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Climate Action At The University Of Maine: A Documentary Short Film, Santiago Tijerina Apr 2023

Climate Action At The University Of Maine: A Documentary Short Film, Santiago Tijerina

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Fossil fuel divestment is central to the discourse surrounding climate change, nevertheless, it is a movement driven by student activists and it is a sign of institutional change at a global scale. Climate Action at the University of Maine, written and directed by Santiago Tijerina and created in collaboration with the University of Maine and the Center for Undergraduate Research (CUGR), is a documentary short film driven by the research objective of understanding the rise of student activism at the University of Maine and the recent decision of the Board of Trustees to divest from fossil fuels.

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