'EDGE' students make the power shift
Carolina Evans
Issue date: 2/26/09 Section: News
Feb. 27, members of EDGE [Ecological Decisions for a Global Environment] will join other groups across the country in Washington D.C. for Power Shift 2009.
"Power Shift is an attempt by students from all across the country to convince our nation's leaders to make the move to clean energy," Brad Reynolds, lecturer of environmental science and EDGE faculty sponsor, said.
EDGE partnered with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy as well as students from Lee University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to participate in Power Shift 2009. EDGE will be sending two members to Washington D.C. for the event.
"This is the first year that members of EDGE will be attending Power Shift," David Aborn, associate professor for biological and environmental sciences and faculty advisor of EDGE, said. "We are excited about it."
"We just all want to show that we want change...and to be a part of something bigger," Elisabeth Southall, president of EDGE, said.
According to Aborn, EDGE members feel that Power Shift 2009 is important because of the changes it can bring.
"Currently, our fossil fuels are polluting in the waste products and they will run out," he said. "With new forms of energy, there will be better prices and it will reduce our dependence on foreign sources."
Southall said: "We hope the government will understand that the youth are coming of age. We want cleaner energy and better jobs. We want change."
"Any new environmental policies that the administration will implement will affect the UTC campus," Southall said, "Especially with promoting green power."
Aside from Power Shift, EDGE has made various contributions to the UTC campus such as the installation of recycling bins, utilization of green power and the introduction of a student green fee.
"We are always working to make the campus as environmentally friendly as possible," Southall said. "I feel that environmental issues are increasingly important to the campus."
Reynolds said, "EDGE wants to help UTC become the most sustainable campus in the state of Tennessee, it will not be easy. The important thing is to keep making positive progress."
"Even without Power Shift, I feel that we are doing our part," Aborn said.
EDGE meets every Wed. at noon in Holt 211. The meetings are open to anyone interested in environmental issues or ways to improve the campus.
"Power Shift is an attempt by students from all across the country to convince our nation's leaders to make the move to clean energy," Brad Reynolds, lecturer of environmental science and EDGE faculty sponsor, said.
EDGE partnered with the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy as well as students from Lee University and the University of Tennessee at Knoxville to participate in Power Shift 2009. EDGE will be sending two members to Washington D.C. for the event.
"This is the first year that members of EDGE will be attending Power Shift," David Aborn, associate professor for biological and environmental sciences and faculty advisor of EDGE, said. "We are excited about it."
"We just all want to show that we want change...and to be a part of something bigger," Elisabeth Southall, president of EDGE, said.
According to Aborn, EDGE members feel that Power Shift 2009 is important because of the changes it can bring.
"Currently, our fossil fuels are polluting in the waste products and they will run out," he said. "With new forms of energy, there will be better prices and it will reduce our dependence on foreign sources."
Southall said: "We hope the government will understand that the youth are coming of age. We want cleaner energy and better jobs. We want change."
"Any new environmental policies that the administration will implement will affect the UTC campus," Southall said, "Especially with promoting green power."
Aside from Power Shift, EDGE has made various contributions to the UTC campus such as the installation of recycling bins, utilization of green power and the introduction of a student green fee.
"We are always working to make the campus as environmentally friendly as possible," Southall said. "I feel that environmental issues are increasingly important to the campus."
Reynolds said, "EDGE wants to help UTC become the most sustainable campus in the state of Tennessee, it will not be easy. The important thing is to keep making positive progress."
"Even without Power Shift, I feel that we are doing our part," Aborn said.
EDGE meets every Wed. at noon in Holt 211. The meetings are open to anyone interested in environmental issues or ways to improve the campus.
