About Us

Our Mission

The Yale Student Environmental Coalition is Yale’s oldest undergraduate environmental organization and 501(c)3 non-profit.  YSEC strives to educate the Yale community about current environmental challenges and debates, advocate for environmentally conscious behavior, responsible consumer choice, sustainable university policy, and environmental justice.  We seek to partner with campus organizations, other colleges and universities, non-profits, and major international initiatives in order to bring our objectives to light at Yale, within New Haven, and around the world.

For more information about getting involved, or about YSEC generally, please contact any of our four YSEC boardmembers:

General Meetings

We meet on Wednesdays from 8 to 9 pm in the Dwight Hall Library.

Get Involved

YSEC operates on two different fronts.  We have our project groups that work on specific environmental issues, as well as our coalition-wide projects.

Sign up for the once–a-week general YSEC email here.

How about YSEC Active?  It’s our informal panlist to share videos, links to news articles, thoughts, dreams, highs and lows, and just about everything else.  Sign up here.

Our Faculty Advisory Board

  • Jay Ague, Professor of Geology & Geophysics at Yale University
  • Gordon Geballe, Professor of Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University
  • Karen Hebert, Professor of Anthropology and Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University
  • Jeffrey Park, Professor of Geology & Geophysics at Yale University
  • David Post, Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale University
  • Paul Sabin, Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Yale University
  • John Wargo, Professor of Political Science and Forestry & Environmental Studies at Yale University

Past Boardmembers

  • 2012-2013
  • President: Patrick Reed, BR ’15
  • Vice President: Carlos Gould, TC ’15
  • Treasurer: Justine Appel, ES ’15
  • Events Coordinator: Kathryn Culhane, DC ’15
  • Spring Term 2012
  • President: Julie Botnick, BR ’14
  • Vice President: Emanuel Feld, SM ’13
  • Treasurer: Patrick Reed, BR ’15
  • Events Coordinator: Rick Herron, PC ’13
  • 2011
  • President: Sam Bendinelli, BK ’13
  • Vice President: Rachel Webster, TC ’14
  • Treasurer: Emanuel Feld, SM ’13
  • Membership Coordinator: Julie Botnick, BR ’14
  • Events Coordinator: Max Kushner-Lenhoff, ES ’12
  • 2010-2011
  • Co-chairs: Veronica Gordon, CC ’11; Cody Hooks, TC ’13; Kassie Urban-Meade, ES ’14
  • 2009-2010
  • Co-chairs: Matthew Ramlow, DC ’11; Rachel Shaffer, BR ’12; Lily Twining, PC ’11
  • 2008-2009
  • Co-chairs: Julia Lurie, BR ’12; Ariel Patashnik ’09; Charles Zhu, ’11
  • 2007-2008
  • Co-chairs: Kevin Currey, SY ’09; Valerie Gordon, SY ’09; Julia Meisel, BR ’10
  • 2006-2007
  • Co-chairs: Katherine Gasner, SY ’09; Elizabeth Kelley-Swift, MC ’09; Micah Ziegler, PC ’08
  • 2005-2006
  • Co-chairs: Emily Biesecker, SM ’08; Caroline Howe, SY ’07; David Tracey, TC ’08
  • 2004-2005
  • Co-chairs: Mila Dunbar-Irwin, MC ’08; Carlos Poza, PC ’06; Teresa Tapia, PC ’06