The EcoAdvocate March Update

It is time for the Arlington County government to take a whole-of-government approach to the climate crisis. You can help by urging the County Board to leverage upcoming budget decisions to accelerate County efforts to achieve its carbon neutrality goal. You can also reduce your own carbon footprint by shifting to a plant-rich diet to.

Let's Make the FY2025 Budget a Climate Budget

As the climate crisis intensifies, we need to collectively and aggressively move away from fossil fuels. The Arlington Government, with a whole-of-government approach, can lead Arlington in these efforts. While the County is making some progress on rooftop solar, EV vehicles, and charging infrastructure, the proposed FY2025 budget (starts July 1) does not reflect the urgency of the moment. EcoAction Arlington is urging the County Board to leverage its budget decisions to accelerate County efforts to achieve its carbon neutrality goal.

Action Alert

Make sure that County Board members know you support higher investment in addressing climate change for a livable future for our families and for all of the Arlington Community by sending an email to countyboard@arlingtonva.us before April 20 or plan to speak at the public hearing on the FY-2025 Budget on April 2 at 7:00 pm. For more details on speaking see Demystifying Speaking at the County Board.

Read EcoAction Arlington's comments on the FY2025 Budget to the Arlington County Board

What You Can Do: A Climate-Friendly and Healthy Diet

Most of us are aware that shifting to a vegan or vegetarian diet can have a big impact in reducing our individual carbon footprint. For social, cultural, and emotional reasons, making such a leap is too far for most of us. Fortunately, Project Drawdown and other studies indicate that moving to a plant-rich diet without giving up meat, dairy, or other animal-based products can be climate-friendly and healthy.

What We're Reading In March

All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis, edited by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Dr. Katharine K. Wilkinson. All We Can Save is a collection of essays, poetry and art by women leading the environmental movement.

Check Out the DC Healthy Homes Fair -- April 6, 2024

1-5 p.m., DC Armory

An interactive experience for homeowners, renters, home renovators, and career seekers to learn about the products and services needed to improve home health, increase home comfort, and reduce our home emissions in the DMV region.

Visit their website for more information

The EcoAdvocate is compiled by the EcoAction Arlington Advocacy Committee

EcoAction Arlington | Elenor Hodges, Executive Director | 703-228-6427 | office@ecoactionarlington.org | ecoactionarlington.org

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EcoAction Arlington's mission is to educate, advocate, and act to create a sustainable community by improving our natural environment, encouraging environmentally-friendly behaviors, ensuring environmental justice, and addressing the climate crisis.The EcoAction Advocacy Committee engages in public discussion and promotes civic engagement among its members to influence government action to support its mission. EcoAction Arlington is a non-profit and non-partisan organization.

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