UCS focuses on going green
Marielle Segarra
Issue date: 1/30/08 Section: Campus News
Now that the University has announced plans to reduce its carbon emissions, the Undergraduate Council of Students is looking for other ways to make Brown green.
Along with setting greenhouse gas reduction goals to 42 percent below current levels by 2020, the University has begun to take further steps toward environmental progress, UCS President Michael Glassman '09 told The Herald. UCS advocated for the emissions reduction goal, Glassman added in an e-mail to The Herald.
The University will also work with UCS and other students and faculty to hold a "Brown is Green" conference in late April, said Lauren Kolodny '08, UCS vice president. The conference aims to "start a dialogue" between campus groups working for environmental change, Kolodny said.
Co-coordinator Dan MacCombie '08.5, said the idea for "Brown is Green" sprang from a meeting with Marisa Quinn, assistant to the president, and several faculty members and students to discuss opportunities for uniting environmental activist groups on campus.
The conference coordinators are hoping to enlist the help of Ira Magaziner '69 P'06 P'07 P'10, who works as the chairman of the Clinton Foundation Policy Board and with the Clinton Global Initiative, "offering recommendations to governments as to how to make green changes," Kolodny said.
Glassman said Magaziner expressed interest in visiting the University during the semester to speak with students and make suggestions as to how Brown can help fight climate change and create more green initiatives.
Along with keynote speakers in areas such as architecture and politics, the conference coordinators hope to bring in researchers and activists from around Providence, Glassman said. There will also be panels and more "interactive" events run by students from a wide range of concentrations, Kolodny said.
The green issue is "really good for fostering community," Kolodny said. "A lot of people can get behind it."
Organizers are "hoping to generate awareness and enthusiasm, not only at Brown but with local policymakers," Kolodny added.
Along with setting greenhouse gas reduction goals to 42 percent below current levels by 2020, the University has begun to take further steps toward environmental progress, UCS President Michael Glassman '09 told The Herald. UCS advocated for the emissions reduction goal, Glassman added in an e-mail to The Herald.
The University will also work with UCS and other students and faculty to hold a "Brown is Green" conference in late April, said Lauren Kolodny '08, UCS vice president. The conference aims to "start a dialogue" between campus groups working for environmental change, Kolodny said.
Co-coordinator Dan MacCombie '08.5, said the idea for "Brown is Green" sprang from a meeting with Marisa Quinn, assistant to the president, and several faculty members and students to discuss opportunities for uniting environmental activist groups on campus.
The conference coordinators are hoping to enlist the help of Ira Magaziner '69 P'06 P'07 P'10, who works as the chairman of the Clinton Foundation Policy Board and with the Clinton Global Initiative, "offering recommendations to governments as to how to make green changes," Kolodny said.
Glassman said Magaziner expressed interest in visiting the University during the semester to speak with students and make suggestions as to how Brown can help fight climate change and create more green initiatives.
Along with keynote speakers in areas such as architecture and politics, the conference coordinators hope to bring in researchers and activists from around Providence, Glassman said. There will also be panels and more "interactive" events run by students from a wide range of concentrations, Kolodny said.
The green issue is "really good for fostering community," Kolodny said. "A lot of people can get behind it."
Organizers are "hoping to generate awareness and enthusiasm, not only at Brown but with local policymakers," Kolodny added.