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TAKE HOME QUIZ – 3 Due March 22nd, 2024 Easy and simple ways to make Big Impact! Video TED talk: 1 People universally agree that saving and not wasting is a good idea! https://www.ted.com/talks/ tristram_stuart_the_global_food_waste_scandal? language=en OR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWC_zDdF74s Question 1. The talk relates to current global food system and global food security problems. From Tristram Stuart’s talk what did you learn that helped you to enhance you’re a) global awareness, b) global perspective and c) global engagement viewpoints? (4 points) a) Global awareness: Since a large amount of food waste occurs in our homes, it's important to raise awareness of the ways in which households can cut back on their daily food waste. In an attempt to decrease food waste, the movie demonstrated straightforward and practical behaviors that people everywhere may adopt into their daily lives, such as soaking lettuce in water to extend its shelf life. People can be convinced to adopt more sustainable eating habits by showing them pictures of the absurd amounts of waste we produce annually in cities and supermarkets. Putting store food waste statistics on display can make a bigger difference in people's lives.

b) Global perspective: The majority of wealthy nations squander the most food, including the majority of North America and Europe. These nations are recklessly discarding food, not because it is unfit for human consumption but rather because it does not adhere to industry aesthetic standards, while millions of people die hungry. Every day, items like bread crusts and potatoes with irregular shapes are thrown out, which results in enormous amounts of food waste annually. A significant factor in the problems with food waste around the world is the discarding of produce, from oranges in Florida to banana waste in Ecuador, all due to the product's failure to fulfill industry requirements. In order to avoid wasting perfectly good food, we must abandon these cosmetic norms globally, particularly in light of the hunger problems that exist in nations like Yemen and Pakistan. c) Global engagement: The solutions developed by speaker Tristram Stuart make use of food that would have otherwise been thrown away. Thousands of people came together for the "Feeding the 5,000" event to make use of food that would have otherwise gone to waste. These days, this festival happens in many different nations worldwide. Asiatic nations have ingrained in their cultures the taboo against food waste. They should be looked to by the Western nations for inspiration and direction on how they, too, can significantly cut down on food waste. To address the problem of global food waste, international cooperation is required. Video TED talk: 2 If your electricity is generated wholly from coal, then every kilowatt hour of electricity you save means one less pound of coal being burnt, plus it prevents 0.75 grams of nitric oxide emissions and 1.74 grams of sulfur dioxide emissions!

http://www.ted.com/talks/ alex_laskey_how_behavioral_science_can_lower_your_energ y_bill Question 2. According to Laskey in this speech, moral persuasion (doing the right thing by using only what you need), environmental appeal (preserving the planets resources and lowering pollution) and financial incentives (economics – saving $$) aren't as powerful as generally believed. So, in the end, what type of pressure or influence was found to be a powerful tool in terms of altering human social behavior? (1 point) In his opening remarks, the speaker described a study done by graduate students that examined how people behaved in response to social, moral, environmental, and financial incentives. The findings demonstrated that when societal factors were present, people reacted the strongest. Graduate students witnessed the biggest response, for instance, when houses were instructed to turn on fans instead of air conditioners in order to save energy, as their neighbors had done. Social factors were found to elicit the strongest reaction out of all other incentives, including financial, environmental, and moral ones. Change might be sparked most by social forces than by financial rewards or moral convictions.

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