“cooking under the sun” october 2010 a green planet: it’s up to you! 3rd mini project: climate...
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“COOKING UNDER THE SUN”
October 2010
A GREEN PLANET: IT’S UP TO YOU!
3rd Mini project: Climate and lifestyles
Climate and Lifestyle
Climate affects our dayly life in different ways:It has an influence on:
What we eat The place we live in Our health and social welfare
People also have an influence on Climate
Changes in Climate and Energy are the Great Challenges we face in the 21st Century
Variety of Climates
Facts to be taken into account:
Spain is a big and varied country.
Climate is different in the different regions.
The South is very hot.
The North is cold and wet.
The Mediterranean Coast has warm winters and very hot summers.
In The Plateau of Castille temperatures are extreme: very cold in winter and very hot in summer
( In Madrid in summer, temperatures can be as hot as 40 degrees centigrate).
On the Canary Islands the climate is tropical
Climate determines our lifestyles
DIET AND CLIMATE CHANGE
One way of stopping climate change through DIET consists of consuming sesasonal and native food
THUS, THE ENVIROMENTAL IMPACT IS REDUCED
Spanish COOKERY
We can´t talk about National Cuisine but rather about many regional cookeries, which are influenced in every case by Climate and native ways of living .
Spanish Gastronomy is well known by the use of olive oil and a great variety of vegetables and fruits. Mediterranean Cuisine is associated with The Mediterranean Diet, very beneficial not only for health but also for preserving the environment.
Olive oil,Cereals,legumes, fish,rice,meat,cheese
Our task will be to investigate about the conditions of living in each region and analyse the natural products from native agriculture and the benefits of their consumption.By knowing recipes we will preserve our traditional Cookery
WHERE?
What?
Why?
How?
Each recipe answers the following questions:….
OUR Final Product:
“COOKING UNDER THE SUN”
A cooperative Book of recipes called