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Climate change is an unprecedented challenge. It is also an opportunity. There are paths forward, and it is through the support of individuals like you that Lexington Climate Action Network can continue to take meaningful steps.    

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350 ppm (CO2)!

The Way Life Should Be! LexCANers come out to change the countdown clock to 350 as 350 ppm is when the climate was stable. Let's work to get back there!

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It's the Most Important Thing You Can Do to Address Climate Change.

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Coming Up

Film Screening of Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics

April 29th 2025 | 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

**This event will take place at the Lexington Venue, 1794 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington

Join us for a screening of the Plastic People: The Hidden Crisis of MicroplasticsPlastic People is an award-winning feature documentary that chronicles humanity’s fraught relationship with plastic and one woman’s mission to expose shocking new revelations about the impact of microplastics on human health. Winner of the Environmental Award at the Hamptons Doc Fest and the Jury Prize at the Filme für die Erde Festival in Switzerland (plasticpeopledoc.com).  A discussion will follow.

Film runs for 84 mins.  Director: Ben Addelman, Co-Director & Science Journalist: Ziya Tong

Attendance is on a first-come basis.

Presented in partnership with Climate Action Team – First Parish in Lexington UU, LexCAN, LexZeroWaste, the Lexington Venue and Cary Memorial Library.
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