Campaigns

SEN has two primary campaigns operating in Florida and Georgia, where we coordinate statewide youth networks in each state. We are an Energy Action Coalition (EAC) partner and support and participate in EAC campaigns. Our goal is to expand our programmatic focus in the near future to enable our staff to support work in more states across the region.

Florida - The Student Green Energy Fund

Supported by the SEN Florida Organizer, the Florida Youth Environmental Sustainability Coalition (FL YES) currently run the Student Green Energy Fund (SGEF) campaign. The SGEF campaign works to implement new student “green” fees at universities across the state of Florida to fund renewable energy and energy efficiency projects. With the potential to generate more than $7.5 million dollars annually, the SGEF campaign aims to establish some of the largest student green fees in the nation.

To find out more about the SGEF campaign or to get involved with the FL YES coalition, email floridayes@climateaction.net. 

Georgia - No Coal

SEN’s Georgia Organizer and Georgia Youth for Energy Solutions (GA YES) are mobilizing young people across the state to resist the construction of new coal-fired power plants in Georgia. Working in collaboration with the Georgians for Smart Energy coalition, GA YES is operating three strategies to oppose the new plants: intervening in the regulatory and permitting process, undercutting the financial viability of the plants, and holding elected officials accountable to their constituents. With 12 operating coal plants in the state – including some of the dirtiest in the US – Georgia’s communities cannot afford the air pollution, water pollution, or greenhouse gas emissions of new coal plants.

To get involved with GA YES and the No Coal campaign, contact Jenna Garland, Georgia Organizer, at jenna@climateaction.net.

Energy Action Coalition

As an Energy Action Coalition partner (EAC), SEN supports and participates in EAC campaign work. The current campaign tracks are:

• Moving Beyond Dirty Energy
• Catalyzing the Clean Energy Economy
• Campus Climate Challenge 2.0
• Building Political Power and Change

We’ve just mobilized hundreds of young people to attend EAC’s national conference, Power Shift 2011, where 10,000 young people came together in Washington, DC to  call for a clean energy future. 

To learn more about the Energy Action Coalition, visit www.energyactioncoalition.org.