Support Sustainability With Plant-Based Eating

Adopting a plant-based diet can reduce your personal impact on climate change, benefit your health, and help protect our natural environment.

A plant-based diet focuses on fruit, vegetables, whole grains, beans, seeds, and nuts and limits animal products like dairy, eggs, and meat. And, you don't have to give up all meat & dairy to make positive environmental impacts and benefit your health. Instead, you can adjust your approach to fit meet your needs and preferences.

• You might eat only plant foods and follow a vegetarian or vegan diet.
• You may choose a more flexible way of eating that includes eggs, dairy, or meat from time to time.
• Or, you can start with smaller changes like eating meat-free meals or practicing Meatless Mondays or Moo-less Mondays and gradually develop your healthy & sustainable eating habits from there.

This webpage was created by the 2025-26 Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council's (YAC) Climate Resiliency & Sustainability Subcommittee.

Members - pictured left to right - include:

• Ozzie Křížek
• Aanandhi Ganesh
• Parker Brown
• Brigette Harrington
• Annabelle Bailey

The Hillsboro Youth Advisory Council educates, engages, and empowers high school students from the Hillsboro community by providing them with opportunities to actively participate in local government, develop leadership skills, and make a positive impact in their community.

The Climate Resiliency & Sustainability Subcommittee focuses specifically on creating more sustainable solutions to environmental challenges in our community, increasing local, equitable, and easily-accessible climate education, and raising awareness on how community members can get involved with climate sustainability.