EnACT
Sustainable food production
Document Type
Presentation
Type
EnACT
UN Sustainable Development Goal
UNSDG #13: Climate Action
Start Date
28-4-2021 9:40 AM
End Date
28-4-2021 10:00 AM
Abstract
Our group has chosen to focus on the UNSDG surrounding climate change. Specifically, we are passionate about ethical food consumption and production. Today in the US, food production is unethical. Industrial agriculture is damaging to the environment because of food waste, pollution, and irrigation. There is minimal action being taken to address the issues of industrial agriculture. The Green New Deal and Paris Climate Agreement are two proposed collections of legislation that address climate change but do not specifically work to combat the negative effects of agriculture. Our solution is to implement hydroponics in our IMSA dorm rooms and our school. This would help educate students about the negative impacts of industrial agriculture and help students see and understand how food can be grown locally. This would also help build a stronger sense of community in the dorms and provide more locally grown, ethically produced food within our IMSA community. We plan to spread awareness for our project using social media and intend to do fundraising to raise the money needed. We will write a letter proposing our idea to the IMSA board and work with club Terra to make sure our project becomes a yearly activity for students.
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Sustainable food production
Our group has chosen to focus on the UNSDG surrounding climate change. Specifically, we are passionate about ethical food consumption and production. Today in the US, food production is unethical. Industrial agriculture is damaging to the environment because of food waste, pollution, and irrigation. There is minimal action being taken to address the issues of industrial agriculture. The Green New Deal and Paris Climate Agreement are two proposed collections of legislation that address climate change but do not specifically work to combat the negative effects of agriculture. Our solution is to implement hydroponics in our IMSA dorm rooms and our school. This would help educate students about the negative impacts of industrial agriculture and help students see and understand how food can be grown locally. This would also help build a stronger sense of community in the dorms and provide more locally grown, ethically produced food within our IMSA community. We plan to spread awareness for our project using social media and intend to do fundraising to raise the money needed. We will write a letter proposing our idea to the IMSA board and work with club Terra to make sure our project becomes a yearly activity for students.