Environmental Action Committee
Staff Contact Information:
Kit Carroll
kit@pbha.org
Student Director Contact Information:
EAC@pbha.org
The Environmental Action Committee (EAC) works to promote individual, community, and institutional sustainability. Each year, to celebrate Earth Day, we publish an environmental art magazine called
The Canopy
, with submissions from across the Harvard community. We are also developing an environmental curriculum that we will then teach in Boston-area schools this semester! New to EAC this year, we will create a policy advocacy program, where our members will research, promote, and perhaps even propose environmental policy at the local and state levels.
PBHA’s Environmental Action Committee is Harvard’s undergraduate environmental organization. The Environmental Action Committee spreads awareness of current environmental topics, improves education on diverse ecological subjects, and organizes events and activities to celebrate and preserve our environment.
Join the Environmental Action Committee
The Environmental Action Committee meets on a weekly basis to plan and discuss upcoming projects. Weekly meetings, held from 7:00 - 8:00 PM on Thursdays in the Phillips Brooks House Parlor Room, are open to anyone interested in the mission of the program.In addition to weekly general meetings, interested students are encouraged to join the program's project groups, or committees of students dedicated to more in-depth work on a particular issue or action. Active project groups include: Veguary, Sustainability Advising, and Harvard's annual Earth Day celebration.For more information about the Environmental Action Committee, visit our website.
EnviroEd
PBHA’s EnviroEd engages elementary school students in Cambridge Public Schools in environmentally-focused afterschool programming. Students learn about the world around them and the environmental challenges that face their generation. EnviroEd promotes a hands-on approach to learning, minimizing lecturing and focusing on activities and games to teach young people the scientific and ecological principles behind issues such as food sustainability, rainforest loss, wetland degradation, and climate change.
Volunteering with EnviroEd
Through exciting curriculum developed in conjunction with professional educators, volunteer teachers establish a close relationship with students and watch their environmental knowledge grow. Volunteers teach one-hour, weekly lessons to their classes over a nine week semester.EnviroEd runs Monday through Thursday, and is especially looking for new volunteers who are interested in education or environmental awareness.