In Week 11, students calculate the environmental impact of different meals using a food emissions calculator. They rank meals by climate impact, compete to create the most eco-friendly meal, and design their own Earth-friendly menu.

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The Activities

What's Your Foodprint? Calculate the Emissions of 27 meals

One card per student—use the carbon calculator to find each meal’s score.

What You Need

How It Works

Step 1: Print and Cut Out the Meal Cards

Step 2: Calculate the Emissions of the Ingredients

Step 3: Write the Grams of CO2e on the Card

Step 4: Rank the meals from highest to lowest

Step 5: Create an Earth Friendly Menu

Activity Sheet Downloads

Meal Cards

27 common meals across a range of climate impacts, calibrated to 500 calories with listed ingredients—enough for every student in a class.

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What I eat In A Day Worksheet

Take this worksheet home and calculate your family’s food emissions for a day. Which meal has the highest climate impact?

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QR Code flyer

For hosting group activities, this flyer helps participants instantly connect to the My Emissions food calculator.

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