Lesson Plan: Can Plant-Based Meat Mitigate Climate Change?
Grades 7-12
Many Americans are seeking out alternatives to meat, convinced that consuming plant-based substitutes may help solve climate change. Today’s newest meat alternatives have the sizzle, smell and taste of the animal variety, but the idea has roots in a movement that took off in the 1970s with Frances Moore Lappe’s bestselling book “Diet for a Small Planet.” This lesson asks students to assess the nutritional, economic and environmental pros and cons of plant-based meat to develop a claim for or against the promotion of plant-based meat as a mitigation strategy for climate change.
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