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EDGU1007: Food, Sustainability and Planetary Health
2024 unit information
What we eat has a profound influence on the environment around us. Similarly, the environment we live in influences our food systems. This unit will explore this bi-directional relationship with an emphasis, and critical examination on sustainable eating. Students will be exposed to food systems and their relationship with greenhouse gas emissions, loss of biodiversity, sustainable farming practices, human and animal health, an increasing global population, food insecurity and other current issues. Ultimately, this unit will equip students with theoretical knowledge and practical skills to promote and support our global food system, an important entity for our planetary health.
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| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Education |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Understand the impact of human health on planetary health and how the principles of sustainability can intervene in this relationship.
- LO2. Describe and assess the soil, biological, and water resources and climatic conditions that support food production systems and planetary health.
- LO3. Evaluate the resilience of food production systems in the context of climate change, human population growth, and socio-economic factors.
- LO4. Describe how environmental changes have impacted on local food systems and food insecurity.
- LO5. Consider how regenerative agriculture farming solutions may help rebuild the health of the planet, including Indigenous food practices.
- LO6. Describe the building blocks of a healthy diet and discuss how these are impacted upon by dietary patterns.
- LO7. Critically consider how food politics and individual behaviours shape planetary health and discuss possible actions or policies that address each.
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