A group of student environmental activists announced yesterday that they hope to hurt corporate America where it counts--in human resources.
The national Dirty Jobs Boycott (DJB) asks students to refuse employment offers by corporations that abuse the environment.
The details of the boycott--such as which companies it targets--will be announced at ECOnference 2000, to be held at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in mid-October. The conference is a meeting of student environmental leaders from across the nation.
Shai R. Shay '01, who attended yesterday's press conference, said he will work to enlist Harvard students in the boycott.
Sahay is leading a group of about 15 students to ECOnference, even though Harvard's Environmental Action Committee (EAC) decided not to send a delegation.
Sahay hopes he and the others will gain tools that will help them spearhead the boycott at Harvard, as well as future environmental campaigns.
"[The conference] is a great opportunity for student activists to learn how to be activists," he said.
Students at the conference will announce 12 target companies for the boycott. The target companies will generally rely heavily on college recruiting.
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