“Mother Nature: education for good nutrition” is the project promoted by the Ogliastra Eventi association with the contribution of the Fondazione di Sardegna and the partnership of ITS Blue Zone Foundation, which has been committed for years to the theme of longevity, healthy food and good nutrition with a privileged eye on an area, Ogliastra precisely, which is one of the five areas in the world where we live the most. And in order to continue to eat well, it is necessary to educate the new generations to eat optimally, with genuine products, the fruit of crops without poisons and simple manufacturing processes that are respectful of what we are going to eat.

Proper nutrition, therefore, is an effective preventive tool to protect health. Educating on healthy and proper nutrition contributes to maintaining health status and preventing disease. Dietary behaviors are acquired very early in an individual’s life; therefore, it is a priority to implement nutrition education programs. This is the spirit that prompted the Ogliastra Eventi association to try its hand at an eduative initiative.

Mother Nature is a science popularization and nutrition education project that addresses the sensitive issue of the individual’s balanced and environmentally sustainable relationship with food. It is aimed at primary and secondary school students to promote correct lifestyles and proper eating habits in order to preserve good health in the population.

Key features of the project are:

• Use of original teaching methodology;
• Acquisition of basic knowledge about foods, their origin

composition and on the basic principles of nutrition;

• Student involvement in the learning process;
• Promotion of synergy between school and family;
• Use of multimedia procedures that allow high level of interactivity and easy dissemination of teaching materials.

The project includes a series of workshops in schools with the collaboration of families and teachers.

What are the goals that the Ogliastra Events Association intends to achieve?

1. Promote in the new generation the acquisition of the first elements of food education and nutrition to stimulate the adoption of a varied and balanced diet;
2. Spreading the culture of healthy eating to live well, through a lifestyle that contemplates outdoor exercise and a diet based on healthy and organic foods, where no chemical additives, poisons and with the least use of soil and water are used;
3. Spreading useful behaviors for reducing food waste; acquiring the principles of a sustainable diet; acquiring elements of food hygiene and safety;
4. Promote the adoption of a healthy and varied diet by increasing knowledge about food and nutrients;
5. Learn the importance of biodiversity; understand how individual diversity is important and necessary for the survival of all living things, including humans; develop scientific thinking and critical thinking to recognize evidence-based information.