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Unit 2Sustainable Design
Year 10
March 2010
The paper will consist of questions that focus on sustainable design.
• 20% of your GCSE• 1hr written exam paper• 60 marks• Section A: consists of 15 short answer
questions• Section B: consists of 3 questions
requiring answers that may involve sketches, annotations, short sentences or extended writing.
The 6 R’s
• What are they?– Rethink– Reuse– Recycle– Repair– Reduce– Refuse
• Can anyone give examples of how we could achieve these 6R’s in relation to food?
Reduce
• Why should we reduce food waste?
• How can we reduce food waste?
• Which is the most environmentally friendly way of reducing food waste?
• What can be composted?
What does ‘sustainable source’ mean?
• Sustainable agriculture is a way of raising food that is healthy for consumers and animals, does not harm the environment, is humane for workers, respects animals, provides a fair wage to the farmer, and supports and enhances rural communities. Sustainability includes buying food as locally as possible. Buying local food does not guarantee that it is sustainably produced. Pesticides, chemical fertilizers, factory farming, hormone use, and non-therapeutic use of antibiotics can all be involved in local food production, so it's important to make sure that the local food you buy is from farmers or gardeners using sustainable methods.
Carbon Footprint
• What is meant by carbon footprint?
It is the total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused by an organization, event or product.
How to reduce your carbon footprint
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Eat foods produced near where you live
Grow your own foods
Choose foods that don’t have packaging
Eat foods that are in season
Eat locally produced foodsLocal foods don’t travel far. There is less carbon dioxide from lorries and trucks
Look at the labels on the food you buy
Where has the food come from?
Try to choose foods from the UK or as close as possible
Eat seasonal foods
Fruit and vegetables are nice in the winter but it is too cold for some of them to grow in the UK
They may have travelled thousands of miles from countries that are hot when we are cold
It is your choice
Choose UK fruit that has been stored, or fruit that has travelled the shortest distance
Look for vegetables that are grown in the UK in the winter
Transporting foods thousands of miles produces lots of carbon dioxide
Grow your own foods
If you have a garden, you can grow your own foods
They are fresh, tasty and free
Try it!
Grow your own vegetableshttp://www.growinggrub.co.uk
Growing Brussel sprouts in the Autumn
Packaging
Packaging is used to protect and preserve food during its transport
Packaging such as boxes and crates are useful as they prevent fruit and vegetables from damage
Making packaging needs energy. This makes carbon dioxide
Look for foods with less packaging
Local foods need less packaging
Leftover food
• Using the following list of ingredients, produce a sweet and a savoury recipe. You can use store cupboard ingredients (sugar, salt, herbs, pasta, rice, etc)
• 3 bananas• 100g peanuts• 1 hot cross bun• 6 slices of bread – gone slightly dry• 3 eggs• ½ courgette• 3 tomatoes• ½ red pepper• 1 pint of milk