Working with the City of Frankfort to support their climate efforts

Working with local institutions to create a Partnership for a Green Community.

Working to raise awareness about the threat of climate change and what we can do to solve it.

FCAN Sustaining Members

Michael & Beth McDonald
Jim & Fonda McWilliams
Farmers Bank
Inside Out Design
BoothDesign
Tona Barkley

$25,000 EPA grant awarded to support Lighten Up, Frankfort! initiative to reduce local carbon emissions

Frankfort, Kentucky, August 2, 2010 - Frankfort Climate Action Network (FrankfortCAN) and Appalachia - Science in the Public Interest (ASPI) have jointly received a $25,000 Environmental Justice Small Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The funds will be used to advance FrankfortCAN’s Lighten Up, Frankfort! project.

FrankfortCAN is a community group in the Frankfort/ Franklin County area that works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and create a more sustainable community. In 2009, FrankfortCAN launched Lighten Up, Frankfort! Participating households work together in small teams and over the course of four meetings, analyze their carbon footprints and create an action plan to lower their carbon emissions. In the last 12 months, 45 households have reported annual cuts of nearly 700,000 pounds or 350 tons of carbon dioxide. The project goal for the next 12 months is to cut an additional 650 tons to reach cumulative cuts of 1,000 tons of carbon emissions.   Read More

Become part of the global warming solution.
Go on a Low Carbon Diet!

If you would like to participate and need a Low Carbon Diet book ($11), please email lightenupfrankfort@gmail.com

Lighten Up Overview (pdf)
Lighten Up FAQ (pdf)
2010 Lighten Up Team Sign-up Form (pdf 60K)
2010 Team Leader Handbook (pdf 2,280K)
2010 Household Reporting Form (pdf 77K)

Lighten Up Frankfort! is using a simple and attractive guidebook called The Low Carbon Diet which is being employed successfully to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in communities around the country. Participating households will gather in small groups four times over the course of one to three months to calculate their household’s carbon footprint, set a target for reduction, and plan or implement changes that will reduce their emissions to meet their target.