Abstract (eng)
Dietary choices and conditions of food production are currently being considered as the major driver for the exhaustion of planetary boundaries (“Food Planet Health”, 2019). According to the Lancet commission (2019), a precise transformation of global human food systems therefore can be seen as one of the most effective strategies in protecting planet earth and its inhabitants. While there is no way around changes on political and production level, a successful transformation all the same requires customers to develop a growing consciousness and therewith to alternate consumption practices. An increase in knowledge about these interrelations is a prerequisite of such a transformation; on a global scale, but especially in highly developed states. Ideally this starts already during childhood and adolescence. This paper initially aimed at gathering insights on preconcepts of urban lower secondary school pupils in relation to these coherences. Preconcepts of pupils provide important leads about their knowledge and thoughts on sustainable nutrition. Based on these insights, a more targeted education for imparting knowledge and competences can be developed. This paper suggests that with the tested group of learners, some preconcepts about sustainable nutrition are already detectable, whereas the necessity for a deeper engagement with this complex of themes – such as in the course of nutrition lessons at school – becomes evident.