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Food waste & sustainability course (Module 1)
First module of the food waste & sustainability course offered by TotalCtrl.
Created bySahil Wadhawan, Charlotte Aschim, Charlotte Aschim
Last updated 3/2022
English
What you'll learn
- Basic understanding of food loss and food waste, able to differentiate between the two.
- Discuss 5 major concerns associated with food waste.
- Identify and explain the 5 main causes for food waste.
- Facts on food waste.
- Explain the importance of food waste in the context of sustainability.
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Course content
6 sections • 12 lectures • 37m total length
Requirements
- Knowledge on food waste and sustainability not required, you will learn everything you need to know.
Description
We’ve all been there: Your chicken or vegetables go bad in the fridge. Or maybe you’ve cooked a bigger portion than you intended, and you know it won’t taste good again the next day.
There is a quick solution. Just throw it away.
Now imagine that happening with billions of people around the world. And just like that, through a mindless everyday task, you have all contributed to one of the biggest problems in the world: food waste.
But how big of a problem is it? Is it as simple as people throwing food in the garbage?
Learn more about the problem of food waste in this course and understand the importance of reducing it for future sustainable development. This is the first module of the food waste & sustainability course offered by TotalCtrl. The course will be taught by Charlotte Aschim, who is the CEO and founder of TotalCtrl, a company specialising in food waste and food traceability.
This module will answer the following questions and talk about them:
What is food waste?
Different types of food waste? (For example, avoidable and unavoidable)
Why food waste is a problem? (Global warming, climate change, use of resources)
What are the causes of food waste?
Facts on Food waste.
How is food waste related to sustainability? (SDGs, how food waste is related to the SDGs)
Who this course is for:
- Anyone who is interested to learn about the issues related to food waste. Can also help professionals within the food industry in implementing the things taught during the course.