Climate Crumbs - How to Talk About Food and Climate in Communities

Do you work for an organisation in Glasgow that regularly runs cooking and/or food growing activities for your community members?

Climate Crumbs is a 2 hour, in-person professional development programme for community workers to learn how to integrate conversations about climate action into existing delivery.

We focus on projects and groups which deliver growing and/or cooking activities. We’ve designed the programme so that you can tap into the actions people are already doing, reframing them as positive for the climate e.g. using lentils as a cheaper alternative to meat is also far less carbon intensive.

By completing Climate Crumbs, you will:

1. have a greater understanding of how both cooking and growing food are positive climate actions
2. have more confidence in bringing in climate activities and discussion topics to your group
3. take away a resource and activity pack to use with your groups and,
4. receive a digital sticker you can use on your website and social media to show your have completed the training

This training is open to anyone who works/ volunteers with a community organisation or school that regularly runs food-related activities.

We’ve designed the training so that you can tap into the actions people are already doing, reframing them as positive for the climate e.g. using lentils as a cheaper alternative to meat is also far less carbon intensive.

Underpinning Beliefs

1. Growing food is a climate action

• Reduces food miles and emissions
• Agroecology increases biodiversity and environmental repair
• Places less emphasis on industrially farmed foods and monocultures

2. Cooking food is a climate action

• Reduces processing energies
• Allows for seasonal foods
• Reduces food waste

Host or Publisher Creative Climate Futures