1 / 8

Enhancing Food Sustainability and Literacy at VIU

The VIU Healthy Communities Coordinator leads efforts to improve access to healthy, sustainably sourced foods on campus through the Campus Food Movement (CFM). This initiative focuses on increasing food literacy, boosting food production, and celebrating food diversity. The coordinator will expand CFM efforts, assist with RFPs, facilitate the VIU Food Strategy, and collaborate with community food projects. Curriculum development emphasizes interdisciplinary learning and sustainability, turning every challenge into an opportunity for applied student research.

bree-gilbert
Télécharger la présentation

Enhancing Food Sustainability and Literacy at VIU

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Applied Research Opportunitiesfor Environmental Geography 101 VIU Healthy Communities Coordinator

  2. VIU’s Campus Food Movement • Increase access to healthy, sustainably sourced foods • Increase food literacy • Increase food production on campus • Increase the celebration of food

  3. VIU’s Healthy Communities Coordinator • Roles and Outcomes • Expand CFM efforts • Assist with RFP’s • Facilitate VIU Food Strategy • Collaborate with community food projects • Develop curriculum

  4. Curriculum Development - Why Bother? • Everybody eats • Interdisciplinary learning • Sustainability is not black and white • Every challenge is a project opportunity!

  5. Developing Curriculum

  6. Applied Student Research - Why Bother? • Learning with life • Meaningful, iterative knowledge creation • Tangible and locally relevant project results • Experiential learning

  7. ASR Opportunities • Life Cycle Analysis • Compostable products • Edibles • Reusable containers • Disposal practices audit

  8. Any Questions? Thank you!

More Related