We fight for the environment and sustainability
The ZeroWaste Project, founded in 2023, aims to reduce food waste and promote mindful, sustainable eating habits within the TNIS community and beyond.
♻️ 1,049 kg of food waste reduced at TNIS
🍲 165+ kg of meals rescued, feeding 150 individuals
🌱 A sustainable garden serving our 300+ student body
📊 10,000+ kg of food waste audited through the food waste auditing program
🤝 Partnerships with 5 regional and international organizations
📚 Workshops and campaigns for students
Every year, the world wastes 1.05 billion tonnes of food, which is equal to over 1 billion meals lost each day.
At the same time, 733 million people remain undernourished, and more than 2.3 billion face food insecurity.
Food waste drives climate change by wasting land, water, and energy while producing harmful greenhouse gases.
At TNIS alone, more than 5,000 kg of food is wasted every year, showing that this global problem exists right here in our community.
Reducing waste means feeding more people, saving resources, and creating a culture of mindful eating.
Tracking cafeteria food waste with real data to spark change.
Growing fresh, plant-based produce that serves the TNIS student body.
Rescuing surplus meals and redistributing them to feed students in need.
Mindful eating is one of the main components to reduce overeating and decrease food waste. This article by "Havard Health Publishing" gives you 8 steps for mindful eating from a book by Dr. Lillian Cheung.
Food waste is one of the major problems that the world are experienced. It is even listed on the Development Sustainable Goals by United Nations. Here are some ways that could help you to reduce food waste in your household
Food Waste and its route within the process of food disposal. The sites would provide some major consequences that food waste causes and ideas to be implemented to solve the problem at household.
This survey would help us to collect data on your daily routine and the trend on food waste for our research and actions to alleviate food waste