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Campaign | Transit

21st Century Transportation

From high speed rail to mass transit, it’s time for us to get on the right track. Americans all want a safe, clean transportation system that lets us all get where we need to go – but our current system just isn’t working.

Campaign | Higher Ed

Affordable Higher Education

A college degree is practically a necessity these days, not only for the individual student, but for the economic and social health of the country. But as states cut budgets, and grant aid has diminished, students are relying on loans to pay for college.

Campaign | Hunger

Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness

We know we can live in a world where everyone has a roof over their head, enough food to eat and access to clean drinking water. Unfortunately, despite some advances we’re far from this vision.

Campaign | Energy Service Corps, Sustainability

Energy Service Corps

Energy Service Corps helps people save energy, save the environment and save money all at the same time. We do that first by educating communities about energy efficiency -- in schools, at community events, and even at people's doorsteps! We also assist communities through service projects and events that help homeowners, local non-profits, and public officials achieve greater energy efficiency right away, sealing leaks around doors and windows, replacing old lightbulbs with more efficient CFLs and referring homeowners to local energy audit and retrofit services. In several states Energy Service Corps runs in partnership with AmeriCorps.

Campaign | Corporate

Go Green National Geographic

National Geographic is known as a leader in stewardship, so most of their readers would be shocked to learn that:

 

  • They do not use recycled paper in their magazines’ pages.
  • They do not specify Forest Stewardship Council (FSC)-certification to ensure that the fiber is harvested legally and sustainably.
  • They use a paper mill that is one the worst polluting mills in the US – on the river that inspired Senator Edmund Muskie to write and pass the Clean Water Act (CWA).

 

Campaign | Textbooks

Make Textbooks Affordable

Campaign | Democracy

New Voters Project

Campaign | Foods

Stop Subsidizing Obesity

Campaign | Consumer

Student Consumer Action Network

After Wall Street practices brought down the entire U.S. and parts of the world economies, Congress finally stepped up in July 2010 and enacted the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The centerpiece of this landmark legislation is the creation of the Student PIRG-backed Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), a new agency that will act as a counterbalance to the banks and ensure that the credit cards, mortgages, and student loans that consumers use are safe and easy to understand. As of July 21, 2010, when you have a complaint about a bank or credit card company, you can call on the new CFPB, which is already online at www.ConsumerFinance.gov. 

Campaign | Sustainability

Sustainable U

The way we live our lives is putting our environment and public health at risk.  Nearly all of our energy comes from sources that cause air pollution, mining and drilling pollution and contribute to global warming.  But we have solutions to these problems and students on campuses around the country are getting them put into practice and building long term support for energy solutions.

Campaign | Sustainability

Sustainable U

The way we live our lives is putting our environment and public health at risk.  Global warming, caused largely by our reliance on fossil fuels, threatens to wreak havoc on our climate and way of life.  Air pollution causes asthma and respiratory diseases.  Mining and drilling continually threaten our oceans, waterways and landscapes.  Trash pollutes our water and uses valuable land. 

Campaign | Waste

Zero Waste

We're working to build long-term support for a zero waste country by starting on campus and in our communities, putting the solutions in place and educating students about how we can reduce, reuse and recycle.

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