divest! divest! it's in our best interest!

Climate Pelicans' Brief

Fossil fuel companies should be held responsible for their contribution to climate change. Let's start with not passively funding them through the stock market any further. Cori and Jill discuss an inexpensive (& fun!) way to flip the tables on the fossil fuel industry using your power as a university student. Learn what divestment is, why it works, and 3 different approaches you can use to do it at your own school.

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Cover art by Cori Salter

Original music by Bola

References:

1. https://divestmentdatabase.org/report-invest-divest-2021/

2. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/feb/16/us-universities-fossil-fuel-divestment-students-legal-complaint

3. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/sep/28/shell-has-frozen-its-arctic-oil-drilling-but-the-fight-isnt-over