Webinar: The Food Matters Action Kit & Activity Guide for Educators
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Presenters: Armando Yáñez Sandoval, Antonia Andugar Miñarro, Georgina O’Farrill, and Megan Ainscow
Originally aired: April 7th, 2021
Food waste is what happens in our homes and in stores, restaurants, schools, and communities when we throw out edible food. You may be shocked to learn that about one-third of all food produced around the world goes to waste — even though there is nothing wrong with this food. It’s ending up in the landfill instead of our stomachs, and this is in part due to everyday decisions we make.
Join Matías (13 years old); Maurice and Josephine (twins, 5 years old), sisters Camila (9 years old) and Valeria (7 years old), and their parents and watch the Food Matters Action Kit in action! The kit contains a wealth of resources intended for teachers of young children and youth aged 5–25, including activities, an activity guide to help implement, and e-Learning videos for the classroom.
- Introduction to the Food Matters Action Kit – Antonia Andugar Miñarro, Project Lead, Commission for Environmental Cooperation (10 minutes)
- Watch Megan (Head of Communications, CEC) and her twins Maurice and Josephine celebrate ugly food by creating food waste superheroes! (5 minutes)
- Watch Georgina (Outreach and Partnerships, CEC) and her daughters Valeria (7 years old) and Camila (9 years old) complete the Food Innovators Activity! (10 minutes)
- Watch Armando (Head of Unit, Green Growth, CEC) and his son Matías attack their household “Food Waste Mountain” (10 minutes)
- Live Q&A with Antonia & Armando (15 minutes)
Presented in partnership with the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC):
You can join the movement by registering a profile for your class on the Food Matters Action Kit web-platform. By registering on the platform, you can share your classrooms activities and you can qualify for superhero badges. You can also see what other classrooms across North America are doing to help encourage our next generation to act against food waste.
Armando Yáñez Sandoval holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from the Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and a master’s degree in environmental health from Harvard’s School of Public Health. He has over 25 years of experience with the formulation, analysis, and application of public and environmental policies on issues related to environmental economics, sustainable development, environmental information and indicators, project development, and cooperation and negotiation on an international scale.
Antonia Andugar Miñarro holds a Masters in European Union Law from the RIEE in Spain, as well as a Masters in Environmental Management from the Université Libre de Bruxelles. She worked in Brussels for more than fourteen years on environmental law relating to climate change, soil protection, waste management, and air quality. Today she works at the Secretariat of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC), in charge of CEC Project on the Modernization of the Data Exchange System for Hazardous Waste Transfers, and of CEC Project on Food loss and waste.
As the Outreach and Partnerships Officer for the Commission for Environmental Cooperation, Georgina O’Farrill oversees all opportunities for outreach and partnerships. Georgina strongly believes that cooperation is the key to finding solutions to environmental challenges, and she is passionate about sharing CEC work with younger generations.
Megan Ainscow was Head of Communications at the CEC for over eight years and led efforts to increase the organization’s visibility and public profile in North America and internationally. Working on the #ShrinkFoodWaste campaign is one of the highlights of her career with the CEC, and she is excited to share this resource with educators!
