Dear President Kotlikoff
An unmissable Earth Day letter to President Kotlikoff’s administration from a group of Cornell undergraduate students who wish to remain anonymous. Although the student body is the University’s core constituents, they have been ignored on questions of Cornell’s climate action. It’s time to change that. Read more and learn how to get involved in Earth Day actions and beyond!
Meditations on a Fossil-Fueled Degree
Newsletter #27 reviews our satirical meditation action held in honor of the trustees. With a coalition of activists, we drew attention to Cornell trustees’ fossil-fuel ties and publicized our resolution for dissociation from fossil-fuel funds in research, donations, and retirement funds. Our guided meditation targeting Cornell was inspired by the inimitable Oli Frost. Read on to get involved in upcoming events!
Students want climate action
Newsletter #25 brings you student views on the climate crisis and Cornell’s role in it. As a freshly passed Student Assembly resolution asks Cornell to cut ties with fossil fuels, new student research projects shed light on the knowledge and sentiment behind collective appeals on this topic from across campus, and on peers’ personal journeys through climate breakdown. Students are asking for more from Cornell. Will the administration listen?
Newsletter #16: Doggedly Sustaining the Status Quo
April was “Sustainability Month” at Cornell, and it was frankly unbelievable. We provide a roundup of Cornell’s real, unexaggerated accomplishments over the course of the month. It was a raging success in sustaining the status quo. The only way forward is for ordinary folks to begin cordially disrupting fossil fuel business-as-usual. Join us at 11:15am this Friday, May 2 to begin studying our options at an unusual public lecture with Kevin Young and Bill McKibben. Not to be missed!
Newsletter #12: Good Tidings of Decarbonization
Two of Cornell’s governing bodies weighed in on Cornell’s State of Sustainability this month, and their conclusions could not have been more divergent. As the administration doubled down on their well-intentioned incrementalism, the Student Assembly had enough: they advanced a resolution to dramatically expand and accelerate Cornell’s Climate Action Plan. We bring good tidings: the students are right, and a new white paper on Cornell’s Heating Decarbonization pathways underscores the strength of their case.