Oliver, Eric and I decided to investigate on food sustainability. We felt this was a good topic to research, because we did not know an awful lot about the processes involved in making food. We got to research these processes and investigate ways to make them more sustainable. We decided to make a power point that explained what foods were more sustainable than others. (Parts of the PowerPoint are shown below)
One thing we researched was the greenhouse gasses that each food produced. The foods that released the most greenhouse gasses during production were bad for the environment as they contributed to global warming. But in order to find the best food, we had to consider all the pillars of society (social, environmental and economic). For example, an option could be to force everyone to eat tofu, as it a good replacement for meat that doesn’t harm the environment as much, but this solution doesn’t support the economic and social pillars.
It was interesting to see how mathematics could be used to find a plausible solution. We could compare graphs that would be useless on their own, to find what food was most sustainable.
Overall, we worked very cohesively as a group. We finished the PowerPoint presentation quite quickly, which gave us time to review and rehearse. One thing we could’ve done better is go into further detail, but it would have been hard to do with our time frame.