Launch - Healthy City/Healthy Climate Challenge

Collective Climate Change

Healthy City/Healthy Climate Challenge Launch Party

By NHS Staff.

On Wednesday, November 13, NHS joined with five other organizations to celebrate the launch of the Healthy City/Healthy Climate Challenge.

The climate challenge emphasizes green solutions and lifestyle choices that will allow individuals to reduce their impact on the environment. By reducing greenhouse gases, we believe that we can enhance the well-being of ourselves and our neighborhoods.

 The launch of this challenge, which involves participants taking a pledge to take some green action steps, was held at Artspace. The downtown gallery was featuring a new exhibit focused on the effects of climate change.

The event was well-attended and led to quite a few people taking the pledge.

Joel Tolman emceed the event.

Climate change can be “daunting,” as Joel Tolman of Common Ground stated. However, the climate challenge is all about the collective impact of individuals. Small choices can make a big difference in the long term.

Kathy Fay, manager of NHS' Home Improvement and Energy Conservation Lab, describes the importance and impact of switching to renewable energy sources.

As part of this coalition, NHS is finding new ways to make itself a greener organization. Other organizations participating in the challenge are: the New Haven Bioregional Group, Common Ground, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Yale University’s Office of Sustainability, and the New Haven/Leon Sister City Project.

Some members of the NHS staff!

If you're interested in learning ways to create a healthier lifestyle and community, consider joining New Haven residents and resident organizations who are taking the pledge!