Hear about the carbon risk facing traditional investment funds; learn how to develop your own fossil free portfolio; and, explore opportunities to invest in local renewable energy projects. Whether you have $1,000 or $1 million, you can profitably invest your money without relying on stocks in fossil fuels. Join […]
Timothy Nash, who calls himself the Sustainable Economist, demonstrates that owning a fossil free portfolio doesn’t mean sacrificing returns on your investment. In this recent blog, he shows how a diversified portfolio, free from fossil fuels, competes with traditional investments and can actually outperform them. In a related blog, Nash discusses reinvestment options outlined in a new community […]
The lead up to Global Divestment Day is seeing unprecedented progress in the development of Divestment Campaigns across Canadian campuses. On Tuesday, faculty at the University of British Columbia (UBC) voted in favour of divesting completely from fossil fuels within five years! This is not an insignificant gesture. According […]
I’ve been in a relationship with the fossil fuel industry my whole life. Now that I understand the math of climate change, I know it’s time to break up! In the spirit of our Love Letter Contest, I have used Go Fossil Free’s Top 10 Reasons to Divest as an inspiration for this […]
Rolling Stone magazine knows it’s time to break up with fossil fuels, as Tim Dickinson explains in his January 2015 article The Logic of Divestment: Why We Have to Kiss Off Big Carbon Now. “As climate-change activists pressure public institutions to dump their fossil-fuel investments, it’s becoming increasingly clear that the right thing […]
To celebrate Global Divestment Day and Valentine’s Day, Divest Waterloo is hosting a letter writing contest, in collaboration with Alternatives Journal (A\J) and CREW-WR. Write a love letter to renewables or a break-up letter to fossil fuels (or both) and discover why so many people are falling in love with Divestment. Have some […]
Exhilarated and exhausted, we arrived home in the wee hours of this morning from the New York City People’s Climate March. What a day it was! 400,000 people, united in a beautiful, boisterous call for a better future. We joined the 300-strong Toronto350 contingent in the “Stop Tar Sands” section. […]
Be part of the global People’s Climate March! On Sunday, September 21st at 1:30pm, the march will begin at Waterloo Square and end at the Barrel Yards at Father David Bauer Drive, where there will be display tables, petitions and guest speakers. Groups involved so far include KW Citizens […]
The largest climate march in history is planned for September 21, in advance of a major UN summit on the climate crisis. The main march will be in New York, with supporting marches all over the world. See peoplesclimate.org for details. Divest Waterloo will be there in New York! […]
