“Think! Eat! Take care!”–a contest for pupils and students

The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) announced the contest for pupils and students“Think! Eat! Take care!”. Pupils and students of secondary and higher educational establishments from all over the world can participate in it.In order to participate in the contest pupils/studentsshould perform some events or execute a project that willsolve one of the following tasks:
• assessment of the amount of food wastes at their educational establishments and definition/understanding of their reasons;
• elaboration of a plan or several plans for elimination or reduction of food wastesat their educational establishments (for example, improvement of planning, preparation, storage, consumption of foodin a cafe; recovery or redistribution of unused productsand so on);
• enhancement of the level of awarenessat their educational establishments of a problem of food wastes and the necessity to solve it fully or partially.
The projects are accepted until November 16, 2014;reports and information on the results of work should be posted on the websiteof the contest“Think! Eat! Take care!” at www.thinkeatsave.org/schoolchallenge.


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