The Diet-Climate Connection: How the Foods We Eat Affect the Planet We Inhabit

The Diet-Climate Connection: How the Foods We Eat Affect the Planet We Inhabit

When

June 6, 2024    
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Where

Cary Memorial Library
1874 Mass Ave, Lexington

IN PERSON: NO REGISTRATION

Hosted by David Freuberg of Humankind Public Radio, we’ll gather to hear and discuss a new audio documentary exploring the environmental footprint of our food system, the meals we eat, and the consequences for climate change. You’ll learn which foods have the highest and lowest impact on our warming planet.

Featured in the program:

• Frances Moore Lappé, author of Diet for a Small Planet (sold 2.5 million of copies)
• Walter Willett, M.D., long-time Nutrition Department chair at Harvard
• Youth in Massachusetts and California adopting climate-friendly diets
• A fascinating audio history of how the American diet became so meat-centric

Attendance is on a first come basis.

Program will be held in the Large Meeting Room.

This program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation.