Governor Schwarzenegger has declared June 2009 “Real California Milk Month." Let’s celebrate it by making a commitment to responsible solutions to pollution by dairy farms. California has been a leader in addressing greenhouse gases in a responsible fashion. From 2000-2006, emissions from paper production were reduced by the equivalent of 430,000 tons of CO2, food processing emissions were reduced by 680,000 tons of CO2, and car emissions fell by 5 million tons of CO2! However, there’s one notable area where Californians have been increasing greenhouse gas production since 2000: greenhouse gases emissions from dairy farming.

A healthy environment means healthy eating and active living, but it also requires a sense of security that can take many different forms. We develop a fuller picture of the health of our communities when we tell and listen to the stories about everyday life in our neighborhoods, of what streets and spaces are safe and where both good and bad health behaviors are occurring. PhotoVoice is a health promotion strategy which allows people to document the strengths and concerns of their community and make them known to policy makers through photography. Through mapping, PhotoVoice also becomes a way to describe how place-based policy, whether positive or negative, has real, visible impacts on all of us.

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Healthy people are a result of a healthy environment...

We know and understand that fast food causes obesity.

Our physical environment plays a key role in determining our health.

Making our voice heard.