Congratulations to the group of Faculty at the University of Waterloo for calling on the university to divest! You can read the letter here. Like faculty at a number of other universities, they have taken a stand at this critical juncture in the climate crisis. While at some universities […]
University of Waterloo Board considers call for Divestment after Environment Students’ Divestment Vote By Yonatan Strauch @ydstrauch Why divest from fossil fuels? For most students at the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment that question answered itself. When a group of us with Fossil Free UW campaigned to divest the student-funded endowment […]
On October 20th when I heard Prime Minister-designate Justin Trudeau tell the world “On behalf of 35 million Canadians, we’re back,” I teared up and was surprised that my lingering concerns had been temporarily overpowered by hope. But two weeks later, those concerns are still with me as I […]
In a recent opinion piece for the National Observer, author and Cleantech advocate Tom Rand outlines why our need to transition to low carbon energy sources is so urgent, and how current advances in renewable energy solutions can make that possible – if there is sufficient will to act […]
Our economic system is broken; it’s unsustainable. John Fullerton, the founder and president of Capital Institute recently explained to a packed auditorium at the Centre for International Governance Innovation that the core assumption of how we generate our prosperity no longer works. Capital Institute is “a collaborative [that is] working […]
Analysis of returns over the past 5 years shows that “investors who have dumped holdings in fossil fuel companies have outperformed those that remain invested in coal, oil and gas”. This recent article in the Guardian newspaper highlights analysis by MSCI, the world’s leading stock market index company, which found that “investors who […]
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 […]
Do you want to fall in love renewables utterly and completely, but you’re still not sure if they can live up to their promises? According to Amory Lovins, only the myths hold us back from complete surrender. Watch this reassuring video from the Rocky Mountain Institute to understand that […]
Amory Lovins explains in this video how the market place is falling in love with renewables. “Solar power is scaling up even faster than cell phones.” Since 2008, half the world’s new electricity generating capacity has been renewable. Lovins demonstrates how the lower cost, lower risk, and scalable mass-production of […]
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 […]
