Morty at TNG

President Morty Schapiro made it to TNG tonight. He had a beer and chatted with us about his thoughts on carbon reduction and environmentalism. About 20 students attended to ask questions and hear about sustainability from the horses mouth, so to speak. He was open and frank, at least as much as I've seen him, and I think the students attending got a good sense of how the college is handling this.

Some highlights: the inside scoop on why the trustees were so motivated to act. Some said it was good business, some said the prestige, some said because it will attract more students, but none used the reason that Morty gave us as his personal one: because its the right thing to do. he sees the major improvements to the college coming in the forms of better co-gen, more energy efficiency in buildings and operations, moving the parking off-campus and mostly in listening to what the students want. He said the petition of 1100 signatures over a year ago had a huge impact and the climate action plan would absolutely not have happened with out it.

The group seemed good tonight, lots of first-timers and the atmosphere was really happy at the end. Another great Thursday.