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Fourth of July Healthy Potluck Celebration

Fourth of July Healthy Potluck Celebration

On July 4th, 2017, JUCCCE marked the 241st anniversary of America’s independence with a lively and healthy potluck at Nanjing Road nakedHub in Shanghai! Over 60 people, including American expatriates, local Chinese citizens, and JUCCCE interns from all around the world gathered together to enjoy delicious food, participate in interactive Food Heroes games, and listen to a heartfelt rendition of the Star Spangled Banner by acclaimed American flautist TBird Luv and our very own

Fun with Kids at HeMa Supermarket

Fun with Kids at HeMa Supermarket

As part of our partnership with the hit reality TV show, Supernanny, we hosted a fun family activity session at a freshly opened Hema Fresh supermarket. Hema Fresh supermarkets are a reconceptualization of the traditional grocery store: shoppers can pick out fruits, vegetables, meat and seasonings and have their meal cooked, prepared and packaged before them. Twelve families attended gathered around our activity table where they could see and interact with the “Eat a Rainbow

Earth Day 2017: Environment & Climate Legacy

Earth Day 2017: Environment & Climate Legacy

47 years ago, Earth got a day to be recognized. April 22nd has been designated as Earth Day. Senator Gaylord Nelson from Wisconsin founded Earth Day in 1970 following a massive student's anti-war and peace movement of the previous year. The goal was to bring environmental preservation onto the United States’ political agenda. That first year, 20 million people all across America protested together against the deterioration of the Earth and it’s environment. Since then over 18

2017 Salzburg Global Seminar: The Child in the City

2017 Salzburg Global Seminar: The Child in the City

Katherine Boe, program manager at JUCCCE, was invited to participate in the 574th Salzburg Global Seminar last month. This prestigious organization calls for a new way of solving important issues on a global scale. It is dedicated to assisting our current and future leaders in making significant change. Founded in 1947 by Clemens Heller, a Harvard graduate student, the organization originally focused on American studies during the post-world war era. It has now evolved into a

Family Fun at Bella Napoli!

Family Fun at Bella Napoli!

On Saturday, March 25th, 2017, over 15 children and their parents took part of Food Heroes Family Workshop co-hosted with Bella Napoli, a family Italian restaurant in Shanghai. This workshop included activities for kids ages 4-6 and 7-10, who were divided into 2 groups to complete tasks and games together to encourage them to Eat A Rainbow Everyday! Both age groups learned about new healthy foods, practiced healthy food vocabulary, and exercised their creative skills during t

Collaboration with China’s Popular Children’s Cartoon Peppa Pig

Touring Alibaba and Speaking at the Alibaba Leadership Academy

Touring Alibaba and Speaking at the Alibaba Leadership Academy

JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu was introduced to the Alibaba Group with her fellow cohort of World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders and also spoke at the Alibaba Group Leadership Academy on social entrepreneurship and Food Heroes, the JUCCCE curriculum on health and environment. #Alibaba #AlibabaLeadershipAcademy #WorldEconomicForumYoungGlobalLeaders #FoodHeroes #Environment

Brainstorming Food Heroes Curriculum with School Teachers

Brainstorming Food Heroes Curriculum with School Teachers

Teachers of young and middle school kids join JUCCCE for a brainstorming session. Their input was used to develop our food and nutrition curriculum, Food Heroes, and to refine games, stories and key concepts to make them more kid friendly. All who attended had a brilliant time and learnt a lot from each other. We made a lot of progress on the curriculum! #FoodHeroes #SproutLifestyle

Food Heroes Summer Camp at Sprout Lifestyle Begins

Food Heroes Summer Camp at Sprout Lifestyle Begins

In conjunction with Shanghai healthy eating restaurant Sprout Lifestyle, JUCCCE ran a 12-day educational and interactive summer camp designed to teach children about how what they eat affects their health and the planet. Food Heroes workshops used games and kidspeak to introduce topics like knowing where your food comes from, healthy alternatives to sugar and salt, digestion and food waste. #Summer #FoodHeroes #FoodWaste #SproutLifestyle #SummerCamp #Workshops

Food Heroes joins Naked Discovery Campus Opening

Testing Food Education Games with Jason Li

Jason Yatsen Li is the former Head of China Strategy for Australia’s major insurance company, Insurance Australia Group, and was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum. He has a background in sustainability, having led IAG’s activities in sustainability and climate change, and visited JUCCCE to help test food education games. #FoodHeroes #YoungGlobalLeader #WorldEconomicForum #Sustainability #ClimateChange #FoodEducation

Presenting Food Heroes at Shanghai's Eco Design Fair

Food Heroes testing games at Shanghai's Naked Hub co-working space

Danone first full executive Greater China meeting features JUCCCE keynote and Food Heroes

Danone first full executive Greater China meeting features JUCCCE keynote and Food Heroes

Major French food product corporation, Danone, held their first meeting of all executives from all product lines for Greater China. This meeting was the launch of Alimentation, Danone CEO’s vision of how sustainability can be integrated into the company’s mission. JUCCCE Chairperson Peggy Liu was invited to present the keynote speech on sustainability trends in China. The Food Heroes game booth introduced Danone executives to JUCCCE’s practical food education program. Peggy u

Children test new Food Heroes games

BBC Interview JUCCCE Program Manager Lucy Luo

Inspires Girl Scouts to become Food Heroes at a Sproutworks Workshop

Inspires Girl Scouts to become Food Heroes at a Sproutworks Workshop

Program Director of Food Heroes, Lucy Luo, with the help of JUCCCE interns spread the messages of becoming a Food Hero to a group of Girl Scouts from a local international school. The children learned about sustainable food, that is both good for the body and for the planet though an engaging hands-on workshop. Although the Girl Scouts ended the workshop, their journey as Food Heroes has just begun! #Events #Sproutworks #FoodHeroes #Sustainability #GirlScouts #Workshops

Celebrating International Children's Day

Celebrating International Children's Day

On Monday, June 1st 2015, a team of JUCCCErs celebrated International Kids’ Day with a group of 36 local primary school students (黄浦区卢湾一中心小学). We hosted a series of fun activities for the kids on the ‘Eat a Rainbow Every Day’ theme to learn about the health benefits of eating different colored foods. We started with a brief presentation complete with colorful vegetable costumes. Miss Pea, Miss Carrot and Miss Banana explained links between different colors and their potential

Kids as Food Heroes: Piloting a New Way to Eat in China

Kids as Food Heroes: Piloting a New Way to Eat in China

(Note: The following post was featured in the blog section of the Huffington Post.) Chinese kids are in a health crisis. Both the chubby little Emperor in a city and the malnourished Chinese kid in a rural village suffer from the downward spiral of changing diets -- from fresh-cooked meals to processed convenience foods loaded with sugars and salts. In one generation, the percentage of Chinese children who are overweight skyrocketed from 5% to 20%. Barry Popkin, a professor o

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