学校中的水族养殖学:关于健康饮食和健康的地球的实践学习
Alana Kluczkovski1, Ulrike Ehgartner2, Emily Pugh3
1Centre for Novel Agricultural Products - CNAP, Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK.
Nutrition bulletin
|June 11, 2024
概括
一个创新的学校计划使用aquaponic提高了学生对粮食生产,可持续性和气候变化的知识. 尽管存在物流方面的挑战,但该倡议对加强食品教育和赋予年轻人解决环境问题的能力充满希望.
科学领域:
- 环境科学 环境科学
- 教育教育教育教育教育教育.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 英国的粮食系统正面临危机:营养不良的饮食,肥胖率上升 (22%的小学毕业生) 和不可持续的农业 (10%的英国温室气体排放).
- 强化农业实践降低了土壤碳和生物多样性,COVID-19对粮食系统不平等的影响加剧了这种情况.
- 迫切需要采取干预措施来应对这些社会,健康和环境挑战.
研究的目的:
- 评估一项创新的以学校为基础的倡议,使用便携式水族来让学生参与食品生产.
- 在国家课程框架内促进关于可持续性,气候变化和健康饮食的学习.
- 评估该计划对环境意识和实际粮食生产知识的影响.
主要方法:
- 在学校环境中实施便携式水上养殖,与国家课程保持一致.
- 通过教师调查,aquapod图表记录,学生博客和明信片收集数据.
- 从程序开发团队收集的反.
主要成果:
- 在学生的环境意识和可持续性知识中观察到的积极影响.
- 在学生的实际食品生产技能和理解方面取得了显著的改进.
- 识别项目实施过程中遇到的后勤挑战.
结论:
- 基于学校的水族养殖计划可以有效地提高食品教育和环境意识.
- 该计划展示了授权学生解决粮食可持续性和气候变化的潜力.
- 未来的改进是必要的,以克服后勤障碍,并使课程的可扩展交付.
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