As the world gets warmer, weather events are becoming more intense and more frequent, sea levels are rising, prolonged droughts are putting pressure on crops and many plant and animal species are quickly becoming extinct. Global climate change impacts everyone, and it\u2019s time for students to learn about what they can do to battle this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt\u2019s important to think about what we can do individually as well as what we can do as a group, a force, because climate change can be so overwhelming and understood to be such a grand challenge,\u201d said Miriam Gay-Antaki, an assistant professor in geography and environmental studies at the University of New Mexico. \u201cIt might make us think that we can\u2019t do anything about it individually, but our individual decisions do matter.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gay-Antaki suggested students ask for alternatives in terms of UNM throwing away food in the dining halls and student housing, offering that it could be donated instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTry to be engaged in any environmental efforts around campus,\u201d Gay-Antaki said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n