Articles Tagged ‘ SEAC ’
April 3, 201212:23 am
Students Fight Climate Change With S’mores and Bonfires
By Maria Smaldone, Assistant Editor
For one hour on the evening of March 31, students gathered around the crackling fire pit in Waring Commons (WC) amidst smoky wind and marshmallows as part of the international event known as Earth Hour. SEAC (Student Environmental Action Coalition) hosted the St. Mary’s Earth Hour event, which occurs when “people in over 130 countries [...]
March 21, 201210:11 pm
SEAC’s Annual Polar Bear Splash Raises Money for Charity
By Monique Thompson, Staff Writer
On Feb. 28, St. Mary’s students helped spread global climate change awareness by plunging into this year’s Polar Bear Splash at the James P. Muldoon River Center. The fifth annual Polar Bear Splash, hosted by the St. Mary’s Enviornmental Action Coalition (SEAC), raised funds for charities while letting the participants show appreciation for the environment. [...]
February 14, 20121:13 am
Students Lobby to Pass Offshore Wind Energy Bill
By Ellie Hammack, Class of 2012
The answer to Maryland’s renewable energy needs might be blowing in the wind. Students all over campus are signing a petition to show their support for the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2012, also known as Senate Bill 237/House Bill 441. SEAC, Saint Mary’s Student Environmental Action Coalition, is sponsoring this petition, and has [...]
December 6, 201112:12 am
SEAC Attends Keystone Pipleine Protest at White House
By Amanda Zelaya, Former Editor-in-Chief
This October St. Mary’s Environmental Action Commission (SEAC) attended a rally in protest of the building of the Keystone pipeline. The specific rally involved 10,000 people encircling the White House. “The original goal of the action’s organizers was 3,000 so we surpassed it by more than three times. We brought about 20 people from St. [...]
August 30, 201110:39 pm
Current Students, Alumni Arrested at Protest
Seven St. Mary’s students and alumni joined author Bill McKibben, climate scientist Dr. James Hansen, and representatives of Canada’s impacted First Nations in the daily protests against the Keystone Pipeline. Over 2,000 people from all 50 states are expected to take part in the two week sit-in at the White House, which began Saturday, August 20, and will end on Saturday, September 3.
December 7, 20109:19 am
Reusable To-Go Boxes Get Test Drive in Spring
By Kyle Jernigan, Editor-in-Chief
This coming spring Bon Appetit plans to implement a trial reusable to-go box program, a welcome addition to college residents tired of seeing overflowing trash cans filled with Styrofoam ones.
November 3, 20098:58 am
Student Activists to Demonstrate in Denmark for Climate Change at UN Meeting
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
This winter, on behalf of the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) and the Sierra Student Coalition (SSC), students will be attending a historic meeting of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (UNFCC) in Copenhagen, Denmark to promote the passage of an environmental treaty. Juniors Chelsea Howard-Foley and Aaron French, studying abroad in Germany and [...]
October 19, 20096:34 pm
Students Go against the Flow to Take Back the Tap
By Lara Southgate, Editor-in-chief
This semester, the students of St. Mary’s Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) are running the “Take Back the Tap” campaign in order to raise awareness about the problems associated with bottled water.
October 19, 20096:17 pm
Students Plant ‘Smoking Hot Sycamores’ and Other Trees around Campus Paths
If there’s one thing that can be said of St. Mary’s students, it’s that we don’t lack concern for the environment. While the rest of the community was huddled inside early Saturday morning avoiding the cold, rainy weather, about 15 students met at the Campus Center to take action and support the environment by getting [...]
April 28, 20099:18 am
Earth Day Fair Educates Students
By Peter Sparklin, Assistant Editor-In-Chief
Despite the overcast and sporadically rainy weather, students gathered last week to celebrate their home, Earth. The Earth Day Fair, sponsored by the Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC), the Sustainability Committee, EcoHouse, and the St. Mary’s River Project, sought to teach passersby how to live in a sustainable manner and ways to promote environmental change. [...]
March 10, 200911:59 am
82 St. Mary’s Students Get Eco-Active at Power Shift
By Caroline Selle, Staff Writer
On Feb. 27, over 11,000 people, most between the ages of 18 and 24, congregated in D.C. for the largest conference on energy and climate change in the nation’s history. Power Shift 2009, run by the Energy Action Coalition, was held at the DC Convention Center from Friday, Feb. 27 to Monday, March 2. The [...]
