UW Climate Strike

press release: On December 6, a day of global climate action, students and community members will be striking to demand UW-Madison take steps to take action against climate change. There will be a rally at Library Mall to collect petitions and hear from speakers. Speakers will include:

● James Mills, a journalist and adjunct faculty at the University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute For Environmental Studies

● Cara Nastali, an Executive Board member of CLEAN and undergraduate student at UW-Madison

● And other student representatives

Following the rally and petition collection, attendees will be marching up Bascom Hill and placing signs on the hill to make a visible statement about support for a clean energy transition. The petition includes demands that Chancellor Blank and the administration make a commitment to:

● Power the university exclusively with renewable energy by 2050 and derive all electrical power from renewable resources by 2030

● Open up meetings of the Sustainability Advisory Council to students of the university to allow more student involvement and representation in meeting these goals

● Have a concrete plan of action from the Sustainability Advisory Council by the end of January 2021 to reach these energy goals

CLEAN and co-sponsoring organization leaders will meet to deliver the signed petitions to Chancellor Blank during the week following the strike.

Questions: cleanuwmadison@gmail.com