Morty Saving the World

The eight foot tall cut out of Morty holding up the globe is now prominently displayed in Goodrich hall. Thursday Night Group members are tabling there and in the dining halls all week as part of the week of action.

Yesterday the "Amherst Blows Greenhouse Gases" T-shirts debuted, for sale at $10 each. They are available in the dining halls. Furthermore, in Mission dining hall alone, 200 signatures were collected on a pledge to reduce energy use in dorm rooms. These people will get a bright sign taped to their door which lets their friends know they save energy.

Other events this week include a 'taste test' where you can compare CFL to incandescent bulbs in Goodrich, Schow and Sawyer. We have two nights of unplugged music in Dodd living room and the dining halls. Yesterday two students ran into each of the dining halls, dressed as a coal plant and a wind turbine respectively. They shouted at each other, got in a fight, and the coal plant lost while the diners watched with slack jaws.

When Morty emailed the campus about the new sustainability initiative, the overwhelming response was, "what does that mean?" Our goal with this week of action is to let people know what that means and what they can do to help.