Food shows some of our differences.

Food shows some of our similarities.

There are many ways in which our choices with food impact the world.

Food is deeply connected to the world: sustainable farming practices, food waste, food delivery systems, food choices...... At the fourth IM Day (International Mindedness Day), teachers and students explored the world with food as the center and extended outwards.

Warm-up Activities

Before the official activity began, everyone had a warm-up game. The winner has the right to choose the tutor in the group first, and the points earned can be exchanged for food. Shuttlecock newspaper dish name, Tetris, pumping building blocks Jenga, Da Vinci Code four games staged in turn, the students in order to win the initiative are trying their best!

Cooking Challenge

Each group pre-selected an LFIS foreign teacher, and together with them, came up with a dish suitable for IM Day cooking, and exchanged the cultural background of the food.

The kitchen room was very busy, and there was ping pong from time to time. The students showed their skills, and many of them showed their unknown cooking skills. American hot dog, British Fish and Chips and barbecue, South African Chakalaka, Malaysian Pasties, Philippines Adobo...... In the process of cooking, they are focused and careful, and deeply reproduce the exotic dishes.

In the sharing session, we invited foreign teachers from all departments to exchange and taste together, and they were full of praise for the finished products made by the students.

Food and Sustainability

The problem of food is also a world problem. Each student became a member of the Sustainable Food Practices Planning Committee and worked together to develop the Food Security and Sustainability Report Blueprint 2040 to examine food sustainability and safety issues and identify the most pressing and important issues in their country.

- Food waste

- Sustainable farming practices

- Sustainable seafood consumption and fishing practices

- Environmentally friendly diet choices

- Social and cultural influences that impact consumption and food waste

- Poverty, hunger, and malnutrition

- Food safety regulations

- Any other identified major issues not listed here

The students began to focus on collecting information and discussing the topic.

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South Africa

  Group 1

2

UK

Group 2 

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Jamaica

Group 3

4

USA

Group 4

Food serves as an entry point to explore global culture, and students benefit greatly from the research process. This IM Day made students realize that impact is all around us, that everyone can be a change-maker, take care of the planet while being healthy, and build a sustainable home with food. We believe that there will be more thinking and practice about the concept of sustainable food, and the beauty generated by these thinking practices, in the future.