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Climate Week 2018

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Saturday, April 7th through Saturday, April 14th. 

 

TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES

As we experience floods, droughts, fires, fierce storms, and sea level rise resulting from Green-House-Gas emissions and the warming of the earth, citizen recognition and action continues to be essential and grows in urgency. Brookline Climate Week is an opportunity created to encourage collaboration amongst all in discovering the truths about global warming and the consequences of climate change. Working together we find solutions for a healthier world. Bring family, friends, and neighbors to maximize the impact of the 8th annual Climate Week.

National Public Health Week and Climate Week Collaboration

In 2018, National Public Health Week runs April 2 to April 8, the week before Climate Week. The Brookline Dept. of Public Health, under the leadership of Dir, Dr. Swannie Jett, has teamed up with Climate Action Brookline to create two events that highlight the connection between health and climate. These two events are listed at the top of the program. Not only is the connection between health and climate a truth and a consequence, the need for collaboration is another urgent truth and consequence, as exemplified in the National Public Health week mantra, “Changing Our Future Together.”

What Is Climate Week?

Now in its 8th year, Climate Week is a series of events focused on climate education and action. Climate Week is produced by Climate Action Brookline with community partners, organizations, businesses and individuals. We invite citizens of all ages to learn and engage in personal, local, state, national, and global actions.  

Website and Contact

The link for this page is www.brooklineclimateweek.org. Check here for general Climate Week background. Click the footprint icon in the upper right hand corner of this page to go directly to a separate page that lists all Climate Week 2018 events in detail. The latter event detail page for 2018  is inn the process of being created and populated at this very moment, so check agan in the future for full and current detail. For contact with Climate Action Brookline in general via email, click the following link  info@climateactionbrookline.org.        

Details

FREE: All events are free and open to the public. WEATHER: Events are held rain or shine unless the town declares a weather emergency or cancellation by event organizer.

About Climate Action Brookline (CAB)

CAB is a 501c3 that advocates for drawing down carbon emissions, breaking free from fossil fuels and growing clean energy. We partner with citizens and advocacy groups to build the climate movement all year long. CAB is a member of Massachusetts Climate Action Network and MA Power Forward, a statewide climate coalition. Sign up for our newsletter and see our meetings and events schedules at www.climateactionbrookline.org

Related Events During and Following Climate Week

For ideas on how to take action, download this handout.

Local Physicist, contributor to the IPCC Climate process, Dr. Rich Rosen, will meet with Brookline High Schoolers to address the science of climate change and discuss the challenges they face as a new generation moving forward.

Thanks to Climate Week 2018 Organizational Friends

 

All Saints’ Parish

Brookline Bikes Not Bombs

Brookline Arts Center

Brookline Bank

Brookline Booksmith

Brookline Bicycle Advisory Committee

Brookline Select Board

Brookline Select Board Climate Action Committee

Brookline Building Department

Brookline Department of Public Health

Brookline Dept. of Public Works

Brookline Parks and Open Space

Brookline Public Library

Brookline Recreation

Brookline Schools

Chobee Hoy Associates

Climate Action Brookline

Environment Massachusetts

Friends of the Muddy River

Korean Church

League of Women Voters

MA Power Forward

Mass Climate Action Network

Mass Energy

Consumers Alliance

Massachusetts State Representative Frank Smizik’s Office

Mothers Out Front

Sierra Club Massachusetts

United Parish Church Brookline

And special thanks to dozens of dedicated individuals, organizers and volunteers for your planning and skills

Climate Action Brookline and our Climate Week Steering Committee:

David Pantalone, Pat Maher, Michael Berger, Judy Narosny, John Harris, Lynne Karsten  

Preceding Day
Saturday, 07 April 2018
Following Day

  • Morning Bike Ride Download as iCal file

    9:00 am - 10:00 am 

    Join John Dempsey and others on a bike ride through Brookline highlighting recent safety improvements for bicycle riders on public ways. The buffered lane on Beacon Street and other current and planned infrastructure improvements for bicycle safety will be part of the route. Riders should be high school age and older.

    Featured Speaker: John Dempsey, long time bicyclist and bike advocate, Chairman of Solid Waste Advisory Committee, former Brookline school principal.

    Location: Meet at Town Hall parking lot. 333 Washington St., Brookline

     

  • 3R Depot: Pitch in to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle Download as iCal file

    10:00 am -  2:00 pm 

    Bring the family and learn about:

    • zero waste living,
    • biking in Brookline,
    • composting, and more.

    For short or long trips, try out:

    • cargo bikes,
    • electric bikes,
    • box bikes,
    • adult tricycles,
    • scooters,
    • late-model electric cars

    Recycle:

    • your cell phones,
    • eyeglasses,
    • soda pull tabs.
    • Drop off and pick up gently used sports gear at the Annual Sports Gear Exchange.
    • Donate old bicycles to Bikes Not Bombs.
    • Bring paper for shredding ($5/box).
    • Make art with the Brookline Arts Center using recycled materials.
    • Check out the Library Book Bike
    • (Unfortunately, no Styrofoam collected this year.)

    Have lunch at the Carbon Café and find out the hidden environmental costs of your food. 

    Featured Speaker:

    Location: Pierce School and Town Hall Parking Lot, Pierce St. and 50 School St. entrances, Brookline

     

  • 3rd Annual Brookline Youth Climate Adaptation Challenge Download as iCal file

    11:00 am -  1:15 pm 

    This unique environmental fair celebrates nature’s inspired innovation and is a showcase for sustainable solutions, experiments, and ideas using art & science Everyone is welcome to view solutions to climate change through the eyes of Brookline youth (K-12) who will be present to explain their projects. Categories include Biomimicry, Art (eco art, poetry, dance or play), and Water.

    Featured Speaker:

    Location: Pierce School Cafeteria and Auditorium, Pierce St. and 50 School St. entrances, Brookline

     

  • Youth in Action: A Panel of Local High School Students Working to Make a Positive Impact on Our Environment Download as iCal file

    1:45 pm -  3:15 pm 

    Do you wonder what you and your family could do to ensure a livable climate for all? Come to this panel presentation to hear what some of our high school students are doing to make a positive difference. Projects include large-scale composting of cafeteria food waste at Brookline High School, lobbying state legislators for more wind and solar clean energy for MA, reducing the sale and usage of plastic bottles, and more. You will learn and be inspired by what our youth are achieving to reverse the negative effects of climate change. Ideal for middle school students and their families.

    Featured Speaker: Moderated by Mothers Out Front Brookline

    Location: Pierce School Auditorium, Pierce St. and 50 School St. entrances, Brookline