CCAB: Climate Change Action Brookline

Mission:
- Raise awareness as to how urgent the climate situation is
- Reduce Brookline's carbon footprint at least 20% by the year 2020
- Help you learn how to do your part
- Provide resources and support

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Smart Food Choices

Shop locally at the Farmer's Market, eat fewer meat meals, find out how diet affects the climate

Help CCAB change the way we live and work through environmental awareness and action with:

	Schools
	Businesses
	Town Government
	Public Policy
	Residences
	Transportation
	Food
	Partners


Did you know? If everyone in America went vegetarian just for one day, the U.S. would prevent greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 1.2 million tons of carbon dioxide, as much as is produced by all of France, The U.S. would also save: 100 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the homes in New England for almost four months 1.5 billion pounds of crops otherwise fed to livestock, enough to feed the state of New Mexico for more than a year 70 million gallons of gas, enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico 33 tons of antibiotics	Diet and Climate Change Resources Download a seasonal guide to New England produce here Understand food's impact on Climate Change download here Understand how dietary change can reduce impacts on the climate download here (from the World Preservation Foundation) Take the Climate Week food quiz here

What you can do:

Consider Meatless Meals one day each week. If you replace meat with vegetarian meals one day a week, credit yourself for 700 pounds of CO2 reduction per year. Lowering the amount of meat you consume also lowers your risk for chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and some cancers. Click here for some great vegetarian recipes.

Buying local or growing your own food can reduce the energy needed to transport produce by 1,000 miles or more. Support local farmers by shopping at Brookline Farmers' Market. The market, located in the Centre Street parking lot, runs from June to October and is open Thursdays 1:30 pm to dusk, rain or shine.

Bountiful Brookline was created in the spring of 2009. It promotes growing food and providing access to healthy fresh food throughout our community and works to create a sustainable local food system to benefit everyone in Brookline.

Allandale Farm, Brooklines last working farm, is another source of locally grown produce. The farm offers a Community Supported Agriculture program where consumers purchase a share of the coming season's harvest. Shares for the coming seasion become available in January.

Interested in composting? Contact Ed Gilbert, Brookline's Department of Public Works, who works with the Solid Waste Advisory Committee. The DPW offers compost bins and rain barrels at a reduced price.