As Universities across the country are submitting plans to go climate neutral, five student videographers at the University of Minnesota-Morris are producing a five minute film for the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) to encourage other higher education institutions to join the movement to reverse climate change and find clean energy solutions.  Student organizations across the nation have gotten more than 600 campuses to pledge to go climate neutral in their efforts to solve global warming. 

The video portrays the benefits of wind energy, green jobs, and highlights two of UM's major "green initiatives"--purchasing local foods through the Pride of the Prarie local foods program, and a $500,000 investment in agricultural by-products. The video also celebrates UM's plan to become, in the words of Associate Profeesor of Biology Peter Wyckoff, the nation's first “truly fossil fuel carbon neutral" university.

Student Matt Pivratsky spoke about how much he learned in the process of making the film. "Our [campus] goal for 50 percent local foods by 2013 was probably the greatest and most intriguing piece of information I picked up,” said Pivratsky.

Meanwhile, campuses including the University of Pennsylvania, Syracuse University, Bunker Hill Community College and the UM-Morris announced their plans to be carbon neutral this week. 

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