Students dialed world leaders, including President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, to push for action on global warming. Credit: Richard C. Lewis

Wake up call on the Green

Students and other activists gathered on campus in the form of a “flash mob” on Monday to urge international action on the problem of climate change.
By TAB staff  |  September 21, 2009  |  Email to a friend

Emily Kirkland ’13 was an organizer of the Sept. 21 event.: Emily Kirkland ’13 was an organizer of the Sept. 21 event. More than a dozen activists gathered in a “flash mob” on Monday at noon on the College Green to raise awareness about global warming and to urge world leaders to take steps to combat climate change.

The participants set their cell phones to ring at 12:18 p.m., symbolically drawing attention to December 18, which will be the final day of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

The rally, part of a movement by Avaaz.org called “The Global Climate Wake Up Call,” took place at thousands of locations around the world.