If you’re headed to college this fall — or headed back — there are ample opportunities for you to dig into the critical work of reducing food waste, addressing food insecurity, supporting biodiversity, improving campus food sourcing, reducing plastics and fighting climate change. Many campuses have student programs that are native to their specific campuses, sometimes connected to the office of sustainability (including various iterations of Eco-Reps, Eco Reps and EcoReps!). But there are also several network-based organizations, with chapters at various colleges and universities, through which you can make change locally on your campus while also tapping into a larger organization’s programming, support and networking. You’ll be building your skills in community organizing, lobbying (university officials), coalition building and more — all skills you can use to bring these food and climate fights to the larger stage off campus once you graduate. Because let’s face it, this work will still be needed then.