Climate Change for Dietitians: Take meaningful action in any setting

We are so excited to introduce this course for dietitians in Canada to help you gain confidence and competence on climate-friendly food!

This course is right for you if you:

  • have sustainability or climate action somewhere in your job portfolio, or want to make it part of your role!
  • have clients who want help reducing their environmental impact
  • are interested in learning more about the latest research on climate-friendly food and how it applies to dietetic practice
  • need practical strategies for incorporating climate-friendly practices within your workplace

What will you learn?

Module 1

Background on Climate Change
  1. Understand what climate change is and how it is impacted by food
  2. Recognize the most consistent findings from the research on food-related emissions
  3. Consider dietitians’ scope of practice in the context of climate action

Module 2

Types of Evidence and Life Cycle Assessments
  1. Understand why life cycle assessments are considered the gold standard of measurement for food emissions 
  2. Identifying credible sources in the sea of misinformation 

Module 3

Diets, Nutrition and Climate
  1. Understand the climate impact of different foods and dietary patterns
  2. Gain awareness of common misconceptions around climate-friendly diets
  3. Describe the parallels between plant-rich diets and healthy diets
  4. Identify the key components, including the limitations,  of the planetary health diet
  5. Understand the alignment of plant-rich diets and various health conditions

Module 4

Module 4: Food waste/Food use
  1. Understand the impact of food waste on greenhouse gas emissions
  2. Recognize the major contributing factors toward food waste
  3. Identify the most effective ways to reduce food waste

Module 5

Module 5: Putting it into Practice
  1. Understand where we are as a profession and our current level of competence
  2. Recognize the places in which we need to pivot our messaging or approach
  3. Identify key strategies to operationalize food use and plant-rich diets in your practice setting
  4. Identify contextual factors that will increase likelihood of success

Module 6

Module 6: Other Climate-Friendly Practice Points
  1. Recognize non-food climate actions that apply to dietetic practice
  2. Identify opportunities in different practice settings to reduce emissions

*NEW* Module 7

Module 7: Fish and Climate Change
  1. Understand the impact of fish and seafood on greenhouse gas emissions
  2. Recognize the role of balancing nutrition when incorporating more climate-friendly seafood into diets
  3. Identify the most climate-friendly fish and seafood options

Course Details

  • 7 modules of core content, with 90 days to complete at your own pace
  • 4 recorded interviews with experts, researchers, and dietitians
  • *NEW* evergreen access – you can enroll at any time throughout the year, watch the content (and rewatch) at your own pace, and have access to any updates we make to content at no additional cost
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