Editorial: Climate justice movement needs student-led activism
On Sept. 20, masses of young people all across the world gathered to participate in the Global Climate Strike.
On Sept. 20, masses of young people all across the world gathered to participate in the Global Climate Strike.
The Ithaca College Eco-Reps led hundreds of students, faculty and staff downtown to meet up with the larger event occurring on The Commons.
Within the basement of Clarke Hall lies a room full of hidden treasures.
Old VHS tapes, Halloween costumes, crock pots, shower caddies, an ancient TV, lamps and a plastic fish tank litter the tiny Take It Or Leave It room.
The Eco-Reps, a student environmental sustainability organization, have been sorting compost, trash and recycling at all of the home football games this year.
Gimme! Coffee’s 12oz. and 16oz. cups of coffee cost over 20 percent more than the equal-sized cups of coffee from Starbucks.
“It’s not just the typical crunchy-granola Ithaca hippie that is sustainable,” she said. “It is approaching everyone on different levels, so let’s meet them where they are and keep going.”
“I’m glad that we got someone that seems very excited and has experience,” Enderle said.
This will be the college’s 12th year participating in Recyclemania, a competition encouraging schools to reduce waste on their campuses.
The college is not receiving the energy produced from the array directly — it is dispersed in the New York State power grid.
“This is definitely the year … that we can start getting programs running and having sustainability here,” Enderle said.
Now in his first semester as director of energy management and sustainability at Ithaca College, Greg Lischke says he plans to increase student involvement in sustainability programs and that the college has some renewable energy projects in early stages.