The fossil fuel divestment movement began at Swarthmore four years ago and has since spread to campuses and institutions around the world. On perhaps the most significant issue of our age, the need to slow climate change, Swarthmore students have established themselves as global leaders.
“The sit-in ends today, but the campaign isn’t over, divestment is a’coming” pic.twitter.com/EcQDnhyXhj
“If the board chooses fear, we will be back in September, because this is too important an issues” #WhoseSide pic.twitter.com/D5e5x69E68
“The @swarthmore Board has agreed to our major demand, that they seriously engage with our proposal” #whoseside pic.twitter.com/6nRFf7F6du
Harvard students spent much of last week blockading the main administrative building because they want the college to discuss dumping its investments in energy stocks. A less aggressive effort for such divestment is happening in Worcester – including local colleges such as Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute and Worcester State University.
Read ‘To divest or not to divest: College students on fossil fuel debate’ on Yahoo Finance Canada . Students at Harvard University are on the final day of something called Heat Week. It’s a week long protest pushing for the University to divest of fossil fuel stocks.
The movement to push colleges and universities to divest from fossil fuels is heating up on campus. Everywhere you look, divestment sit-ins, protests, and rallies are sweeping across campuses. At Harvard this week, more than 1,000 students, alumni and professors have taken part in sit-ins, rallies and protests.
Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 1:08 AM A 32-day student sit-in at Swarthmore College ended Monday after faculty voted to support the protesters’ demands to divest endowment money out of fossil fuels.
Thanks to everyone who joined us to close out our 32-day sit-in on such a powerful note. #WhoseSide pic.twitter.com/gWjIrJiuWX
— Sunrise Pennsylvania (@PASunrise) April 20, 2015
Thanks to everyone who joined us to close out our 32-day sit-in on such a powerful note. #WhoseSide pic.twitter.com/gWjIrJiuWX
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"When we hear your stories of divestment, we give you the other things that connect us — our thoughts and prayers" @kmaxx350 #WhoseSide
— Sunrise Pennsylvania (@PASunrise) April 20, 2015
“When we hear your stories of divestment, we give you the other things that connect us — our thoughts and prayers” @kmaxx350 #WhoseSide