Eleven Colorado College students are in Sharm El-Sheikh, 埃及, attending the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (警察27), along with Sarah Hautzinger, professor and associate chair of the Anthropology Department, Myra Jackson, a mindfulness resident in the Creativity and Innovation program. The students, who are enrolled in Block 3 AN380 Community-Based Field Course: COP27 in 埃及 as Ethnographers, are sharing their experiences through this blog.
In one 博客, Mika Alexander ’23 wrote ,她, along with Mary Andrews ’23, Cecilia Timberg ’24, Gracie Roe ’25, spoke at a storytelling press conference based on the Talanoa Dialogue.
The post also 提到 that Olivia Jacobson ’22 and Andrews ’23 spoke at a press conference about the Youth Environmental Alliance in Higher Education, Owen Brown ’24, Reeve Schroeder ’24, Roe ’25 spoke at a press conference about the Climate Leaders Academy.
Le临时工, a Swiss newspaper, featured Alexander in an interview about youth involvement at COP27, one 博客 highlighted.
“With the people I have met at the periphery of the COP, I have smiled, 跳舞, laughed despite it all. It is in those moments that I have found my reason for dedicating my life to climate advocacy. It is the people; their stories, landscapes, memories, futures that are worth protecting,” Timberg wrote in a post about maintaining risk mitigation while still making connections with people outside of the 警察27 venue.
“In collaboration with other students in Youth Environmental Alliance for Higher Education, each member of the class is presenting on one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals,“一个 博客 提到. Each group will have an hour at the exhibit booth to present the re搜索 they’ve done on the importance of their goal.