On Thursday, the student activists of Fossil Free MIT ended their sit-in in front of MIT President Rafael Reif’s office. Over the 116 days of this action, they showed 4 essential qualities of successful activists.
COP 21
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Tuesday, December 15, 2015
Now that everyone has headed home following the Paris climate talks, it's time to analyze, discuss and figure out next steps. As Bill McKibben wrote, "This agreement won't save the planet. It may have saved the chance to save the planet (if we all fight like hell in the years ahead)."
Although a group of 195 nations agreed to a landmark climate agreement, it's up to all of us to ensure that governments uphold their stated goal of allowing the earth's temperatures to rise no more than 2 degrees Celsius.
Climate Countdown!!
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Sunday, September 27, 2015
On April 28, Professor Emeritus Noam Chomsky spoke at a Radius event, Science at MIT: From the Cold War to the Climate Crisis. Concluding his remarks, Professsor Chomsky ended by commenting on MIT's possible divestiture from fossil fuels. A
Speak Up!!
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Monday, April 20, 2015
Awareness has been building around the issue of fossil fuel divestment. Not only here in Cambridge, at MIT and Harvard, but across the country and the globe. According to GoFossilFree, universities and colleges, religious institutions and other organizations are examining the way their funds are being invested and are calling for divestment from fossil fuels.
Heating Up!
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Patricia-Maria Weinmann
Monday, April 6, 2015
Today I had the opportunity to attend a panel featuring faculty from the MIT Energy Initiative, hosted by the MIT's MISTI program. The speakers (Francis O'Sullivan, Howard Herzog, Jacobo Buongiorno, and Ignacio Perez-Arriaga) presented on various energy options and developments that can help mitigate the effects of CO2 in our atmosphere (i.e.--global climate change).