Sustainable Diets at School and in the Family

Eat4Change - Young influencers, parents, and grandparents produced a cookbook and promoted plant-based meals at school.

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“Eat4Change” produced a teachers’ guide with lessons on Mobilising Youth for Sustainable Diets. In 2020, a workshop for 14 to 15 year olds in Greece inspired five students to launch a mini food movement in their school. 

These “Eat4Change ambassadors” ran a sustainable food campaign, workshops, and a poster competition following the DEAR project’s guide. They mobilised their parents and grandparents to change their diets and cook plant-based meals. Together, they created a sustainable food cookbook with accompanying videos. The Eat4Change ambassadors also produced a short promotional video and launched a dedicated instagram account, posting useful food facts and attractive vegan/vegetarian recipes.

The real-life, peer-to-peer, and learner-centred approach was particularly effective. The motivated teachers disseminated the “Eat4Change” guide with other schools, who have also joined the student movement for sustainable diets. 

More info, sights & sounds: results of "Eat4Change" survey on food habits. 

For an overview of DEAR Programme impact, read other Stories of Change. 

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