| Overall Rating | Reporter - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | |
| Liaison | Elizabeth Drake |
| Submission Date | June 29, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Swarthmore College
ER-T2-1: Student Group
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
Reporter |
Clara
Fang Sustainability Coordinator Lang Center for Civic and Social Responsibility |
Does the institution have an active student group focused on sustainability?:
The name and a brief description of each student group:
Earthlust is the oldest sustainability-focused group on campus, dating back to at least 1970.
The Good Food Club maintains an organic garden on campus.
Green Advisors are student volunteers who live in the dormitories and advise hallmates on sustainability best-practices.
Environmental Justice is a student group that works on the intersection of social justice and environmental issues. They do a lot of work with residents of Chester, PA.
Mountain Justice works on the issue of mountain top removal for coal mining.
Swat Frack Action works on banning hydraulic fracturing from Pennsylvania.
Think Climate works on increasing dialogue on climate change.
Ecosphere is the umbrella group that works at facilitating communication and cooperation between all these groups.
List up to 4 notable recent activities or accomplishments of student group(s):
Ecosphere started a green listserv, weekly newsletter, and monthly meeting to keep green groups in touch with each other.
Mountain Justice led a divestment campaign.
SwatFrackAction put pressure on the PA legislature to ban fracking.
Good Food Club and Earthlust helped to organize 2 local food events involving the community.
Green Advisors developed proposal to institutionalize their program.
List other student groups that address sustainability:
The website URL where information about student group(s) is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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