Nov. 9, 2009 issue
Confronting climate change
By Goshen College staffGOSHEN, Ind. — People here joined others in 181 countries participating in International Day of Climate Change Oct. 24.
Goshen (Ind.) College students, from left, Tori Yoder of Goshen, Hannah D. Miller of Scottdale, Pa., and Elizabeth Speigle of Telford, Pa., participate in 350.org’s International Day of Climate Change on Oct. 24. — Photo by David Zwier/Goshen College
Goshen students and community members walked with banners and signs to the Elkhart County Courthouse where they gathered for music, speakers and signing petitions.
It was one of 5,200 events for 350.org‘s day calling for strong action on climate change.
Students also collected the college’s trash for three days, gathering 250 bags of uncompressed waste, or about 32 cubic yards. They separated out the recyclables — about a fourth of the trash — and then formed the rest into the shape of 350.
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