Grad Students & Faculty Participate in Climate Strike/Walk-Out
Carrying signs saying, "There is No Planet B" and "I Stand For What I Stand On," Villanova English graduate students, undergrad majors, and faculty joined the international climate change walk-out on Friday, March 15.
After chants and speeches, a group of about 150 students, faculty, and local residents marched from the Oreo to Tolentine Hall to deliver their two demands to Father Peter Donohue: that Villanova pledge to move the date for making the campus carbon neutral up to 2030, and that the university enter into a power purchase for renewable energy contract by 2020.
The Main Line Times reported on the event, and quoted our very own Daniella Snyder:
"Daniella Snyder, 23, a graduate student in the English department who had researched climate change for an earlier town hall meeting, said events like the protest were rare at Villanova. She held a sign that read, 'The climate is changing. Why aren’t we?'"
Read the rest of the Main Line Times article here.
After chants and speeches, a group of about 150 students, faculty, and local residents marched from the Oreo to Tolentine Hall to deliver their two demands to Father Peter Donohue: that Villanova pledge to move the date for making the campus carbon neutral up to 2030, and that the university enter into a power purchase for renewable energy contract by 2020.
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| Faculty member Tsering Wangmo joins in on sign-making |
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| Daniella's sign |
"Daniella Snyder, 23, a graduate student in the English department who had researched climate change for an earlier town hall meeting, said events like the protest were rare at Villanova. She held a sign that read, 'The climate is changing. Why aren’t we?'"
Read the rest of the Main Line Times article here.
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