Students
Student Initiatives
Our students come from developed and developing countries, and all are focused on finding solutions to the international and global environment and resource problems facing the world today. These students come from the private sector, governments and non-governmental organizations. All have lived abroad, and traveled extensively. They are truly Fletcher global citizens.
Fletcher Energy Consortium (FLEC)
Energy in all its myriad forms impinges on virtually every aspect of international relations and informs debate concerning the environment, economic development, and security. The Fletcher Energy Consortium is a student organization dedicated to providing a venue for the presentation of energy-related research from those within the Fletcher community, both students and faculty, as well as invited guests. FLEC Website: http://fletcher.tufts.edu/FLEC
Fletcher GREEN
Fletcher GREEN helping to coordinate environmental initiatives taking place at Fletcher.works to better inform the Fletcher student body on cross-cutting, international issues that relate to the environment and energy, while also facilitating information sharing for those students interested in environmentally related careers. Our activities include hosting speakers, organizing forums and debates, arranging networking sessions, planning educational trips, and helping to coordinate environmental initiatives taking place at Fletcher.For more information, please visit the Fletcher GREEN website (formerly ESI)."
Students for Responsible Business
The Fletcher School holds a chapter membership in Net Impact, allowing Fletcher students to register as individual Net Impact members for $10 per year. Net Impact, a non-profit organization, is a network of emerging business leaders committed to using the power of business to create a better world. Originally founded as Students for Responsible Business in 1993, Net Impact has developed from a great idea shared by a few business students into a mission-driven network of more than 9,000 new leaders for better business. Through our central office and more than 90 student and professional chapters worldwide, we offer a portfolio of programs to help members broaden their business education, refine their leadership skills, and pursue their professional goals, while building their network. For more information, please visit the Net Impact website.
SustainUS
A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of young people advancing sustainable development and youth empowerment in the United States, many Fletcher students are involved in SustainUS events, planning and administration. Through proactive education and advocacy at the policy-making and grassroots levels, the involvement of CIERP students contributes to the organization’s interest in building a future in which all people recognize the inherent equality and interdependence of social, economic, and environmental sustainability. For more information, please visit the SustainUs website.
Tufts Energy Forum
The Tufts Energy Forum (TEF), formerly the Energy Security Initiative, was born out of the Institute for Global Leadership's EPIIC Oil and Water Colloquium in 2005. The group serves as a forum for discussion of all issues related to energy, and allows students to conduct original, international research on various energy topics. Through research, discussion and events, the group address issues such as peak oil, climate change, the global food crisis, emerging energy technologies, government policies, international treaties, resource conflict, as well as many other topics.For more information, email us at TuftsESI@gmail.com or visit http://www.tuftsgloballeadership.org/programs/tef.
W.I.L.D.
Founded in 2001, W.I.L.D offers opportunities for students at the Fletcher School to interact in the outdoors. Our trips and activities bring students together in a non-academic setting, which allows individuals with a variety of academic interests/past experiences to meet each other who might not have otherwise. W.I.L.D.’s activities include: hiking, biking, canoeing, kayaking, apple picking, skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, skating, rock climbing, and running. For more information, please see a list of Fletcher Student Groups.