Columbia EcoReps

Official Twitter for Columbia EcoReps. Get instant updates on EcoReps events and Columbia's green news!

[Columbus-Amsterdam BID @cabidnyc]

Come out this Saturday, April 8th to make seed paper with the Columbia EcoReps! Feel free to bring in used office paper to give it new life with NY native wildflowers. Hope to see you there!

[Daniel Propp @danieljpropp]

I'm looking forward to joining the @ColumbiaEcoReps' 2023 Youth Climate Summit on Saturday to talk about energy policy and how young people can move the needle on climate action.

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

Come join us as we head to the @FFF_NYC_ climate strike on March 3!! We will meet at the sundial at 12:00 pm and head to Foley Square together. 🌏🌱

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

Congratulations to the EcoReps class of 2021! We are so proud of you & can’t wait to see what comes next 🤩

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

Listening to any good podcasts for Earth Day? Check out those listed below, I've also appreciated episodes from @how2saveaplanet, @futureecologies, @nplhpodcast, @usaadapts, and @OutsideInPod!

[Critical Frequency @CriticalFreqPod]

Climate pods for Earth Day you say? We've got several! @RealHotTake for discussion & media criticism, @inheritedpod for narrative from the youth climate movement, @WeAreDrilled the first true-crime pod on climate, @nplhpodcast on the heart of the matter https://t.co/Z0VCY1kNk7

[Rev Yearwood ✊🏾 @RevYearwood]

The climate movement is based on white supremacy. That has to change. If you want to end the climate crisis you have to end white supremacy.

We can sit around and debate these facts until time runs out OR we can end both white supremacy and the climate crisis while we have time.

[March for Science NYC @sciencemarchnyc]

What we're learning from our speakers:

🌍 #ClimateChange is HERE and NOW.
🌎 We can't fight climate change without also fighting #WhiteSupremacy.
🌏 We need #ScienceBasedPolicies.

Join us on Gather: https://t.co/QeXPHlNkp4

Watch us on Twitch: https://t.co/Sgi4XxXRSx

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

Also recommend taking this quiz! Not all educational quizzes are created equal, and this one was outstanding. Can you beat my score of 7/10? https://t.co/2L2y9SRAx6

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

What are your plans for #EarthDay? It's the middle of finals, but we're going to take some time to reflect on our relationship and commitment to the planet.

Study break ideas: go on a walk with a bag and pick up litter along the way, tune into webcasts https://t.co/RT8xRTLgJr

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

@Target .@Target donated $512,300 to climate denying politicians’ campaigns in 2020.
If money talks, what is Target telling us with that $512,300?
Sounds like they don’t care about our economy careening into #climatecrisis!
#LobbyForClimate #ChangeTheChamber
https://t.co/hgFRp55GMc

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

This article has me questioning why I hadn't heard of the 1991 First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit (besides the fact I wasn't born yet). A must read! https://t.co/8VrFHOG2bN

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

CU grads at tech companies, take note!

[Maddie Stone @themadstone]

New, by me: tech companies love to fashion themselves climate leaders these days, but their lobbying activity tells a very different story. Now a coalition of tech workers are asking their employers to match green PR with green lobbying dollars. https://t.co/EOri98NHd3

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

We're glad to see organics collection back in the budget! The organics drop-off at the greenmarket outside of Lerner each thurs/sunday was sorely missed this year (although our legs probably appreciated the extra blocks)

[ALIGN @ALIGNny]

We are seeing big steps toward an Equitable Recovery in the NYC preliminary budget! @NYClimateWorks is winning:
✅ $240 million for solar on schools
✅ $4 million for Commercial Waste Zones
✅$15 million for organics collection
See our full proposal: https://t.co/lIjdvngT3e

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

Wondering what the Biden American Jobs / infrastructure plan actually entails? Us too! Thanks to @climatetech_vc's newsletter for sharing this graphic and @DataProgress's polling day (showing bipartisan support - 57 percent of republicans say they support the plan)

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

Check out this video and channel! He manages to be very informative and very funny at the same time. (Plus he's a Columbia grad student!) https://t.co/LRVauv8BV1

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

@exxonmobil Researching better ways to cause climate change, whoopie. Maybe she should evaluate Exxon's past of blatantly harmful disinformation campaigns instead.

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

@exxonmobil Weak.

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

@exxonmobil "cleaner" ... You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

We also learned about "climate-washing" where someone could use the word "climate" in their proposal to try to get funded even if their project won't actually deliver concrete results related to climate. (Similar to green-washing)

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

Thanks to everyone who joined our event with World Bank Advisor Sanne Frost Helt tonight (co-hosted with the Columbia SDG Student Hub)!

[Columbia EcoReps @ColumbiaEcoReps]

We learned that the World Bank funds projects that are specifically climate-oriented, but they also are encouraging projects to incorporate climate co-benefits, and they recently announced a goal of aligning all of the World Bank's operation with the Paris agreement by 2023.