SUSTAINABLE FOOD
FOR US ALL
SGHN077 Ritsumeikan High School00

INTRODUCTION
What is the most essential things for human beings to live?
Food is necessary to sustain life for every living thingand plays an important role in our daily lives.
It is associated with global issues such as food shortages,
health hazards, and environmental problems.
Therefore, it is necessary for us to be more aware of the global issues
related to food, and think about various solutions for these problems.
So, what must we do to bring awareness to this problem?
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PROBLEMS
Environmentrelated to food...
Industry / Economy

・Food waste / Food loss
・Plastic waste
・Food mileage
・Water shortage

・Price inflation
・Declining food self sufficiency
・Food fraud

Poverty

Health / Well-being

・Hunger
・Malnutrition
・Stunting・Lack of agricultural land・Food Insecurity
・Diabetes
・Additives
・GM food02

PROJECTS
FOOD+
Environment

GlobalLocal

Poverty

Sustainability
Economy&Industry

Sasutena
Project

Rits Super
Global Forum

Health&Well-being

・Sustainability in local area
→Sasutena Project・Environment
・Industry & Economy
・Poverty・Health & Well-being→Rits Super Global Forum03

SASUTENA PROJECT
Date: 2022.3.3-3.17
Goal: Designing a sustainable bento
Location: Kyoto
Focusing on: Local perspective

・Learned recent sustainable practices.
・Ate vegetarian & vegan food.
・Found sustainable action in Kyoto.
・Designed a sustainable bento.
・Made group presentations.

No food loss bento:
Choose main dishes and side dishChoose one of two main dishes+ one of two deserts
Biomass plastic lunch box

Paper

Choose rice, pasta, or salad

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RITS SUPER GLOBAL FORUM
Date: November 8, 2022 - November 12, 2022
Main Theme: Sustainable food for us all~How can we overcome the food problems related toenvironmental issues?~

New Challenge: Hybrid style discussion
Used Zoom, Jamboard, YouTube LiveParticipants: 193 (131 in person, 62 online)
Focused on: Global perspectives→PRE-MEETINGS
Poster ResearchParticipating schools
researched each topic.
Figure 1. Example Group on Padlet
put together a poster.
posted them on Padlet. (See Figure 1 and 2.)
Figure 2. Example Padlet Poster

Jamboard Discussion
Figure 2. Jamboard Discussion

Participants disussed the posters they createdon Padlet in small discussion groups. Then, theyfurther brainstormed the topics using
Jamboard.
Figure 3. Pre-Session Meeting

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DISCUSSION & PRESENTATION
Small Group Discussions

All participants were divided into four topics and 20 groups.

Shared information researched for posters during the Pre-Meeting
Sessions.
Decided on the problem and discussed possible solutions to createa realistic action plan.

Mini Plenary Discussions

Two groups worked on different topics that were combined.
Developed a more inclusive action plan.
Created a presentation.

Plenary Session

Six groups were selected by participants to make a finalpresentation about their action plan.

・Comments from three participating teachers
・Q & A from the audience in person and online.

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FIELDWORK

Kyoto and Osaka
Divided into 5 courses.
All had different food experiences.

Team Kiyomizu

Team Arashiyama

Team Food Museum

Team Bamboo Forest

Team Cup Noodle

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REUNION: PICTURE BOOK PROJECT
Writers: RSGF participants from different countries
Goal:
Create a picture book with action plan ideas
shared through the discussions at RSGF
Put our feelings and thoughts into the picturebook and convey them to future generations.

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Present at: Reunion Meeting
Purpose: To record our action plans and spread09

CONCLUSION
As a result of these experiences, we learned that food problems could
affect anyone regardless of nation, wealth, gender, age, or status. We
who have been thinking about food issues locally and globally need tocommunicate with different stakeholders, take action, and create
solutions to make the future a more sustainable society for future
generations.

10Thank you for listening

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