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This design and contents of this site are © 2006 the Board of the Harvard College Environmental Action Committee. Site design 2006, Garrett Dash Nelson. For site help or errors, email eac@hcs.harvard.edu. XHTML 1.0 valid. CSS valid. If you have reached this point accidentally, I can only kindly shake my head and smile.




Sign the EAC’s petition for climate neutrality at Harvard!

Current affiliates click here | Alumni click here

We are all proud of Harvard’s impressive efforts to make the campus more sustainable and improve academic offerings related to climate and energy. But did you know that over 475 schools have committed to achieving climate neutrality – and Harvard hasn’t?

The Environmental Action Committee is working with the administration to remedy this, but we need your help to convince them! Sign our online petition and let President Faust know you care about this urgent issue!

Sign the petition : Current affiliates click here | Alumni click here
FAQ: ‘What’s climate neutrality?’ and other common questions | Download our position paper




Welcome to the EAC!

The Harvard College Environmental Action Committee seeks to help achieve a sustainable world and protect the environment for its human and non-human inhabitants. To this end, the EAC aims to raise the consciousness of Harvard’s students to the effect of their own actions on the environment and to their status as stewards of this planet’s resources. We advocate specific changes at the campus, local, national, and international levels. Furthermore, we serve as a forum for discussion and a source of information on environmental issues. Finally, we seek to enrich our members through fun and fulfilling experiences.

We recognize that we are but a small part of a much larger environmental movement, but we know that a few committed individuals can make large contributions. Through reaching out to other groups, inspiring others by our example, and adapting to changing needs, we expect to use our four years in Harvard’s gates to change the world so that our children may live in a world where ecological values are widespread and the planet is healthy enough to foster a healthy human race.

The Environmental Action Committee meets on a weekly basis to plan and discuss upcoming projects. With a new semester upon us, we look forward to setting new plans for the spring. We hope you’ll join us.

88.3% ?! Est-ce que c'est possible?

Thanks to all those who made this referendum a resounding success! In case you haven’t yet heard, Harvard students voted in favor (by an 88.3% margin) of “A Greener Harvard: Title II,” which called for the FAS to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 11% below 1990 levels by the year 2020.

Now, friends, with this mandate upon which to stand, the Task Force is upon us. Stay tuned for updates on our conversations with FAS on implementing this kind of ambitious policy, and on how YOU can get involved in the future of Harvard’s Sustainability.

Please see our extensive voting page for more information about the referendum and how to get involved, now that we’ll be taking steps towards its implementation.