What Is Social Capital?
October 4, 2024
Article
Make Mindful, Sustainable Food Choices & Cook . Learn strategies and skills for protecting your health and the health of the planet.
Instructor: Maya Adam, MD
9,032 already enrolled
(512 reviews)
Recommended experience
Beginner level
No background or previous coursework required. Recommended courses: Stanford Introduction to Food & Health and Stanford Child Nutrition & Cooking.
(512 reviews)
Recommended experience
Beginner level
No background or previous coursework required. Recommended courses: Stanford Introduction to Food & Health and Stanford Child Nutrition & Cooking.
Make more environmentally sustainable food choices
Eat mindfully and rebuild your relationship with food
Cook using simple, fresh ingredients for health and enjoyment
Add to your LinkedIn profile
Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV
Share it on social media and in your performance review
This specialization is intended for anyone seeking to improve their health, protect our planet and build a stronger, more positive relationship with food. The courses aim to improve knowledge about the relationships between our health, our food, how our food is made, and our environment, while inspiring us to make decisions that will protect our health and the health of the environment. After completing the specialization a learner with no previous food, nutrition, sustainable, mindful eating, or cooking skills will be able to 1. evaluate contemporary food choices for their impact on both human health and planetary sustainability, 2. achieve stepwise personal behavior change towards healthier, more sustainable eating, 3. prepare healthy, delicious meals using simple techniques and readily available ingredients, and 4. incorporate into their lives, the practice of food mindfulness, dietary moderation, varied meal composition and self-compassion with regard to their eating behaviors and food choices. Together, these skills and competencies will facilitate a lifelong, positive and health-promoting relationship with food for each individual learner and for their loved ones.
Special thanks to: Lucas Oliver Oswald, Desiree Labeaud, Christopher Gardner, William Bottini, Sejal Parekh, Arielle Wenokur, Janine Van Schoor, Ann Doerr, Bonnie Maldonado, Perry Pickert and the fantastic team at Friday Films.
Applied Learning Project
In this specialization you will be asked to apply the principles of sustainable, mindful eating and healthy cooking to plan and prepare a meal that will delight the eaters and protect our planet. You’ll be asked to write about your decision-making process and how you applied the principles learned in this specialization to the planning and preparation of your planet-friendly, delicious and healthy meal. Online learning has never tasted this good!
How to practice mindful eating or food mindfulness.
How to practice self-compassion and rebuild your relationship with food.
You will learn how to eat in a way that optimizes your health and the health of the planet, making the most of the resources available to you.
You will also learn how to be an environmentally-conscious consumer, whether you’re at the grocery store or eating out.
Learn how to cook using a principle-based approach so that you can make healthy food with whatever is available in your kitchen and in your region.
Learn how to prepare plant-forward meals that will delight you and protect your health.
Make it easier to cook regularly, by having the right ingredients on hand.
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is an American private research university located in Stanford, California on an 8,180-acre (3,310 ha) campus near Palo Alto, California, United States.
Unlimited access to 10,000+ world-class courses, hands-on projects, and job-ready certificate programs - all included in your subscription
Earn a degree from world-class universities - 100% online
Upskill your employees to excel in the digital economy
12 weeks, four weeks for each course
No background knowledge is necessary, though we recommend taking our previous course, Stanford Introduction to Food & Health.
You do not need to take the courses in any particular order, but the order we have specified should provide the best experience.
There is no university credit for completing the course
You will be able to rethink your own relationship with food, how food relates to the envrionment and sustainability, and you will be able to cook a few dozen new recipes from scratch using cooking fundamentals you learn.
This course is completely online, so there’s no need to show up to a classroom in person. You can access your lectures, readings and assignments anytime and anywhere via the web or your mobile device.
If you subscribed, you get a 7-day free trial during which you can cancel at no penalty. After that, we don’t give refunds, but you can cancel your subscription at any time. See our full refund policy.
Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.
Yes. In select learning programs, you can apply for financial aid or a scholarship if you can’t afford the enrollment fee. If fin aid or scholarship is available for your learning program selection, you’ll find a link to apply on the description page.
When you enroll in the course, you get access to all of the courses in the Specialization, and you earn a certificate when you complete the work. If you only want to read and view the course content, you can audit the course for free. If you cannot afford the fee, you can apply for financial aid.
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.