EARTHLUST

Our own Congressman Joe Sestak, from Pennsylvania’s 7th district, will be giving a brief talk on energy and climate policy, followed by a Town Hall style Q&A session. ALL ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND! Local bread & cheeses will be provided.

Monday, April 13, 2009

8:00 PM

Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Building
Swarthmmore College
500 College Ave
Swarthmore, PA 19081

Hosted by Earthlust, Environmental Justice, Good Food, and the College Democrats

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It is the third week of GREENmarch, a month full of environmental awareness campaigns and events brought to you by Earthlust, Green Advisors, EJ, and Good Food. If you haven’t participated in any events yet, please try to! And keep an eye out for some chalkings around campus soon…

Upcoming GREENmarch events:

Wednesday, March 25
Green Roof Tours, Scott Arboretum Office, 12:00-1:30 PM
David Schlosberg “Rethinking Climate Justice” Lecture, Scheuer Room, 7:30 PM

Thursday, March 26
Farmer’s Market / Make-A-Dorm-Plant Parlor Party, Parrish, 9:00 PM

Friday, March 27th
Arboretum Composting Facility Tour, Facilities Office, 1:00 PM
“Recycled Runway” Fashion Show, Upper Tarble, 4:30 PM

Saturday, March 28th
Stadium Protest in Chester, Chester YWCA, 10:00 AM
Earth Hour Acoustic-in-the-Dark Show, Olde Club, 8:00 PM
RAVE the Environment Party, Olde Club, 10:00 PM

And after the break,

Some Knowledge for the week: Keep reading →

We’ve been back at Swarthmore for over a week now since Power Shift 2009, and spring break has given me time to think things over.

Capitol Climate Action rally surrounds the power plant

12,000 people attended the weekend conference in Washington, DC, and a good number of them personally lobbied their Senators and Representatives. The Capitol Climate Action rally drew 2,500 passionate direct-actors, successfully closing down the coal-fired Capitol power plant. There isn’t a day I don’t think about what I learned, and the movement we students are cultivating, the first step in a global youth movement towards social and environmental consciousness and action.

I think this article by Joss Garman from The Guardian sums up a general post-rally feeling.

For Power Shift photos from the Swarthmore contingency, visit the Earthlust Flickr.

Lustfully Yours, Blaine O’Neill ‘11

We have been at Power Shift in DC since Friday now, and are gearing up for lobbying members of Senate and House of Representatives all day long tomorrow, as well as participating in a rally on Capitol Hill!

EARTHLUST is attending this year’s Power Shift in DC. And we want you! We are also looking for housing in the DC area…

From the website:

From February 27th to March 2nd, 2009, young people from across the country will converge on Washington D.C. to take a message of bold, comprehensive and immediate federal climate action to Capitol Hill. We will leverage the momentum we have built through the Campus Climate Challenge, Power Shift 2007, and our election campaign Power Vote to pressure our politicians to take the action our generation demands.
Not only will we deliver our message of change to our elected officials, but we will continue to strengthen the climate and clean energy movement far beyond 2009 by infusing our nation’s next generation of leaders with new learning, skill, connection to each other, and opportunities for action and employment.
Our window of opportunity is short; the first 100 days of the new administration is critical in achieving real and significant changes immediately. We must use the time we have to redefine what is politically feasible and achieve what is scientifically and economically necessary to safeguard our future.

For more information, please come to the

Power Shift Info Session

Monday, January 26, 8:00 PM

Kohlberg Coffee Bar

The EPA contacted us a while ago during our wind power campaign and asked us to enroll Swarthmore College in the Green Power Partnership, a network of organizations committing to renewable energy purchases.

Check us out.

The Sustainable Endowments Institute has released the 2009 Green Report Cards, an assessment of the 300 largest-endowed colleges and universities in the United States and Canada on all aspects of sustainability, from administrative initiatives to endowment transparency.

Once again, Swarthmore gets a B- for the THIRD year in a row.

Unfortunately, I don’t think the popular phrase “anywhere else it would have been an A” really applies here…

We can’t keep putting everything off to next semester or next year, we need CHANGE NOW.

Photos from our wind power rally!

Earthlust team in a pow wow!

Earthlust fan!

The crowd, showing support for wind energy.

Earthlust fan with face paint!

Faux windmill sourced from all recycled materials/dumpsters!
More at our Flickr page!

What is wind power?
How does it work?
Why do we want it?

Earthlust will be answering questions about sustainability at Swat and the windpower campaign.
Learn how can you help Swarthmore become more sustainable and share your perspectives on the issue.

Drop by Kohlberg Coffee Bar this Wednesday, October 29, at 9:00 PM for pizza and discussion.

The wind rally was a great success. Stay tuned for photos and more…

http://daily.swarthmore.edu/2008/10/06/wind-power-rally/

http://www.swarthmorephoenix.com/2008/10/23/opinions/earthlust-endorses-planning-committee

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