My Green Meal:

Research Report
EUMIND Project 2020-21

P By,
P Annam Kazi
Nishka Gupta
S Shanelle Lobo
C Mishita Chhugani
GoGreen 1
Main Research Question:
How 󰉑󰈀󰈝 󰈄󰈢u M󰈀k󰇵 󰇳o󰉉󰈸 󰈱󰇵a󰈘s G󰈸󰈩󰇵󰈞er?
Food’s carbon footprint, or foodprint, is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by
growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking and disposing
of the food you eat. Food produces about 8 tons of emissions per household, or
about 17% of the total. Meat, cheese and eggs have the highest carbon footprint.
Fruit, vegetables, beans and nuts have much lower carbon footprints. If you move
towards a mainly vegetarian diet, you can have a large impact on your personal
foodprint.
What Do We Eat On A Regular Day?
Breakfast: Scrambled eggs and toast
Lunch: Lentil soup, rice and steamed vegetables
Snack: Apples
Dinner: Tortilla (roti) with grilled chicken

These meals release an approximate of 2,750 grams of CO2e...

That's the equivalent of driving a regular petrol car 8 miles! (13km)
Green Meals
We improvised our meals for a day to make them greener
Breakfast: Whole wheat buttermilk pancakes
Lunch: Chicken hariyali (green chicken) and aloo methi (potato+fenugreek)
Snack: Homemade potato chips
Dinner: Rice and beans with vegetable stir fry

This time, our meals released only 1,900 grams of CO2e!

We decreased our CO2e emission by 800
grams, just by eating greener for one day.
 An󰈝a󰈛’s M󰈩󰇽󰈗󰈼
REGULAR GREEN

Breakfast: Omelet (with vegetables) Breakfast: Toast and butter

Lunch: Lentil soup, rice and steamed veggies Lunch: Rice, green chicken & fenugreek potatoes
Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwich Dinner: Vegetarian lasagna

CO2e emission: 2,500 g CO2e emission: 1,700 g

 Nis󰈊󰈕󰈀’s M󰇵a󰈗󰈼
REGULAR GREEN

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs with toast Breakfast: Yogurt, banana and granola
Lunch: Tortilla (roti) with paneer tikka masala Lunch: Black chickpeas (chana) with rice
Snack: Fruits Snack: Homemade potato chips
Dinner: Rice with chicken curry Dinner: Veg burrito

CO2e emission: 2,300 g

CO2e emission: 1,200 g
 Sha󰈝󰈩󰈘l󰇵’󰈻 Me󰈀󰈘s
REGULAR GREEN

Breakfast: Cornflakes with milk Breakfast: Scrambled eggs

Lunch: Rice bowl Lunch: Stir fry vegetables
Dinner: Chicken curry Dinner: Steamed vegetables

CO2e emission: 2,300 g

CO2e emission: 805 g
 Mis󰈊󰈎󰉄󰇽’s Me󰈀󰈗󰈼
REGULAR GREEN

Breakfast: Omelet with veggies and cheese
Lunch: Cheeseburger
Snack: Chicken noodle soup
Dinner: Spaghetti with meatballs
Dessert: Fruits
CO2e emission: 6400 g
Breakfast: Toast with jam and butter
Lunch: Falafel with hummus
Snack: Apples
Dinner: Rice and beans
CO2e emission: 900 g
The 󰉍󰈎ff󰇵re󰈝󰇸󰈩 B󰇵t󰉒e󰈩󰈞 O󰉊r Re󰈇󰉉󰈘󰇽r Me󰈀󰈗󰈼 󰇽n󰇷 G󰈹e󰈩n 󰈲󰇵a󰈗󰈼
REGULAR MEALS GREEN MEALS

CO2e emission: 2,750 grams CO2e emission: 1,900 grams

Were the meals filling? Yes
Did we encounter any problems? No
Did our families enjoy the meals? Yes
Were the meals cheaper or expensive?
-comparatively cheap
Did we face any problems? No
Were the meals filling? Yes
Did we encounter any problems? No
Did our families enjoy the meals? Yes
Were the meals cheaper or expensive?
-comparatively expensive
Did we face any problems? No
We found that eating green was also healthier. The meals were more balanced than before.
Eating green is always better for the environment. It helps to reduce global greenhouse gas emission.
Meat consumption in the U.S. accounts for 42% of greenhouse gases. Vegetables require fewer resources and
produce fewer emissions, as beef requires 20 times more farmland than plants do.

We interviewed a few experts on this topic, here’s what they have to say
Interview 1:
Interviewer- Annam and Shanelle
Interviewee- Dr. Jaya Gedam (Gynaecologist)

Q1. What do you understand by eating green?

Eating green means eating whole, nutritious and minimally processed food that is healthy for you as well as the
environment.
Q2. How would you maintain the balance of dietary constituents in your meal?(taking into
consideration the greener part of your meal)
Good nutrition is one of the keys to a healthy life. There are seven essential factors for a healthy diet-
carbohydrates, proteins, fat, fibres, minerals, vitamins and water. So I would suggest that a plate should have
half the portion of green which includes- vegetables, fruits and salad, one-fourth portion of protein and
one-fourth portion of carbohydrates.
Q3. What according to you are the advantages of eating green meals?
Green meals are a very important part of a healthy diet because they are packed with vitamins, minerals and
fibres that are low in calories. So yes, eating a green meal has enumerate advantages because it lowers the
cholesterol that means it reduces the risk of heart disease. It also reduces the risk of high blood pressure,
obesity as well as different types of malignancies. It provides better bone health, better bowel health as well as
better mental health.
Q4. Is eating greener cheaper or expensive than a non-green meal?
If we see on a normal basis, eating green is a bit expensive than a non-green meal because green meal is
rich in fruits, vegetables and nuts which are a bit expensive but unhealthily processed food, meat and
refined grains are not so good for health causing variety of diseases that requires going to the hospital
and visiting the doctors which are expensive in the long run. So green meals are expensive on a daily
basis and not in the long run.
Q5. As a mother, if you observe that your kid’s eating habit is unhealthy, what step would
you take?
I would like to explain to them the importance of good eating habits and its beneficial effect on their
health as well as on the environment. I would try to become a good role model for my children and
would give them a proper diet as well as a meal time because as a family we would eat together. Junk
food should be out of their sight, and hydration is also very important so i would ask them to maintain
a proper hydration level.
Q6. Do you think that there’s a need to inspire the future of tomorrow to Go Green?
Yes, I think that it is very beneficial for the future because Going Green is having a very positive impact
on health as well as on the environment. So I feel it is very important to inspire the future to Go Green.
Interview 2:
Interviewer- Annam
Interviewee- Dr. Misbah Sabunwala (Dentist)

Q1. What do you understand by eating green?

Eating green means eating wholesome nutritious food which includes a lot of green vegetables and
different green meals in your normal daily diet. Not only that, it also includes what food you are eating,
whether it is organic or inorganic, a perfectly raised organic food which is free from chemicals, free
from antibiotics. Green meals also include adapting a sustainable lifestyle, so green meals are really
very important. It simply means just adding nutritious food to your diet.
Q2. What according to you are the advantages of eating green meals?
The advantages of eating green is that we get to adapt to a healthy lifestyle, to cut down on your daily
routine junk products which are very harmful to our health. They also add up to a lot of health benefits
for example broccoli, cabbage or cauliflower build up to your bone health, again it is good for your
immune system, good to prevent chronic disorders including cancer, etc. So it helps a lot to your
internal and external health organs.
Q3. Do you think that eating a green meal is cheaper or expensive than a non-green meal?
Technically, I would really suggest to invest in your health, instead of eating snacks which is oily and
include a lot of junk in it; I would recommend eating a lot of green vegetables and for example smoothies,
maybe kel chips(homemade banana chips) or broccoli sandwiches. So to invest in something healthy is
really advisable and I think it is a cheap option. For example, spinach, cabbage or cauliflowers is highly
recommended.
Q4. How would you maintain the balance of dietary constituents in your meal?(taking into
consideration the greener part of your meal)
I would really suggest the green portions in your daily routine, for example if you’re having your lunch or
breakfast, you can include green smoothies(maybe spinach smoothie or a cabbage smoothie which is really
good for health and for your skin). Next is to include portions in your daily diet, you can add a snack which
is a broccoli fry, eggs with spinach or maybe a green pasta.
Q5. What is your advice to the youngsters who run towards eating junk food? Do you think
that there’s a need to inspire the future of tomorrow to Go Green?
Yes. These days what we can see is that if a young generation is working, their normal habit is to just pop
something which is too oily and junk. Rather than that, I strongly recommend that I have such great
recipes and would like to name some- kel chips, green soup, salad, eggs with spinach, green pasta, green
smoothies; that should be replaced with.
Thank You!
Made By:
Annam Kazi
Nishka Gupta
Shanelle Lobo
Mishita Chhugani
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