“Become a Claimsmaker”
Description of the group
ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission (E.P.P.C.) is an on-campus student organization. This organization was founded as a branch of the student association of University of California, Davis. Currently, it is run by 11 commissioners who are all UCD students. There are around one fourth Asian, three fourth Caucasian and approximately the same gender ratio inside the organization. E.P.P.C. mainly connects with any environmental issues around the local Davis area. “E.P.P.C. is responsible for researching environmental issues affecting the campus and its surrounding area, as well as providing recommendations for improvement.”
Methodology
Personally, I am interested in environmental
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emphasizes on the common value that is shared by all human beings. “Environmental rights are fundamental human rights.” Everyone deserves the basic rights to live and have the responsibility to protect our rights. Similarly, humans are just like other animals and we cannot live by ourselves. We need a good environment for us to sustain our lives. Therefore, it is our responsibility to care about any environmental issues on the earth. The warrant in the group is a well-organized and well-designed statement. They use the idea of fundamental human rights and apply the value of human rights to environmental aspect, which is a good way to attract people’s attention. According to Joel Best, the group has successfully fulfilled the requirement that their warrants rise in popularity.
Conclusions
In short term, E.P.P.C. would like to raise people’s awareness about environmental issues around our corresponding community via public education toward students in UC Davis. As for the long-term goals, E.P.P.C. will serve as an advocacy group to provide recommendation to local policy makers and also supervise the law enforcement by the officials. In addition, when it is necessary, E.P.P.C. will lobby for the new legislation as well. “…In order to better recognize and address the environmental concerns of the campus and its community as well as to encourage collaboration in working toward the creation of a more sustainable
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