Pomona Campus Climate Challenge

The Day of Climate Action is being organized by the Campus Climate Challenge club at Pomona College–we are a student activist group that works with the student body, faculty, staff, and administration on climate change issues. Our event will bring together students of the Claremont Colleges (Pomona is one of the five colleges) as well as residents of the Claremont community. In addition to live music, we will be hosting speakers, organizing activities for children, and holding an exhibition of local environmental non-profits and their work, local green businesses and their products, and student research and activism dealing
with sustainability issues.

The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of climate change issues and to urge Congress to sign the toughest possible climate change legislation (to this end, we’ll have  photo petitions and other fun politically-oriented activities). Of course, we are also hoping people will come away with a sense of how they can help fight climate change, whether through involvement in local organizations or by purchasing more sustainable products.