# Harvard and the Climate Crisis

By [Continuations](https://continuations.com) · 2019-12-03

climate crisis, harvard

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I just nominated five candidates for the next election of the [Harvard Board of Overseers](https://www.harvard.edu/about-harvard/harvards-leadership/board-overseers) as part of an effort organized by [Harvard Forward](https://www.harvardforward.org/). The school has made the process comically complicated by requiring that each nomination be submitted in a separate signed PDF (admittedly this could be explained by incompetence rather than malice but is not a good look in either case). A crucial goal is to have Harvard take a leadership role in fighting the [climate crisis](https://continuations.com/tagged/climate-crisis). If you are a Harvard grad and want to support this effort, head on over to [Harvard Forward for instructions](https://www.harvardforward.org/sign) (warning: you will probably need half an hour of time). For everyone else, here is a [great piece from Bloomberg about the push for divestment at both Yale and Harvard](https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-11-29/harvard-yale-halftime-protests-are-teaching-moment-for-esg-k3jonk8q).

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*Originally published on [Continuations](https://continuations.com/harvard-and-the-climate-crisis)*