This is Emily Brown's and my ChangeMaker Speech that we did for inquiry.
Wasting Food
Nicole: Food wastage, is it really that bad? and How does it affect US?
Em: Hi, I'm Em
Nicole: And I’m Nicole
Em: Did you know that oceania and north america are responsible for the largest amount of food waste in the WORLD... THATS US were talking about!
Nicole: Did you also know that wasting 1 gallon of milk is like wasting 1000 gallons of water… WELL IT’S TRUE!, Why? Because each gallon of milk needs that much water to be produced!
Em: Instead of blaming food wastage on America, we could make a difference. Instead we waste enough food to feed entire countries because we just don’t care and we don't really think about it because it's “ not our problem”
Nicole: Wasting food is really bad because you end up wasting your money on things you buy from the supermarket, and you're not being nice to the people who make the food there.
Em: Come on HNI, let's talk rubbish! Here's a tip, you know when you're eating a sandwich and the bell rings so all your friends stand up to leave, so you end up throwing out half your food because you don’t have the time to eat it? How about next time you cut your food into halves and quarters, so you can eat it later for afternoon tea! If you know you won’t eat all of it, just eat something else!
Nicole: Did you also know that 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted every year.
Em: Ok. Enough with the facts already! Let's do something!
COMPOST!
Nicole: WORM FARMS!
Em: I know what you're thinking,” Eww, whats it a plastic box of squiggly little worms gonna do?”
Nicole: Well… when you put your scraps of food into a box the worms EAT IT!
Em: The upside to this is that it speeds up the process of making soil!
Ok. NOW you're thinking “why do we need a mound of DIRT in our school?” I’ll tell you why... we can make soil in the winter, then have a veggie garden ready for the summer! Which is great, because that will REALLY save money.
Nicole: Unfortunately, this is not something that Em and I can do on our own.
Em: We need YOUR help. But trust me, it's SIMPLE. All you have to do is just THINK about it. How often do you take one bite out of something then throw it out? All the time? Yep, I read your mind yet again.
Nicole: I bet everyone's wondering what we want to do….
Em: Wow, now you just read MY mind! Let's simplify it: Number one: chuck out as little food as possible otherwise it will go into a landfill, destroys the earth and everyone will starve!
Nicole: Wow!
Em: Number two: As a school project we can make worm farm/veggie garden!
Nicole: OH Cool! School pets! What are we gonna name them?
Em: I don’t know Jeff?
Nicole: Fred, Frank, Francis?
Em: TOULOUSE!
Nicole: No JERRY!
( look at each other as if making an agreement.)
Em: Let's make a change!
Nicole: We can do anything!
Em: Till next time...
Em + Nicole: PEACE OUT! (Soluting)
