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Student Initiatives

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Student Initiatives

Explore the groups below to find out how you can get involved in Yale’s student-run environment groups.

  • Business and the Environment Club

    The mission of the Business and Environment Club at Yale SOM is to support students interested in the intersection of competitive business

  • Environmental Education Collaborative (EECO)

    EECO is Yale’s first volunteer student organization dedicated to inspiring a generation of environmentally-conscious K-12 students in New Haven

  • Environmental Film Festival at Yale (EFFY)

    Every spring, EFFY showcases incisive, cutting-edge films that highlight the environmental and social issues of our time.

  • Environmental Justice at Yale (EJAY)

    Environmental Justice at Yale (EJAY) is a student interest group (SIG) at the Yale School of the Environment (YSE). We promote environmental justice

  • GREEN

    Established in August 2018, GREEN is Yale’s first action-based sustainability group that strives to implement GREENer practices on campus.

  • Plant Forward Yalies (PFY)

    We are a group of Yale students dedicated to making our food system more humane and sustainable.

  • SAGE Magazine

    SAGE Magazine is a student-run environmental publication of the Yale School of the Environment. We seek any combination of engaging, beautiful,

  • Society for Conservation Biology (ConBio)

    The ConBio SIG at YSE is a dynamic community of graduate students from diverse academic backgrounds who share a common passion for conservation

  • Yale Animal Law Society

    The Yale Animal Law Society, a Student Chapter of the Animal Legal Defense Fund, works to reduce animal suffering by providing resources on animal

  • Yale Animal Welfare Alliance

    The Yale Animal Welfare Alliance is an undergraduate and graduate student group devoted to improving conditions for animals worldwide. 

  • Yale Student Environmental Coalition (YSEC)

    We aim to empower students to engage in all forms of environmental advocacy on campus, in New Haven, and beyond, as well as to foster a sense

  • Yale Students for Carbon Dividends

    We’re the Yale chapter of a national student movement dedicated to propelling a carbon-pricing climate solution into a national spotlight.