My Lunchbox Journey Animation
Where do the foods in my lunchbox come from? How beneficial is this food to my health and the health of the planet? Where does the waste from my lunchbox end up?
My Lunchbox Journey is a community initiative by Clean Plate, in collaboration with Bunker Studio, AUT Human Potential Research Centre and the Connected Communities Department at Auckland Council, through its Innovation Fund. The main aim of this project is to raise awareness among students and whānau on how our food choices may impact not only our individual health, but the health of our planet. The main outputs by the end of phase one of the project were “My Lunchbox Journey” short-animation and its complementary “My Lunchbox Journey: Uncovering Science and Facts” reference guide.
Year 6 students from a group of schools across Auckland attended focus groups by Clean Plate and Auckland Council and explored a range of questions in the context of healthy and sustainable lunchboxes. Students’ voices were gathered using games and drawing and this material helped to inspire and guide the talented team at Bunker Studio, responsible for the My Lunchbox Journey short-animation’s creative process. Set in a school playground, where two children casually chat about the contents of their lunchboxes, My Lunchbox Journey animation is not only beautiful and fun to watch, but very informative for all.
To watch the animation, view below!
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Clean Plate Less Waste Project
The Clean Plate Less Waste project aims to reduce food and packaging waste in early learning settings by adopting Clean Plate “Healthy Eating, Healthy Planet” Menu or Lunchbox support in conjunction with suitable composting systems.
We’ll share ways to increase knowledge around food, gardening and composting skills, how to reduce food waste, and include children in the process while providing you with all the tools and support you need to make it a success and give your children the best start.
This will not only help you reduce waste and provide delicious, healthy and cost-effective meals but help to educate centre staff, children and families about ways to reduce waste in the centre and at home.
Clean Plate Less Waste Project – Term 3 & 4
Registrations close on 9th August, 5 pm
We’ve got a great opportunity for a limited number of lucky early childhood centres based in the Howick Local Board Area. Clean Plate, in collaboration with Love Food Hate Waste, Gardens4Health and Compost Collective, funded by the Howick Local Board Area, will be again delivering the Clean Plate Less Waste Project - aiming to reduce food waste in early learning settings.
Participating ECEs receive a Clean Plate menu, composting systems suited to specific needs, professional development and ongoing support. This round of the project will run from end-August until end-Nov. To find out more about the Clean Plate Less Waste Project Project and how to register your interest, please click on the link below.
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Clean Plate Less Waste Worm Farm Sessions
Are you planning to get a new worm farm at your early learning centre but not sure how to set it up or maintain it? Or perhaps you already have a worm farm, but it has been neglected for a wee while and nobody knows how to get it up and running again?
Would you also like the children to learn how worm farms work, how to care for the worms and how they can help us look after our environment?
Then this is the session for you!
Our Clean Plate Less Waste Worm Farm is a fun and hands-on session designed especially for early learning settings on a journey to become more environmentally-friendly.
Worm farms provide exciting and ongoing learning opportunities, from the wonders of the natural environment to values such as responsibility and kindness, as children learn to care for their new wiggly friends.
Worm farms also help reduce waste by composting food, paper and cardboard scraps, and produce rich fertiliser for the plants in your garden.
CPLW Worm Farm Session includes:
Fun facts about worms and how to look after them;
Interactive Game - Foods’ likes & dislikes;
Setting up the new worm farm (or getting your existing one up and running again), adding the worms to their new “house” and feeding them.
Check out some cool photos of previous Clean Plate Less Waste Worm Farm Sessions
Who’s the session for?
CPLW Worm Farm is best suited to preschoolers and is available to early learning settings, playgroups and community groups across Auckland. The session also helps teachers, cooks and other centre staff to understand how the compost system works, so everyone can feel at ease and ensure its continued use and maintenance. Parents & carers are welcome to attend.
How long is the session?
The session is 1 1/2 hours long, including mat time (Fun Facts & Interactive Game), Worm Farm set-up, and question time for staff/ whanau.
How much does it cost?
CPLW Worm Farm Session costs $250*, including the set-up of one standard 2-tier worm farm (for bigger worm farms, such as Hungry Bins, we’d ask you to assemble the system beforehand).
*Additional costs may apply depending on your specific needs (for example, community-wide event, setting up more than one worm farm or if you’d like us to arrange worm farm purchase and delivery for you).
Sometimes, we have funding available from specific Local Boards across Auckland, which can help offset some of the cost. To find out more, including if we have any funding available at present for your Local Board area, please contact us by following the ‘Contact Us’ link below.
Where can I find out more or book a Clean Plate Less Waste Worm Farm Session?
Please get in touch with us via the link below and we’ll get back to you asap.