This Wednesday, the Climate
Action Movement at the Univer-
sity of Michigan hosted an event
focused on building the climate
change movement on campus.
Held in the Annenberg Auditori-
um at the Gerald R. Ford School
of Public Policy, the event at-
tracted about 100 students, fac-
ulty and community members.
The event began with four
panelists discussing the most
pressing issues concerning cli-
mate change and how to address
them, followed by a small group
breakout session in which stu-
dents brainstormed their own
ideas about the issues and fin-
ished with a large group discus-
sion.
Engineering
junior
Logan
Vear, president of the Climate
Action Movement at the Univer-
sity of Michigan, started off the
event by explaining the goal of
bringing community members
together to figure out how best
to address climate issues and
make a change in the University
and larger Ann Arbor commu-
nity.
“Although we do not have the
power to change things at the
global level, taking action and
influencing change at the local
level is just as important, if not
even more so,” Vear said. “Many
people and individuals within
our communities, such as you
all, have already been actively
working to make sustainable
changes, but we can’t do this
alone. We have to come togeth-
er, and that’s exactly what this is
today.”
The panelists who spoke at
the event were Adam Simon,
professor of earth and environ-
mental sciences at the Univer-
sity; Joshua MacDonald, ener-
gy coordinator for Ann Arbor;
Dominic
Bednar,
third-year
PhD student in Environment
and Sustainability and Rack-
ham student Fern MacDougal,
who studies conservation en-
ergy.
The panel responded to
questions about what chal-
lenges hinder the University’s
progress when it comes to
fighting climate change and
what steps students and com-
munity members might take
to tackle them. Adam Simon,
professor of earth and environ-
mental sciences at the Univer-
sity highlighted faculty mem-
bers’ lack of acknowledgment
of the magnitude and complex-
ity of the issues concerning
climate change we face as a
major obstacle to progress. He
emphasized the importance of
seeking help in improving sus-
tainability initiatives.
“I think if we were willing
to accept that we don’t have to
know everything nor can we,
then we would make progress at
a much faster right,” Simon said.
Dominic Bednar, third-year
PhD student in Environment
and Sustainability emphasized
the importance of emphasiz-
ing diversity within the climate
change movement.
“Climate change dispropor-
tionately affects low income
people of color, so how do we
weave those people into the
conversation to, again, help us
understand,” Bednar said. “We
don’t necessarily have all the
answers, but when you put a di-
verse group of people together
you’re able to innovate much
more rapidly.”
Simon also proposed that
the multitude of clubs on cam-
pus focused on climate change
should come together to ensure
their collective impact is lasting.
“Your time on campus is fi-
nite,” Simon said. “You are here,
you are loud, you’re gonna leave.
And you have to make sure when
you’re gone the next group of
students is going to be as loud as
you are.”
Following the panel, attend-
ees split into small groups to
discuss the ideas put forth by
the panelists. A list of prompts
were projected on the front of
the room, encouraging attend-
ees to brianstorm the best ways
to take action.
Students also shared what
brought them to the event. LSA
sophomore Aviva Nemeth said
she wanted to learn how to do
more to fight climate change.
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