Students Walk, Bike for Planet by Jeremy Kallan Every Continent!” Staff Writer the Event Served to Both Raise on Saturday, Sept
The Middlebury Campus Vol. 110, No. 3 Thursday, September 29, 2011 Since 1905 Students walk, bike for planet By Jeremy Kallan every continent!” Staff Writer The event served to both raise On Saturday, Sept. 24, more awareness about the environmen- than 50 Middlebury students tal movement internationally and traveled to Montpelier to partici- to make specific demands of local pate in Moving Planet, a day of politicians. Phil Aroneanu ’06 is international action for the envi- currently the U.S. campaign di- ronmental movement. The event rector for 350.org and an orga- was organized by members of nizer for Moving Planet events in 350.org, an organization found- New York City. ed by Schumann Distinguished “The basic idea is that we Scholar Bill McKibben. want to show the population here Courtesy of Solar Decathlon The event had activists all in the United States and abroad around the world walk, cycle and that there is a massive climate OLAR ECATHLON BEGINS IN ASHINGTON S D W , D.C. use other climate-friendly meth- movement that is ready to take With 185 points, the Middlebury College team moved up to seventh place on Tuesday in the Solar ods of transportation to travel action, that is not waiting for pol- Decathlon competition, 15 points behind first. The decathlon continues through Sunday, Oct. 2. and converge in about 2,000 inde- iticians to take action but is push- pendent, community-organized ing the envelope,” said Aroneanu. events. Aroneanu helped to plan the Employment rebounds for grads “This day accomplishes two events in New York City, where things: it reminds all of us that groups from all five boroughs By Hannah Bristol by email to participate, 474 — 69 meeting, and I heard one student transportation is one of the key marched and converged at a plaza Online Editor percent — completed the survey.
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