Texas Youth Rise to the Climate Challenge! via It's Getting Hot In Here
On October 20th, 15 youth leaders from across central Texas attended the first Texas Youth Climate Summit at Austin Community College in Austin. The meeting led to the birth of Re-Energize Texas, the first youth coalition working to address global warming in Texas! The gathering had 15 student leaders with representation from UT Austin, UT San Antonio, Austin Community College, Baylor University, South Western University, and St. Edwards University. With some delicious Ethiopian food to sustain the spirit of action, students had an opportunity to:
Establish new relationships and learn about each other’s work
Attend workshops on global warming science and policy, campus solutions to global warming, and strategies for climate organizing, and finally
Plan some major projects and...