Harrison Ford Urges ASU Graduates to Protect 30% of Land and Sea by 2030

6 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 19

Arizona State University awarded Harrison Ford an honorary Doctor of Arts and Humane Letters degree after his May 11 commencement address centered on climate change and conservation.
Ford told graduates humanity must protect 30% of the world’s land and sea by 2030, warning that corruption, conflict and global warming are driving nature loss and risking “mass extinction.”
He pressed students to pursue “cultural change,” link environmental action to social justice, and elevate Indigenous communities he said have long treated land, water and forests as relatives rather than commodities.
ASU said universities are “not about one perspective or position,” pointing to President Michael Crow’s separate speech praising America, as Ford joined a commencement season in which Democrats reportedly outnumbered Republicans more than 6-to-1 among top-college speakers.

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