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Barnard/Columbia
Students for Environmental
and Economic Justice

Students for Environmental and Economic Justice is a Barnard and Columbia student group dedicated to advancing ecological sustainability, workplace democracy, and human freedom, and to ensuring that university policies and practices reflect these goals. We have watchdogged university investments, supported workplace struggles worldwide and on our campus, and helped bring trillion-dollar ecological criminals to the bargaining table.

Our campaigns right now include:

Tree-free paper:: The university uses very little recycled paper, and still uses paper made from old growth wood. We are helping departments to find cost-effective and sustainable alternatives.
Living wages, not sweatshops:: The university has committed to living wages for the workers making its, yet many remain in poverty and unsafe working conditions. Along with other student groups and garment workers' organizations to hold sweatshop owners accountable through transparency.
Student food cooperative:: Don't like the dining options on campus? We're making our own, a student-run cooperative with decent prices and a wide selection of fair-trade, vegan, and bulk goods.
Socially responsible investing:: SEEJ helped establish the Committees on Socially Responsible Investing to ensure that Barnard and Columbia endowments are profiting from development, not exploitation. This year we are creating comprehensive principles on sexual misconduct policy for Barnard's investments.