Participants walking to the Paul Bunyan Park during the climate march.
On Sept. 20, Bemidji State University’s Students for the Environment (SFE) invited students, faculty, staff and the Bemidji community to march in participation with the Global Climate Strike.
This climate strike was one of thousands that took place across the world. Over 125 people attended SFE’s peaceful march to help help raise awareness about the growing issue of climate change.
The march began outside of the Hobson Memorial Union and ended at Paul Bunyan Park in downtown Bemidji, where participants met with Emelie Rivera, a member of the Bemidji City Council, to discuss what the Bemidji area is doing to combat climate change.
SFE treasurer Anna Haynes, a Bemidji State mass communications major from Albany, Minn., helped lead the march and was one of many BSU representatives participating.
“I recycle. I encourage my friends to recycle. I even pull recyclables out of the garbage can, but I can only do so much,” Haynes said. “We need the people making the decisions about what energy we invest in or what we prioritize in city planning to hear our voices and know that this matters to us.”
Contact
- Erika Bailey-Johnson, sustainability coordinator; erika.baileyjohnson@bemidjistate.edu, (218) 755-2560
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Bemidji State University, located amid the lakes and forests of northern Minnesota, occupies a wooded campus along the shore of Lake Bemidji. Enrolling more than 5,100 students, Bemidji State offers more than 80 undergraduate majors and eight graduate degrees encompassing arts, sciences and select professional programs. BSU is a member of the Minnesota State system of colleges and universities and has a faculty and staff of more than 550. The university’s Shared Fundamental Values include environmental stewardship, civic engagement and international and multicultural understanding. For more, visit bemidjistate.edu or find us at BemidjiState on most of your favorite social media networks.
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