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

Thursday, June 67:00—8:00 PMLarge Meeting RoomCary Memorial Library1874 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA, 02420

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.

This program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation, and in partnership with LexCAN and Lex Zero Waste.

No Registration Required