Tuesday April 10th 2012http://www.fingal-independent.ie/local-notes/lean-green-cooking-machine-makes-energy-awareness-finals-3075188.html
'Lean, Green Cooking Machine' makes energy awareness finalsSTUDENTS FOCUS ON FOOD MILES AND THEIR IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
TRANSITION year students from Loreto secondary school in Balbriggan have reached the finals stages of an annual competition which focuses on energy efficiency and climate change.
Team members Emily Purtell, Julie Hamilton and Eimear Reilly, who called themselves the 'Lean Green Cooking Machines' are delighted to have made it to the latter stages of the 'One Good Idea' competition, run by the SEAI. The focus of their project is to raise awareness among their peers and the wider community on the impact of sourcing fresh food products from afar and raising the issue of food miles, and their contribution to the problem of climate change. The trio have been keen to raise the issue of energy efficient cooking methods in conjunction with food miles, as both issues go hand in hand. The team motto is: 'Cook the Food, not the Climate'. Their project has undoubtedly been one of action. The girls produced a cooking booklet highlighting some great tips to ensure energy used in cooking is done so as efficiently as possible, incorporating sections on the use of seasonal and locally grown produce on a month-by-month basis. They have also produced a calendar using only seasonal products for a tasty receipes each month. The students are extremely keen to highlight the fact that there is an abundance of fabulously fresh produce grown on our doorsteps, providing essential employment to the local economy and reaching our shops and markets with a smaller carbon footprint than if it were flown across the globe. Local farmers such as Liam Butterly from Rush, has been very supportive of this campaign.
'Lean, Green Cooking Machine' makes energy awareness finalsSTUDENTS FOCUS ON FOOD MILES AND THEIR IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
- Loreto Balbriggan students Emily Purtell, Julie Hamilton and Eimear Reilly, the 'Lean Green Cooking Machine', have made it into the finals of the 'One Good Idea' competition.
- Loreto Balbriggan students Emily Purtell, Julie Hamilton and Eimear Reilly, the 'Lean Green Cooking Machine', have made it into the finals of the 'One Good Idea' competition.
TRANSITION year students from Loreto secondary school in Balbriggan have reached the finals stages of an annual competition which focuses on energy efficiency and climate change.
Team members Emily Purtell, Julie Hamilton and Eimear Reilly, who called themselves the 'Lean Green Cooking Machines' are delighted to have made it to the latter stages of the 'One Good Idea' competition, run by the SEAI. The focus of their project is to raise awareness among their peers and the wider community on the impact of sourcing fresh food products from afar and raising the issue of food miles, and their contribution to the problem of climate change. The trio have been keen to raise the issue of energy efficient cooking methods in conjunction with food miles, as both issues go hand in hand. The team motto is: 'Cook the Food, not the Climate'. Their project has undoubtedly been one of action. The girls produced a cooking booklet highlighting some great tips to ensure energy used in cooking is done so as efficiently as possible, incorporating sections on the use of seasonal and locally grown produce on a month-by-month basis. They have also produced a calendar using only seasonal products for a tasty receipes each month. The students are extremely keen to highlight the fact that there is an abundance of fabulously fresh produce grown on our doorsteps, providing essential employment to the local economy and reaching our shops and markets with a smaller carbon footprint than if it were flown across the globe. Local farmers such as Liam Butterly from Rush, has been very supportive of this campaign.