Mitigating Climate Change

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• Five ways you can take action on climate change

Huntsville’s Climate is changing and will continue to change until heat trapping greenhouse gas (GHG) levels in the atmosphere start to decline (see the Muskoka Greenhouse Gas Initiative).

The Town of Huntsville is part of the District of Muskoka’s Climate Change Mitigation Taskforce (CCMT) and is working on a strategy for the implementation of a Community GHG reduction plan.

Five ways you can take action on climate change

1. Take the bus and other forms of public transit when you can for traveling long distances.
2. Reduce car trips by using active transportation (walking, cycling, and rolling) for traveling short distances.
3. Be mindful of how the food you buy is packaged and transported and try to eat foods that are local and in-season (a local project uses an indoor hydroponic modular farm with climate control technology to produce food year-round).
4. Start a type of garden with native species of plants, trees, and shrubs (pollinator garden, vegetable garden, rain garden, shade garden).
5. Take time to learn about and appreciate nature and respect and acknowledge the land and wildlife where you live.