What does the topic mean?
Environmental Politics aim to minimize environmental damages. Eating habits are an important factor here. Currently, the diet of an average german does not reflect the guidelines of the German society for Nutrition (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Ernährung). If a healthy diet according to the guidelines would be followed, the environmental impact of their diet could be decreased massively. Moreover, the impact can be further decreased by focusing on regional and seasonal produce. However, eating habits are quite a personal topic so legislative proposals which aimed to restrict the consumption of certain foods for environmental purposes were resented in the past. Nudging is a better alternative to influence eating habits because the consumer keeps the freedom of choice.