The New Haven Healthy City/Healthy Climate Challenge will be launched on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, by representatives from six local organizations and members of New Haven’s environmental community. The Yale Office of Sustainability is happy to be one of the six partner organizations.
The public is welcome to attend the launch party. Please join members of the Yale community as we show commitment to sustainability in New Haven. The event will take place on Wednesday, November 13, from 5:30-7:00 p.m. at the ArtSpace New Haven, 50 Orange St, New Haven.
Representatives of the Healthy Climate Challenge and its member organizations include Common Ground High School, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Neighborhood Housing Services of New Haven, New Haven Bioregional Group, New Haven/Leon Sister Cities Project, and the Yale Office of Sustainability. The cooperative group is promoting a five-step pledge designed to reduce local greenhouse gas emissions while improving public health and community interconnectedness.
For more information and to take the pledge, visit www.healthyclimatechallenge.org.