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Food waste is a recognized problem that has gained political, economic, and social importance in recent years. Numerous high level political statements formulated in the last decade express the need to combat food waste. It is generated all along the food supply chain at the stages of production, processing, retailing and consumption. S4W project focuses on piloting actions upon food waste prevention, management and reduction, and aims at fostering students’ ability to think critically and to adopt a proactive attitude by: -raising students’ awareness of the problem of food waste -increasing their knowledge about reasons for and impacts of food wastage. -pointing them towards specific options for actions that are within their sphere of influence by teaching them new skills related to evaluation of food quality and understanding proper food storage, food preservation options, and so on. S4W project aims to promote awareness regarding the economic, social, and environmental consequences of food waste, highlighting actions and habits that people can take to reduce their own food waste. The project is going to develop a curriculum and piloting actions which will enable teachers to select those activities that best match the needs, abilities and interests of their students while also conforming to time and resource constraints.