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Climate change and Planetary Health are often discussed as separate issues, but they belong under the same umbrella. 🌎 Climate change affects the air we breathe, the water we rely on, the food we grow, the places we call home, and the health of communities worldwide. Planetary Health helps us see the larger, interconnected picture: how climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, land use, and changes to our oceans and water systems all affect human health and life on Earth. Food connects every part of this story. What we grow, produce, and eat shapes the health of people and the planet, and food education helps students understand these connections while exploring existing solutions. This Climate Week, we’re joining the @ph_alliance to highlight why food education belongs in the climate conversation. Swipe to explore the connections. 🌱 #ClimateWeek #ClimateWeekNYC #PlanetaryHealth #ClimateEducation #FoodEducation

What could a leftover slice of pizza teach your students? 🍕🌎 @foodwastepreventionweek is coming September 28–October 4! Get ready with free ECP resources that connect the journey of our food to practical ways students can prevent waste at school and at home. 🎬 A 19-minute video, “Rethinking Food Waste: The Journey of Food” 📚 An education package with lesson plans, activities, discussion prompts, and more 🛒 A practical food waste guide with meal planning and grocery list templates Plus, join ECP and the Florida Green Schools PTSA on September 29 at 4 p.m. Eastern for “From Waste to Wellness,” a 50-minute virtual event exploring food waste solutions that empower students. 💡 Explore the resources and event details at ecprogram.org/food-waste or through the link in our bio. Save this post to plan your lesson, and share it with a fellow educator! #FoodWastePreventionWeek #RethinkingFoodWaste #FoodEducation #SustainabilityEducation #EducatedChoicesProgram

@worldanimalday is October 4! 🐘🌎 Now is the perfect time to plan how you’ll bring animal and food-system education into your classroom. Our food choices connect people, animals, and the environment in powerful ways. Choosing more whole plant foods can support human health while reducing pressures on animals and the planet. 🌱 In our free video lesson, The Planet and Our Plates, students explore how food choices affect animals, natural resources, biodiversity, workers, and the climate, while discovering practical solutions for a more sustainable food system. Plan ahead for October 4 and bring the conversation into your classroom. 💙 🔗 Explore the free lesson at EducatedChoices.org #WorldAnimalDay #AnimalEducation #HumaneEducation #SustainabilityEducation #EnvironmentalEducation

@ph_alliance and Educated Choices believe food education belongs at @theclimategroup Climate Week NYC. People's health and the planet's health are deeply connected to how we produce, distribute, and consume food. Join the Educated Choices Program and the Planetary Health Alliance for a classroom-friendly screening of “Planetary Health: Agriculture and the Anthropocene,” followed by a live Q&A. 📅 September 21, 2026 ⏰ 10:30 a.m. EST 💻 Virtual and classroom-friendly Together, we’re bringing food education into the climate conversation and helping students connect everyday choices to our planet's health. Register through the link in our bio. #ClimateWeekNYC #PlanetaryHealth #ClimateEducation #FoodEducation #SustainabilityEducation #EducatedChoices

Peas, beans, lentils, soy… which would you put in a burger? 🍔 This World Plant-Based Burger Day, ECP and @thegoodfoodinstitute are taking a closer look at how plant ingredients become familiar foods, and what that can teach us about food science. Swipe to explore how ingredients and preparation methods shape a burger’s flavor and texture, then consider the questions researchers are asking about nutrition, resource use, and affordability. Educators, keep the conversation going with “What Is Plant-Based Meat?” Our free video and accompanying education package, created with GFI, bring food innovation into the classroom. Find them through the link in our bio! 🌱 What would your students put in the burger of the future? #WorldPlantBasedBurgerDay #FoodScience #FoodEducation #PlantBasedProtein #EducatedChoicesProgram

It’s Food Waste Prevention Week! ♻️🥛🌎 This week is all about recognizing that preventing food waste means protecting more than just the food on our plates. It also means conserving the water, land, energy, and other resources that went into producing it. And there’s one source of school food waste that deserves more attention: milk. An estimated 45 million gallons of dairy milk are wasted in U.S. schools each year, with some research finding that up to 30% of milk served at K–12 lunches may be discarded untouched. That’s a lot of milk, and a lot of resources, going to waste. At Educated Choices Program, we’re excited to keep the conversation going with an upcoming brand-new educational resource exploring plant milks, their environmental impacts, nutrition, and the choices shaping the future of what we drink. 🌱🥛(stay tuned 🙈) We’re excited to join @foodwastepreventionweek in raising awareness and inspiring practical ways to prevent food waste in our schools, communities, and everyday lives. 💚 #FoodWastePreventionWeek #FoodWaste #StopFoodWaste #FoodWastePrevention

🌎 Bring Planetary Health into your classroom live! (During @theclimategroup Climate Week NYC!) Join @educatedchoices and @ph_alliance on September 21 for a free, classroom-friendly screening of Planetary Health: Agriculture and the Anthropocene, followed by a live Q&A with our teams. Designed to fit within one class period, this session will help students explore how food and agriculture connect to climate, biodiversity, water, and human health—before turning toward solutions and the power of every meal. 🎓 Designed for secondary and postsecondary classrooms 🎥 18-minute film screening 💬 Live expert Q&A 📅 September 21, 2026 Educators are encouraged to tune in with their students! Register at the link in our bio. #PlanetaryHealth #ClimateEducation #FoodEducation #TeacherResources #EnvironmentalEducation #ClimateWeekNYC

“Food waste is a systems problem, but many solutions begin with everyday choices.” 🍎🌎 For @foodwastepreventionweek we’re highlighting how education can help students understand food waste, take practical action, and bring those habits into their homes and communities. Swipe through ECP’s key takeaways from our webinar, including the resources lost to food waste and everyday steps to prevent it. Watch the full webinar for more insights from ECP’s Founder and CEO Lorena Mucke, plus Michele Drucker, President of @floridagreenschools on how education and action in schools can help reduce food waste. Follow the links in our bio to watch the recording and check out our new blog on How to Reduce Food Waste. (Links in bio) #FoodWastePreventionWeek #FoodWaste #SustainabilityEducation

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