Team 8 - Less is More: The Meat Industry and the Environment

The meat industry is one of the world's biggest carbon emitters- reducing meat consumption and eating plant-based, home cooked meals is a great way to help curb the effects of global warming.

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Inspiration

First, the inspiration behind Less Is More was the notion that 100 people reducing their meat consumption is more impactful for the environment than a single person who is vegan. It is evident that people are less inclined to commit to a strict vegan or vegetarian diet, but everyone could decrease the amount of meat they consume. Second, Less Is More was also inspired by the website goodonyou.com, which promotes sustainable fashion. GoodOnYou makes getting into sustainable fashion easy, and we wanted to do the same for the food industry.

What it does

Our website provides easy-to-understand facts, fun recipes, engaging YouTube videos, and a knowledge quiz to encourage viewers to eat less meat. Specifically, on the about page, our website answers the main questions people may be concerned about when it comes to how our diets impact the environment. Scrolling down to the recipe page, our website displays 12 plant based recipes to try for breakfast, lunch, dinner, desert, and even snacks. To continue exploring, there are links to popular YouTube channels with great content on vegan and vegetarian cooking. Finally, the site provides users with a simple quiz to test their knowledge retention.

How we built it

We forked an open source code of a portfolio to start our project, and then virtually changed everything about the template such as the colors, texts, images, links, and information.

Challenges we ran into

We ran into several formatting issues. Our biggest problem was the overlapping text and images. One of our members stayed at office hours for about 20-30 minutes while the others tried to debug it on their own, and we were able to do it!

Accomplishments that we're proud of

As beginners of learning web development, we were proud of learning how to use more HTML and CSS concepts freely to our liking, whether it is the exact shade of the image of fruits in the background to make the cream colored text stand out more, or making the youtube videos have round borders.

What we learned

We became more familiar with basic structures and uses of CSS and HTML.

What's next for Less Is More

Less Is More would like to reach more audiences through social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Furthermore, we would love to team up with a grocery delivery service such as HelloFresh to make plant based meals more convenient for those who are busy. It would also be interesting to make an educational course to supply elementary and middle school health classes in order to expand awareness on the intimate relationship between climate change and food habits.

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