Project Drawdown 216d ago

Maggie Baird founded Support and Feed with a vision to work at the intersection of the climate crisis, food equity, and food insecurity to address hunger. Maggie highlights the importance of shifting to an equitable, plant-based food system as a solution to climate change and scales her organization’s impact by partnering with music artists, including her children and Grammy Award-winning artists Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell. As a touring partner, Support and Feed engages fans and concertgoers in climate education and action through pop-up programs, food drives, tabling, and serving plant-based meals. Particularly in wealthy countries, eating a plant-rich diet is one of the most powerful actions an individual can take to reduce their climate impact. Since livestock produce methane emissions and use a lot of land – often attained through deforestation – even small shifts toward eating more plants and less meat can make a big difference. It can also improve food equity by making nutritious, affordable meals more accessible while using fewer resources. Since 2020, Support and Feed has worked in 41 cities worldwide, remains active in 11 key U.S. cities, and is expanding into the EU, UK, and Australia. Working with hundreds of volunteers, over 190 community groups, and 100+ local restaurants, they’ve delivered more than 1.5 million plant-based meals paired with educational resources connecting food choices to the climate crisis. For more on Support and Feed: https://supportandfeed.org/ *** Want to discover your role in stopping the climate crisis? Drawdown's Neighborhood, presented by Project Drawdown, is a series of short documentaries featuring the stories of climate solutions heroes, city by city. Join host and Project Drawdown storyteller Matt Scott on a journey to "pass the mic" to climate heroes whose stories often go unheard and elevate climate action. Drawdown's Neighborhood showcases the diverse community of leaders working to advance climate solutions. This edition takes place in the Los Angeles area, known as the entertainment capital of the world and home to Hollywood, it is a vibrant hub for arts and culture. But LA is also home to a rich and diverse natural ecosystem. Its varied landscapes include mountains, wetlands, beaches, deserts, and more, supporting a wide range of plant and animal life. As one of the largest urban regions in the United States, the greater Los Angeles area has a population of over 18 million people. It is also one of the most racially and culturally diverse cities in the nation. The combination of creative energy, ecological richness, and community power makes LA’s growing leadership on climate solutions especially impactful. The Los Angeles Area is a model for how cities, residents, organizations, and businesses can work together to respond to the intensifying impacts of climate change on the region, including wildfire, heat waves, flooding, rising sea levels, mudslides, and poor air quality. The land known as Los Angeles is the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Native homelands of the Tongva People. Drawdown's Neighborhood: Los Angeles features the stories of seven change-makers who demonstrate resilience, and are building momentum to stop climate change and create a healthier, more just future for all. Watch and share this short documentary series, created by the Drawdown Stories team in collaboration with adventure filmmaker Erik Douds. Interested in leveling up your climate journey? We encourage you to discover solutions and characteristics of your climate story using the discussion questions and resources accompanying each film, developed in collaboration with Jothsna Harris of Change Narrative. Project Drawdown is the world's leading resource for climate solutions. To learn more, please visit www.drawdown.org. Twitter: www.twitter.com/projectdrawdown Instagram: www.instagram.com/projectdrawdown Facebook: www.facebook.com.com/projectdrawdown Pinterest: www.pinterest.com/projectdrawdown LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/project-drawdown #climatesolutions #climatejustice #climateaction #climatechange #passthemic #DrawdownsNeighborhood