As I made the long drive from Berkeley to Lee’s Ferry–the put-in of the Grand Canyon–I reflected on what may be a slight contradiction in my values when it comes to my own carbon footprint: I willingly drive long distances in order to spend time in the wilderness…Is this carbon impact an acceptable trade-off for the enjoyment and renewal I expected from this adventure?
Today, UC Berkeley and most institutions are financially invested in destroying our future. This may sound a little bit surprising to some — even unfounded. Let me explain. When it comes to climate change, the scientific community has presented a clear, unambiguous message: Human burning of fossil fuels — coal, oil and natural gas — is putting our world at risk. And this, in fact, is a needless risk. By…
“If it’s wrong to wreck the climate, then it’s wrong to profit from that wreckage,” Bill McKibben Though I had been living in Berkeley for two years prior working at Lawrence Berkeley Lab, when I enrolled in the ERG Master’s program this fall, I looked for additional ways to get involved in the Berkeley community as a student, not as a scientist. Fossil Free Cal was one club that immediately…