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CONTINUED C SECTION C The real cost of food Introductory Activity a) Why do people buy the food they buy? Consumers buy particular food products for a variety of reasons. Make a list of some of the factors that influence food choices (think of the foods in your fridge/freezer). eg. buy organic foods for health reasons b) What is my orange juice really made of? Look at a bottle of imported orange juice and list all the resources that have been used to produce it. Some examples are given below. Natural resources Human resources Manufactured resources - Water - Fertile soil - Wood (for crates) c) Comparing the cost Compare the cost to the environment of buying a bottle of orange juice to squeezing your own juice from Victorian oranges. Firstly, using a pencil or highlighter, cross out the items in the table above that would no longer be needed. d) Squeezing the juice Summarise some of the advantages and disadvantages of squeezing your own juice compared to buying bottled juice (locally made and imported). Did you know? The most efficient fridges on the market today generate only about half as much greenhouse gas as 15 year old fridges of the same size. ABC Planet Slayer factoid consumer affairs victoria 50 - Orange pickers - Farmers - Ship’s crew - Packaging designers - Fruit peeling and squeezing machines - Ships - Processing plants - Insecticide spray Need consumer help? 1300 55 81 81 www.consumer.vic.gov.au
CONTINUED C1 My food footprint Every one of us requires a finite area of Earth’s surface to support our existence. This is our Ecological Footprint. We can also calculate footprints for specific parts of our lives, such as a food footprint. This goes for everything that you consume. But there are other issues to consider in determining your food footprint: – energy used to grow, package, transport and keep the food fresh – materials used to protect the food – water used to grow and process the food – other food used in the final product. Exercise 1 - Where is my food from? For this activity you will need a box containing a variety of fruit, vegetables and processed foods and a world map. The items will need to show the country of origin. a) To complete the table below, you will need to: – identify which country each item has come from – mark the origin on the world map, and – estimate the distance that item has travelled to be in the classroom today (using the scale provided on the map). Once you have done this for each item, calculate the total number of kilometres the box of food has travelled. Food Country Distance travelled Cumulative total b) If the world circumference is 40,075.16 kilometres, how many times has the box of food travelled around the planet to be in your classroom? times. Exercise 2 - Food packaging Packaging is essential for processed food and drink as it preserves and protects it during transportation, and helps prevent spoilage and contamination during production, distribution and sales. It is also a communication tool displaying information (some of which is a legal requirement) on ingredients, nutrition, and serving and storage instructions. Imagine you’re the Managing Director of Crushed + Pulped International. You have received a number of complaints and comments about the packaging of your orange juice. consumer affairs victoria 51 Need consumer help? 1300 55 81 81 www.consumer.vic.gov.au
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Page 18 and 19: CONTINUED A1 World population growt
Page 20 and 21: CONTINUED A2 It’s not just number
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Page 24 and 25: CONTINUED A3 Treading lightly in th
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Page 32 and 33: BCONTINUED SECTION B Buy ‘green
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Page 36 and 37: CONTINUED B3 Reducing the waste Exe
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Page 40 and 41: CONTINUED B4 Making sense of energy
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Page 44 and 45: CONTINUED B5 How sustainable is my
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Page 54 and 55: CONTINUED C3 Water - tap or bottled
Page 56 and 57: CONTINUED C4 Exploring new options
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Page 60 and 61: D SECTION D Smarter transport optio
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Page 64 and 65: CONTINUED D1 Getting around 7. Calc
Page 66 and 67: D3 Consuming fuel Exercise 1 - Labe
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Page 72 and 73: CONTINUED E1 What do I want? Exerci
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Page 80 and 81: F SECTION F Wealth, consumption and
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Page 84 and 85: CONTINUED F1 Is happiness about hav
Page 86 and 87: F2 Social sustainability and proble
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