A Clean October: Slow Food USA Presents October 24th Day of Climate Action on Campus
Though this blog has focused on labor activism in recent weeks, it has always been our philosophy here at Stir It Up that campus environmental activists and labor activists should be working together to create meaningful change in campus food service and, ultimately, a comprehensive model of campus sustainability. This weekend, there’s an important event taking place in the fight for progressive students to take control of their campus food service.
This Saturday, October 24th, Slow Food USA, one of our allies in the fight for a more equitable and environmentally friendly food system, is participating in 350’s International Day of Action to help bring attention to the effect that the food industry has on global climate change. University food service, of course, is a big piece of that industry and students at universities all over the country will be taking action to reduce the human impact on climate change.
Slow Food on Campus, in partnership with Real Food Challenge, 350 and Small Planet Institute, has put together some great resources to help university students take action this coming Saturday. Slow Food’s main advice for action:
Focus on a target (i.e., politicians who have the power to get carbon down to 350); get new people involved in your work and build capacity for future actions; be creative, original and engaging; and make it fun, positive and memorable, and something that your supporters are excited to do.”
Here are the resources from the above organizations, with more specific information and ideas for action, to help you get started on a Day of Action at your campus:
Make sure to check the Slow Food USA Blog for regular updates on what else is going on in the on-going struggle to create a food system that is “Good, Clean and Fair.”
