Ortenaukreis relies on healthy eating: climate protection for everyone!

Ortenaukreis relies on healthy eating: climate protection for everyone!

In the Ortenaukreis, the project "The Ortenau eats healthy" was launched in order to inspire the regional population to consciously nutrition and thus more health and climate protection. The participation campaign was presented in the district office and includes measures such as cooking courses, lectures and information events. The aim is to raise awareness of your own diet and thus also have a positive impact on the climate.

according to a report by Black Forest messenger are disposed of in Germany about 76 kilograms of food per capita, which not only represents a major ecological problem, but also has a significant impact on CO₂ emissions. These come from 60 percent from the nutritional area, with 75 percent of the forest to be linked in particular. The responsible initiators of the project are Anja Jäkle, Evelyn Bressau, Christof Wettach and Angela Schickler.

diet and climate change

The connection between nutrition and climate change is also discussed in extended analysis. According to a publication of Helmholtz Klima , agriculture claims about 40 percent of global land surface and 70 percent of the available fresh water. The way in which food is produced has far-reaching consequences for the climate as well as for soil and water quality. Increasing fertilizers lead to negative effects on biodiversity and the environment.

According to the WWF, around 70 percent of the loss of biological diversity and 75 percent of the global deforestation of the production of food and feed are attributed. The entire nutrition system causes up to 37 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. Animal foods that claim over 80 percent of the agricultural areas and cause almost 60 percent of emissions in the nutrition system are particularly contributing.

It shows that around 40 percent of the food produced worldwide remain unused. Food losses and waste are responsible for 8 to 10 percent of man -made greenhouse gas emissions. In Germany, more than 18 million tons of food end up in the trash every year. A conversion to fewer animal products and more organic food could not only be climate -friendly, but also health -promoting.

-transmitted by West-Ost-Medien