Goshen College students participated in 350.org’s International Day of Climate Change on Saturday, Oct. 24 in what is being called the “most widespread day of environmental action in the planet’s history.” The campaign is dedicated to creating an equitable global climate treaty that lowers carbon dioxide below 350 parts per million, the number that leading scientists say is the safe upper limit for carbon dioxide — measured in parts per million in our atmosphere.
Led by environmental author and educator Bill McKibben, 350.org coordinated the international day of action at hundreds of iconic places around the world – from the Taj Mahal to the Great Barrier Reef – hoping to spark a global movement that will unite the public, media and political leaders behind the 350 goal.
All the college’s trash was collected for 3 days (250 bags of uncompressed waste or approximately 32 cubic yards), recyclables were separated out (about 1/4) and then the rest was formed into a 350.org sign. View the photo!
Here are more photos from the day’s events in Goshen. And here are specifically photos of the evening Environmental and Social Justice Coffeehouse at GC.
Read more about the day in an article in the Elkhart Truth. And here is one from the Goshen News.
Learn more about the events that happened at Goshen College on Oct. 24, and in the week leading up to it.
For more information, contact: Alana Kenagy, alanask@goshen.edu.