Molly Claus

What are your majors? Global health and environmental studies; certificate in public policy

Expected graduation date: May 2027

What inspired your interest in the environment and/or community? Growing up, I constantly heard of disastrous environmental events including massive wildfires, increasing levels of air pollutants, and global warming. These events helped me realize that humans cannot enjoy the natural world if the planet is on fire

Seeing this decline, I have made conscious life decisions to lessen my carbon footprint. I eat a mostly plant-based diet, thrift my clothes, and reduce my usage of single-use packaging. Even still, if everyone on Earth adopted the earth-conscious changes I’ve made, we would need approximately five and a half planets to support the population.

Because of this, I became passionate about engaging in community-based work to fight back against the dangers of climate change.