About this blog:

"A Sustainable UW-Eau Claire" was created to promote sustainability initiatives happening on our campus and in cooperation with the community of Eau Claire. Contributors from various parts of the University that are advancing sustainability initiatives post to the blog. Its goals: nurture community and create connections to coordinate the important work that improves our place on the planet--here on the banks of the Chippewa River.


October 9, 2011

AASHE update - Bill McKibben!

In our first day at the Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education we got to see Bill McKibben talk. BILL MCKIBBEN! Yes, author of “The End of Nature”, “Eaarth” - check out these great books on climate change. Awesome. Check out this quote from his talk today: "It is the most important fight that any group of humans have engaged in. Ever." He came specifically to meet with the student summit on Sunday, before the full conference begins that evening.

And he invited us to join together to demonstrate when President Obama arrives on Tuesday. It’s hugely important that the Keystone XL pipeline from the Alberta Tar Sands not be built. James Hansen of NASA estimates that the Alberta Tar Sands are the second largest repository of carbon on the planet (after Saudi Arabia). If we were to burn all reserves there, we would increase the global CO2 level from 390 to 560 ppm. With just this one project.

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