“The campaign has always been much more than moving money, just as universities and churches are much more than endowments. They are places where people congregate and centres of cultural prestige… [It] offers a hook from which community organising around climate change may follow, as well as a signal that our moral and intellectual leaders are worried about fossil fuels.” The Fossil Free movement continues to build momentum around the world, with another big win last week when British Medical Association members voted in favour of divestment. Alice Bell argues that this, along with similar moves by prominent universities have greater symbolic value than the size of their investments would suggest.
Posted on: Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:36:57 +0000
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