Place, space, climate change and food

Refer to your sheet from Thursday's lesson.

• Complete the following task - plot the nations most at risk from climate change on your blank map.
• You are to select ONE nation that is experiencing -25% change in agricultural yield and complete the "describe the geography" task.
• Make a list of at least TEN food sources that will have their yield impacted by climate change. 

How can you save the world from a food shortage?

Question:

What changes would you make in your diet in order to help feed the word?

Solution?

Should we all be eating insects?

https://youtu.be/iM8s1ch5TRw

Watch the video and above and attempt the following tasks:

• Design a meal made only of insects and plants. Be as creative as you can.
• Complete an exposition (persuasive writing piece or speech) addressing the following question:

"In order to feed everyone, we should all be eating insects"

Would you go veggie?

Explain what is meant by "going veggie."

Research the concept of your "carbon footprint." Why could it be important to be aware of your own carbon footprint?

Construct a list showing the positive impacts that "going veggie" might have for the world.

Decide if you would take the steps suggested in this article. Make a judgement and justify your answer.

Further reading can be found here:

http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/05/04/what-if-whole-world-became-vegetarian

Food waste and loss

How much food is lost or wasted?

What impact does food loss and waste have on:

a) Humans

b) The Environment

Construct a list of ways that people can reduce the amount of food waste and loss across the world. Suggest reasons why this is important.

The impact of Climate Change on food production

Explain how climate change could impact food production.

Locate the places that are most likely to be affected by climate change.

Discuss the link between climate change and poverty.

Write a report outlining the connection between climate change, poverty and food production. Use examples in your report.

We all love bread, right?

But what is the environmental cost of a loaf of bread?

Read the attached article and complete the following tasks in your workbook:

Interconnections and environment 

• Make a list of FIVE human actions involved in making bread that causes damage to biomes.
• Find THREE concepts, in the article, you don't understand and research their meaning. Construct your own definition of each concept in your book.
• Select one of the technologies mentioned in the article and explain how it could help solve environmental issues caused by the creation of a loaf of bread,
• Outline at least one action that humans can take to solve the problems caused by making loaves of bread, 

Would you eat bug-filled ice cream?

Points to consider when reading this article:

• What does the concept of "food security" mean?
• What are the suggested reasons given that the world may not be able to feed itself in the future?
• Why might bugs be a good food for humans to eat in the future?
• If humans really don't want to eat bugs, but the population will continue to grow, suggest ways the world could deal with a potential food shortage crisis?
• Most importantly, would you eat the bug ice cream??

Task:

• You are to prepare a restaurant style dinner that contains ONLY bugs. Be prepared to present your meal to the class.

I'm soil; don't treat me like dirt

Describe the characteristics of soil.

Identify the reasons that soil is so important.

Outline how much of our food comes from soil.

Explain what is meant by "sustainable soil."

Recommend ways to use soil sustainably.

Mapping:

Find out where the soils are most fertile.  You may like to compare the places with the most fertile soil to knowledge you already have about areas under threat.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/12/161208143456.htm

Further reading:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/25/treating-soil-like-dirt-fatal-mistake-human-life

Interconnections - Environment and Space

Explain the link between urbanisation (growth of urban areas) and the production of food?

What are the implications of more land being used for urban development, that would have been used for food production?

Locate the places around the world that will be most impacted by growing urban areas.

Predict what will happen in developing nations if the trend continues.

Biomes and Food Production

Whose perspective is being delivered in this video?

Interpret what message is being conveyed in this video?

Outline how and why dryland biomes are important to human populations?

Predict what might happen if desertification continues and destroys more dryland biomes.

Where are the world's biomes?

Use the interactive map to identify where the world's major biomes are located.