Divest from Fossil Fuels

Invest your skills and money in sustaining community rather than supporting Big Oil

If you have investments, clean your portfolio by removing investments in dirty fuel producers. Divest any fossil fuel assets you own and invest in clean, local energy and community sustainability. Possible ways include:

Explore UU Ministry for Earth’s extensive Socially Responsible Investing materials

Identify clean energy investments, socially responsible investing green mutual funds or community sustainability projects to reinvest in

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Priscilla Remke signed 2015-07-01 12:31:25 -0400

My family is investing in ESG businesses. UUWC is a GREEN Congregation & I just gave Sunday service on Divestment.
Jean Spohn signed 2015-05-29 19:39:28 -0400
Ellen Johnson-Fay signed 2015-04-22 18:26:29 -0400

I have already divested as much of my retired funds as possible in a zero fossil fuel portfolio
Kenneth Kepler signed 2015-04-22 16:50:34 -0400

I sold all my shares of Royal Dutch Shell except one. (I kept one share to stay connected so I can help influence them.)
V Weeks signed 2015-04-22 12:09:39 -0400

I have only invested in non-fossil fuel, non-military, sustainablity-oriented companies for years, and am urging family and friends to do the same.
Thomas Rogers signed 2015-04-22 11:11:53 -0400

I have sold all the oil company stock I inherited and I work with colleagues at Congregation Ahavath Beth Israel (CABI) in Boise, Idaho to ‘green’ CABI and encourage people to live in more sustainable and environmentally sensitive ways to restore and protect our earth.
Jonathan Rogers signed 2015-04-22 09:37:08 -0400
Daniel Rigney signed 2015-04-21 20:06:52 -0400

I will continue to petition and press TIAA-CREF (my retirement fund) to offer a carbon-free fund option.
Misha Rediker signed 2015-04-13 14:47:10 -0400
Lois Pettinger signed 2015-03-23 16:54:22 -0400

I WILL CONTACT FIDELITY AND GATHER INFORMATION, I WILL THEN WORK TO ALTER MY PORTFOLIO.
Steven Nutter published this page in Shift to a Low Carbon Future 2015-03-16 09:51:28 -0400