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Fixing Food is divided into 5 short episodes, each between 8-12 minutes long. The topics include: utilizing leftover food; an indigenous foods restaurant; cricket production; kelp growing; and indoor vertical salad gardens. They all tie together as ways people have found to counteract climate change with food. What’s nice is the positive tone and hope that each episode has. While it admits that climate change doesn’t have a single solution, and each of these is only part of the answer, the focus is on doing what each individual or small group can do.

This message could easily spur classroom discussion or an assignment about other projects that could counteract climate change, that are on a manageable scale for a small team. The episodes can be used separately or together; it is nice to have a logical point to pause to discuss between episodes or only use a few of them. The brief episodes are ideal for classroom use, as they would stay within the time constraints of most classes, even if you were to watch all the episodes (~45 minutes).

The content is suitable for high school through college age audiences. The topics as stated are varied, so it isn’t limited to a single subject area; classes in geography, business, ecology, and environmental studies could easily use these episodes. Overall, it’s a very versatile set of mini-documentaries, and is highly recommended.

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