Over 100 students participated in the Teach-in on Global Warming
Solutions at UC Irvine. CALPIRG interns and volunteers prepared four
displays on global warming, including a life-size tree to showcase
deforestation, outside the Student Center.
A biology professor spoke about the threats of global warming, simple
ways we can lessen our environmental impact, and what UCI is doing to
cut its pollution. Representatives from a local green business which
makes reusable food containers made an announcement and passed out
coupons and brochures.
CALPIRG Public Transit campaign coordinator Aysha Cohen spoke about how
easy it is to use public transit, and explained the bike-share program
she is working to implement at UCI. Two interns, Stephanie Andrade and
Sarah Gonzalez, worked to get 55 photo petitions for Congress, asking
for "$50 billion for green jobs and technology in the stimulus package."
