s original short film (42 min) shows how farmers are innovating to protect and regenerate the resources needed for a secure farming future, especially in the face of climate change. The film features:

a farmer who’s growing topsoil

seed-saving high schoolers

a farmer training program for military veterans

a communal system for water conservation

a perennial style of farming that mimics the prairie.

Sustainable Design Project

Students are invited to research different sustainable agriculture approaches (such as oyster farming, precision farming, vertical farming etc.) and design a plan for a sustainable garden or farm in their neighbourhood.

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future

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Growing Solutions: Soil, Water, Farmers, Seeds, Roots

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Why Demand For Seaweed Is About To Boom (15 min)

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Watch the video above about seaweed cultivation. Note: the use of the term ‘Native American’ - this is an American resource but students should be aware of the correct and most respectful terminology to use in Canada.

Questions:

1. The video explains that seaweed is used in lots of different products. Note down which products in which seaweed is used as an ingredient

2. Why does Bren Smith believe that seaweed is “the most sustainable food on the planet”?

3. What is meant by ‘restorative or regenerative ocean farming’?

4. What are the challenges for seaweed farmers once the seaweed has been harvested?

5. Other than for food, what are some other uses of seaweed?

6. How could seaweed combat methane production?

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Calculate the 'foodprint' of what you eat (see below)

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STEP ONE:

Calculate your own foodprint using your general food habits with this calculator from the BBC. Click on the image (or link) above.

Note down your results:

Consuming these foods as often as you do produces and annual carbon foodprint of.

That’s the equivalent of driving a car for how many miles?

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Calculate the ‘foodprint’ of what you eat

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How does your diet impact the environment? Calculate the carbon footprint produced by your favourite food and drink: https://www.bbc.comfuture/bespoke/follow-the-food/calculate-the-environmental-footprint-of-your-food.html via @BBC_Future

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STEP TWO:

Above is an example of how much CO2 is produced across the supply chain.

Based on your results, which aspect of the supply chain creates the most CO2?

Based on your results, which aspect of the supply chain creates the least CO2?

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STEP THREE:

The program asks you to select food alternatives. Use the knowledge you gained in our session to make more planet friendly food substitutions.

Focusing on land use, transport, and waste

1. Choose two of your substitutions and note them down in the far left column under ‘original choice’ and ‘substitution’

2. Note down how much CO2 is produced in land use, transportation, and waste for both of these foods.

3. Use your numeracy skills to calculate the difference between your original choice, and your more planet friendly choice (subtract the substitution total from the original choice total)

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Watch the video above and write/draw 4 different points about the food system and why they stood out to you.

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Our Food System is Rigged feat. Sheril Kirshenbaum | Hot Mess

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Regrow your food :

Green onions: put your onions in a glass of water (make sure to leave 3 cm above the root) and watch them regrow!

Ginger: Plant a piece of ginger root in soil with the buds up, in just a few weeks you will have new ginger roots. Keep a piece and do it over again!

Cilantro: put the bottom of the stem in a glass of water and watch it regrow. You can cut pieces to help your new plant to grow!

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Watch the video above and answer the questions below:

1. What are some of the ways our food system create carbon emissions?

2. Based on the video, what are the ways we can reduce our foodprint?

3. What are some of the ethical issues the video brings up?