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We have great ideas popping up all over the country. Nobody should feel like they're starting at square one when they start a divestment campaign. This is our forum to build a wealth of information for anybody leading, starting or fighting a campaign.

Divestment is about defeating the fossil fuel industry's stranglehold on our governments but it is also about challenging the culture of passivity that surrounds climate change. This will be the defining issue of our generation and it's time we recognize it. Whether you believe divestment is the right way or the wrong way to combat climate change, it's impossible to argue that it hasn't already led to important and new conversation and organization.

Introduction thread. Say hi to everyone!

Ideas for posts

• Pictures from events
  
• Planning documents for events
  
• Ideas for campus events or nationwide events
  
• Resources that support divestment
  
• Resources that argue against divestment
  
• FAQs about divestment
  
• Suggestions for campaign organization
  
• Anything you find constructive!
  

Suggested Reading and Information

• “Global Warming’s Terrifying New Math” (Bill McKibben, Rolling Stone, July 2012) The article that catalyzed the fossil fuel divestment movement

• Does divestment work? (Harvard Political Review)

• “Unburnable Carbon 2013: Wasted Capital and Stranded Assets” (Carbon Tracker Initiative, 2013)

• Stranded assets and the fossil fuel divestment campaign: what does divestment mean for the valuation of fossil fuel assets? (Atif Ansar, Ben Caldecott, and James Tilbury; Stranded Assets Programme, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford, 2013)

Perspectives from Investment Managers

• “Beyond Fossil Fuels: The Investment Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment” (Impax Asset Management, July 2013)

• “Building a Carbon-Free Equity Portfolio” (Patrick Geddes, Lisa Goldberg, Robert Tymoczko, and Michael Branch; Aperio Group, April 2014)

• “Boston Common’s Approach to the Energy Sector: A Practical Challenge” (Boston Common Asset Management, January 2013)

• “Investing for a Low Carbon Economy” (Rockefeller and Co, 2013)

Resources

• Wednesday Web Workshops
  
• Top 200 fossil fuel corporations
  
• A tool to build low-carbon portfolios

Related Links

• GoFossilFree.org
  
• StudentsDivest.org
  
• Google Group
  
• Google Alerts
  
• Facebook Page
  
• Facebook Group
  
• Wikipedia Page

Related Subreddits

• /r/IdleNoMore
  
• /r/350
  
• /r/Green_Anarchism
  
• /r/Ecosocialism
  
• /r/Activism
  
• /r/ClimateJustice
  
• /r/enviroaction
  
• /r/ClimateActionPlan
  
• /r/ClimateOffensive
  
• /r/Climate
  
• /r/Green
  
• /r/GreenEnergy
  
• /r/Environment
  

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