PHOTO GALLERY: Coal Free Mizzou asks curators to consider renewable resources

Members of Coal Free Mizzou stand outside Memorial Student Union before attending the UM System Board of Curators meeting Thursday. The student-run organization has been on campus for three years. Its goal is to move MU toward the use of 100 percent renewable resources.   |  Emma Kessinger

Sasha Shyduroff, left, Sierra Club student organizing manager and Lindsey Berger, Sierra Club student Missouri organizer, plan for their afternoon meeting with the UM System Board of Curators on Thursday at the Memorial Student Union. Coal Free Mizzou asked the curators to consider removing coal power from MU and moving to renewable energy sources.   |  Yi-Chin Lee

Signs made by Coal Free Mizzou, a student organization at MU, are laid on the floor while members prepare their afternoon meeting Thursday with the UM System Board of Curators. Coal Free Mizzou presented petitions and a storyboard demonstration to the curators.   |  Yi-Chin Lee

Sasha Shyduroff holds a protest sign during the UM System Board of Curators meeting Thursday at Stotler Lounge in Memorial Student Union. Shyduroff is the student organization manager for Coal Free Mizzou. Even though they were not on the agenda for the meeting, group members showed up to present a petition.
  |  Emma Kessinger