Current Projects
Currently, SEAC has 1 national campaign, Campus Climate Challenge, and 3 initiatives: Tampaction, Militarism and the Environment, and Mountain Justice.
The Campus Climate Challenge
SEAC is one of 30 organizations from the United States and Canada that is a part of Campus Climate Challenge, their primary campaign. Climatechallenge.org is a partner in fighting global warming.
Tampaction
Those participating in Tampaction believe that tampons and menstrual pads oppress sexually mature women. The products themselves are thought to be detrimental to the environment. The companies that make the products are suspected of dumping toxins into the ecosystem. Participants of Tampaction want to embrace their body and all that that implies and return to a more natural mindset, like herbal for example.
Militarism and the Environment
SEAC also fights military conflicts. Since in military conflicts, bombs are dropped and/or chemicals used from napalm to hydrogen bombs. SEAC believes no war considered a good war. “No War No Warming” is still an active project due to this concern. SEAC, also, aims for complete nuclear disarming and dismantling.
Mountain Justice Spring Break
Mountain Justice Spring Break is an ongoing project supported by SEAC. Mountaintop mining economically benefits very few (including employment), and has disproportionally far-reaching environmental impacts; including soil erosion and flooding. When the Mountaintop removal blasts ignite, dust particulates of materials in the soil become airborne and are having a negative impact on human health. In addition, when the blast site is too close to residential areas, the structural stability of the residential buildings are adversely affected.
Read more about this topic: Student Environmental Action Coalition
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