3rd June 2008
Food and Climate Change
The Climate Action Day that bites....
It's time to detox the planet and take action on food and climate change!
The food we eat contributes up to a third of the emissions that are poisoning the planet. It's time for a detox ... Changing our diet is one of the most effective steps we can take!
Our unsustainable appetites are already causing climate change. We urgently need to change our way of life to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the next ten years. It's time to switch to plant based, organic, seasonal and locally produced food.
There is nothing more fundamental than food! Climate action starts on your dinner plate, at the supermarket, on your allotment and in your back yard, at the food processing and distribution centres, down on the farm, in your high street, at the airport and at the lorry park.
The UN Conference on World Food Security and Climate Change runs from 3rd to 5th June 2008. The Network for Climate Action is inviting you to take action on and around the 3rd of June 2008.
Whatever your tastes, there's something for everyone on this action menu! There are many proposed solutions - we think it's time to start the debate. Local food markets, free food stalls, workshops and film showings, street theatre, info stalls, protests and direct action, cooking demonstrations, talks, allotment shows. Get creative and get involved!
Whether you're working on local organic food, growing your own, veganism, permaculture, food security, humanitarian issues, transport campaigning, agrofuels, anti - GM food ... make the links on climate change ... take action on the 3rd of June toward a low-carbon diet!
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