Greeks Launch Grassroots Campaign To Save Paradise Forests Only
20 percent of the world’s ancient forests remain in large,
intact tracts. Today, some of the ancient forests under greatest
threat are the Paradise Forests of Southeast Asia, which stretch
across the islands of Indonesia, on to Papua New Guinea and the
Solomon Islands in the Pacific. To create awareness for the
issue, sisters of the Rensselaer chapter of Alpha Omega Epsilon
(A.O.E), and brothers of Phi Gamma Delta (FIJI), launched an
email campaign to save the Paradise Rainforests. On Oct. 5, the
organizations were on hand to pass out fact sheets and gather
signatures from members of the campus community. More than 350
signatures were obtained, and fraternity and sorority members
were able to send more than 2,450 emails to seven different
companies involved in massive deforestation. “The campaign to
save the Paradise Forests is really important to us,” said Sam
Brown, a sophomore majoring in electrical engineering and math
who is also vice presid