🌍🌱 Join our workshop: “From Impact to Practice: How to Make Climate-Friendly Food Choices”! 🌱🌍

Are you passionate about making a positive impact on the environment? 🤔🌱 Do you want to learn how your dietary choices can contribute to a more sustainable future and how to make conscious food choices? 🤔💡 Would you like to connect with like-minded individuals who share your enthusiasm for this topic? 🤔👥 If so, don’t miss our workshop and be part of the change! 🌟

🌱 As part of this year’s Sustainability Day at the University of Graz, under the theme “How will you eat tomorrow?” 🥗, we are organizing a workshop not only designed to be informative but also highly interactive, engaging, led and facilitated by our oikos Graz Team! 🥰💙 The workshop is also part of the oikos Academy 2024 under the motto “Road to Carbon Neutrality”! 👣🌿

🔔 Registration is open from September 26 until October 8 (11:59 p.m.). You can find the link 🔗 at the end of the description.

📊 Did you know? 🤔 Food production has a major impact on the environment in several ways:

➡️ Food Production currently accounts for one-quarter of the world’s GHG emissions (26%) 😰                        

➡️ 70% of global freshwater withdrawals are used for agriculture 🚰

📈 Discover how different diets impact climate change 🌍, from methane emissions 🐄💨 to the carbon footprint of food production 👣🍽️. You’ll calculate your carbon footprint and learn how daily habits affect the environment 🌱. We’ll introduce the EAT-Lancet Study’s Planetary Health Diet (PHD) 🥦 and the benefits of plant-based eating for both health and the planet 🥗💪. 

🛒 Get tips on sustainable shopping: learn to identify organic labels ✅🥕 and avoid greenwashing 🚫💚.

💡 Impact also plays a key role in this workshop! 🌍 Participate in a brainstorming session 🧠 where we’ll explore how you can actively contribute to sustainability through your diet and inspire others. 🥕👥📢 Your ideas can help shape the university’s role in promoting sustainable nutrition. Share YOUR SUGGESTIONS on HOW the University of Graz can enhance sustainable nutrition initiatives! 🏫🍽️ All suggestions will be forwarded to the Environmental Management Department, so you can be part of the solution! 🤝🌱 

👩‍🍳 We’ll conclude the workshop with hands-on practice, preparing climate-friendly snacks together! 😋🌱

🎁 All participants will receive a voucher from Parks Bio Fairtrade Coffee Shop ☕ valued at 10,00€! 🎉 The workshop can be conducted in German or English. 😍

📌 Time?
11.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. (CEST)

📌 Where?
Das schubertNEST (Elisabethstraße 27, 8010 Graz)

If you want to save a fixed spot for the workshop, you should register at the following link:                                    https://nachhaltigkeitstag.uni-graz.at/de/anmeldungen-2024/workshops/?esraSoftIdva=582500 🔗✅

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📖🔗 Sources:                                                                          https://ourworldindata.org/environmental-impacts-of-food                                                                                            https://ourworldindata.org/food-ghg-emissions