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Small Steps to Save the Environment

The Climate Education Initiative (CEI) is hosting an action workshop at 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 at the Fellowship Hall in the Fredonia Presbyterian Church at 219 Central Avenue in Fredonia. The purpose of the workshop is to exchange ideas on reducing our carbon footprint. Many people who are worried about increasing pollution and the effects of climate change feel there is nothing they can do as individuals to preserve our environment. But others have found small actions that make a difference, and CEI is opening a space in which people can share steps they’ve taken to reduce pollution or greenhouse gases in ways that fit with their lifestyles.

As an example, it may seem that something as small as eating more local produce can’t possibly benefit the environment in any meaningful way. But, as the old song has it, while each of us holds one small candle, together we make a great light. A lot of people eating more locally produced foods can cut miles of truck traffic, saving gas and reducing toxic emissions. People who have taken many other small actions and people who are interested in hearing about them are invited to come to the meeting to talk.

The Climate Education Initiative is an information and action group formed by local residents, with the cooperation of the League of Women Voters, and with internet support from SUNY Fredonia. Visit its website at www.fredonia.edu/cei . For more information on the meeting, e-mail Minda Rae Amiran, amiran@fredonia.edu.

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