We had a nice conversation with @PresidentMcPhee about the @acupcc today, He didn't say yes, but he didn't say no. He did remind us that we're deep in the heart of a red state, and that lots of our neighbors are skeptical about climate change and global warming. What, then, can students here do to make it easier for him to acknowledge climate reality and sign on? -Communicate with your elected representatives.
So, as a public service:
I think the president of the university was right. We should look to some of our elected officials. Maybe this is a new door we should open up as well as keep this door of communication with Dr. McPhee open. His point about elected officials also sparked a recent memory of our most recent election. It reminded me of our newly re-elected President of the United States, who in his recent acceptance speech, noted that we are faced with the real concept of a warming planet. We as students in this environmental ethics class are listening to our elected officials and their concerns. Maybe it is time that we go back to our other elected officials and voice these concerns?!
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It's great to see students engaging the senior leadership on the issue of climate. I just read a fast company article on how to transform society to face the systemic challenges that we are encountering.
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It’s time to be mega-ambitious, to set stretch targets. Growing numbers of companies are setting themselves net zero, zero, or even beyond zero targets in such areas as waste-to-landfill rates and carbon emissions. This sort of ambition is evidenced by Unilever’s “we’re going to double the value we create while halving our environmental footprint” strategy. And by the sustainability work of David Stubbs and his team in the London Olympics project.
Enable young people
Young people, as Gen Y climate activist Casper ter Kuile reminds us, can be dangerous if aggrieved, but are also potential powerhouses if engaged in the right way. Still, as he notes, this isn’t “about an infusion of young people into the existing system, it’s about redesigning the system itself.” Young or old, it’s time to boost everyone’s Future Quotient."
http://www.fastcoexist.com/1680858/10-steps-to-transform-capitalism-for-the-better
I do believe that this offers a terrific opportunity for both the students and President McPhee to act boldly and begin the necessary transformation needed to adapt to a changing climate.
Yes we must be mega ambitious...we can't afford not to be. One of the major concerns that I had with the meeting yesterday was what DR. McPhee said about petitions and how he does not respond well to them. I will continue to leave the petition open for all who want to be ambitious about climate neutrality. Again I restate that it is not a petition for strict demands but instead an extension of supporters of MTSU, the environment, and especially Dr. McPhee and his efforts to lead MTSU in the right direction of Environmental consciousness.
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