BIO

My name is Nikitha! I am a current freshman at Florida State University, and I have lived in Tampa Fl all my life. I am currently on a pre-medical track on the path to become a physician. I specifically want to work with underserved communities where they have a lack of access to healthcare and work more with communities to gain this access. Some of my hobbies include reading books, writing short stories and taking part in community outreach programs that includes tutoring and helping specifically in underprivileged areas.

Teaching Elementary School Students About Preventing Food Waste Through Composting

Abstract

Climate change has been a prevalent and growing issue as the world progresses to future industrialization.

The purpose is to demonstrate and teach about composting to elementary school kids as this will allow them to understand the food, they waste in their cafeteria better and link this waste to methane produced from landfills. Therefore, they can better understand the importance of preventing food waste. In the end, students are becoming more aware about where their food comes from and where they dispose of the food they do not eat and its impact on climate change. They also learn about alternate ways they can dispose of the food they eat in their cafeteria’s.

Keywords: teaching food waste through composting