The role of students and their initiatives

our fight

is vertical and why is it vertical

well let’s think about it green’s

proceedings

the velvet revolution the upper thigh

divestment

black lives matter these are only some

of the manifestation that successfully

mobilized student population for a

change

a needed change that come from beneath

the system

from overshadowed communities that

wanted their voices to be heard

and now more than ever that a global

pandemic raised the eyebrows of some

we as students strive to ensure that the

future of our planet

is heard because we as students

are one of the main actors of change

and we know that there are some major

organizational transformations

within the international sphere but

historically

there were students student mobilized

that

consolidated and spurred valued

um reforms and policies

that are woven in the conception

of commitment to social reality

and even when we are unsure even in the

darkest times

there will always be a little spark that

will ignite our lost hope

and in hindsight this hope is greta

thundberg

now more than ever symbolizes our

struggles

against climate change she in a matter

of months make her movement

become one of the most prominent

drivers for renew transition to

renewable energy

and we as students are now here

thriving for a needed change and

to this question what are we

as students at john cabot university

doing endowing my support

as the president of the john cabot

university student body

we gladly joined the fight against

climate change

and we not only take accountability

for the welfare of our students but we

also

venture in raising awareness in

challenging each level of the

institution

for them to understand our vision

on how to behave vis-a-vis our planet

and we envisage a future in which our

university

will be committed to climate change

and we are proud to say

that in this university there are

student organizations

that take leadership take direction

in this endeavor and one of which is of

course

the grassroots club that primary

endeavors to educate students faculty

and staff in environmental issues and

who achieved

to make their initiative

a thing that it’s called the jcu

community

forest that achieve to plant 4

437 trees

and then we have our fashion club who

endeavors to educate us

in the issues of fast fashion and

especially

on how the production facilities

bring a burden disproportionate burden

to the environment and then of course we

have even the business club

who wants to open the discussion even

with professors

in the business courses to talk about

environmental issues

and of course there’s us

student government who we cannot be

exempt

representing the whole community from

bringing our voice the student’s voice

into this conversation

and we are committed to

raise awareness to bring action into the

three main pillars that we identified

as something that we could endeavor in

the future

a year at least first

the food sustainability which would show

our commitment in minimizing food waste

across every section of the institution

then we have carbon management which

will basically

show that we as an institution

are committed in

reducing carbon emissions

and last we have

environmental education which we as

students

thrive and are curious in finding and

facilitating

our tools to understand and grasp and

even just

talk about environmental issues

and this is our vision

this is our dream but as a student

it is known only our aspiration

to dream big it is our inspiration

to make these dreams a reality

because we are the future

and as the future i want to urge you

to just rethink if you underestimate

the impact of your voice because that is

not true

we are here students faculty

and even administration staff we are

here to empower

everyone’s voices to be heard

and in the end it is up to us to decide

when and if we want to ignite that spark

that makes change possible for us

for our planet for our future