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== List of Divesting Orgs == | == List of Divesting Orgs == | ||
Colleges and Universities | [As of November 2014] | ||
'''Colleges and Universities''' | |||
College of the Atlantic | College of the Atlantic | ||
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University of Dayton | University of Dayton | ||
Cities | |||
'''Cities''' | |||
Seattle, WA | Seattle, WA | ||
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Framingham, MA | Framingham, MA | ||
Dunedin, New Zealand | Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
Oakland, California | Oakland, California | ||
Örebro, Sweden | Örebro, Sweden | ||
Oxford, United Kingdom | Oxford, United Kingdom | ||
Eugene, OR | Eugene, OR | ||
City of Brisbane, CA | City of Brisbane, CA | ||
City of Moreland, Melbourne, Australia | City of Moreland, Melbourne, Australia | ||
City of Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia | City of Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia | ||
Ashland, OR | Ashland, OR | ||
Counties | |||
'''Counties''' | |||
San Francisco, CA | San Francisco, CA | ||
Dane County, WI | Dane County, WI | ||
Religious Institutions | |||
'''Religious Institutions''' | |||
United Church of Christ – National | United Church of Christ – National | ||
Massachusetts United Church of Christ | Massachusetts United Church of Christ | ||
Minnesota United Church of Christ | Minnesota United Church of Christ | ||
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oregon | Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oregon | ||
First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, UT | First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, UT | ||
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Cambridge, MA | First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Cambridge, MA | ||
Portsmouth South Church Unitarian First Unitarian Church of Pittsfield, ME | Portsmouth South Church Unitarian First Unitarian Church of Pittsfield, ME | ||
First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, WI | First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, WI | ||
First Presbyterian Palo Alto, CA | First Presbyterian Palo Alto, CA | ||
Uniting Church, New South Wales & ACT, Australia | Uniting Church, New South Wales & ACT, Australia | ||
Dover Friends Meeting, Dover, NH | Dover Friends Meeting, Dover, NH | ||
Melbourne Unitarian Church, Australia | Melbourne Unitarian Church, Australia | ||
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst, MA | Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst, MA | ||
Anglican Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand | Anglican Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand | ||
Anglican Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand | Anglican Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand | Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
Anglican Diocese of Waiapu, New Zealand | Anglican Diocese of Waiapu, New Zealand | ||
Anglican Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki, New Zealand | Anglican Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki, New Zealand | ||
Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia | Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia | ||
Anglican Diocese of Perth, Australia | Anglican Diocese of Perth, Australia | ||
Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia | Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia | ||
Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Australia | Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Australia | ||
Anglican National Super, Australia | Anglican National Super, Australia | ||
Brighthelm Church, Brighton, UK | Brighthelm Church, Brighton, UK | ||
Society for Community Work | Society for Community Work | ||
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, MA | Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, MA | ||
Maine Council of Churches, ME | Maine Council of Churches, ME | ||
Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, Toronto, Canada | Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, Toronto, Canada | ||
Quakers in Britain | Quakers in Britain | ||
Diakonia, Sweden | Diakonia, Sweden | ||
Colorado Ratnashri Sangha | Colorado Ratnashri Sangha | ||
First Unitarian Church, Ottawa | First Unitarian Church, Ottawa | ||
Union Theological Seminary, New York City | Union Theological Seminary, New York City | ||
First Religious Society of Newburyport, MA | First Religious Society of Newburyport, MA | ||
Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence, MA | Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence, MA | ||
Unitarian Universalist Association | Unitarian Universalist Association | ||
Central Philadelphia Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | Central Philadelphia Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | ||
Lansdowne Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | Lansdowne Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | ||
Westtown Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | Westtown Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | ||
Lehigh Valley Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | Lehigh Valley Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | ||
Old Haverford Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | Old Haverford Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | ||
Newtown Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | Newtown Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | ||
Haverford Quarterly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | Haverford Quarterly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA | ||
Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, NY, USA | Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, NY, USA | ||
World Council of Churches | World Council of Churches | ||
Community Friends, OH, USA | Community Friends, OH, USA | ||
Uniting Church in Australia Assembly, Australia | Uniting Church in Australia Assembly, Australia | ||
Franciscan Sisters of Mary, MO, USA | Franciscan Sisters of Mary, MO, USA | ||
Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, MA, USA | Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, MA, USA | ||
Church of Sweden | Church of Sweden | ||
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County (UUCSC), RI, USA | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County (UUCSC), RI, USA | ||
First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR, USA | First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR, USA | ||
Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation, AZ, USA | Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation, AZ, USA | ||
First Universalist Church of Pittsfield, ME, USA | First Universalist Church of Pittsfield, ME, USA | ||
Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, NM, USA | Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, NM, USA | ||
Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, CA, USA | Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, CA, USA | ||
UU Fellowship of Corvallis, OR, USA | UU Fellowship of Corvallis, OR, USA | ||
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames, IA, USA | Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames, IA, USA | ||
Lake County Unitarian Universalist Church, WI, USA | Lake County Unitarian Universalist Church, WI, USA | ||
First Parish (Old Ship Church), MA, USA | First Parish (Old Ship Church), MA, USA | ||
All Souls UU Church, MA, USA | All Souls UU Church, MA, USA | ||
Unity Temple UU Congregation, IL, USA | Unity Temple UU Congregation, IL, USA | ||
First Parish Church UU, MA, USA | First Parish Church UU, MA, USA | ||
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, VA, USA | Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, VA, USA | ||
Church of England Diocese of Oxford, United Kingdom | Church of England Diocese of Oxford, United Kingdom | ||
Foundations | |||
'''Foundations''' | |||
Divest-Invest Philanthropic Group | Divest-Invest Philanthropic Group | ||
Sierra Club Foundation | Sierra Club Foundation | ||
Wallace Global Fund | Wallace Global Fund | ||
Jubitz Family Foundation | Jubitz Family Foundation | ||
The Educational Foundation of America | The Educational Foundation of America | ||
Park Foundation | Park Foundation | ||
The Russell Family Foundation | The Russell Family Foundation | ||
Compton Foundation | Compton Foundation | ||
KL Felicitas Foundation | KL Felicitas Foundation | ||
The Chorus Foundation | The Chorus Foundation | ||
Singing Field Foundation | Singing Field Foundation | ||
Nia Community Foundation | Nia Community Foundation | ||
The John Merck Fund | The John Merck Fund | ||
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust | The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust | ||
Solidago Foundation | Solidago Foundation | ||
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation | Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation | ||
Granary Foundation | Granary Foundation | ||
The Schmidt Family Foundation | The Schmidt Family Foundation | ||
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation | Ben & Jerry’s Foundation | ||
Pax Fund | Pax Fund | ||
Ross Knowles Fund | Ross Knowles Fund | ||
Madden Sainsbury Foundation | Madden Sainsbury Foundation | ||
Earth Welfare Foundation | Earth Welfare Foundation | ||
McKinnon Family Foundation | McKinnon Family Foundation | ||
The Hunt Foundation | The Hunt Foundation | ||
Pace Foundation | Pace Foundation | ||
Mullum Trust | Mullum Trust | ||
NSRC Fund | NSRC Fund | ||
Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation | Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation | ||
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Santa Fe Art Institute | Santa Fe Art Institute | ||
New Progressive Alliance | New Progressive Alliance | ||
Council of Canadians | Council of Canadians | ||
Santa Clara Valley Water District | Santa Clara Valley Water District | ||
Students’ Society of McGill University (pdf) | Students’ Society of McGill University (pdf) | ||
Island Institute, Maine, US | Island Institute, Maine, US | ||
British Medical Association | British Medical Association | ||
Oregon Environmental Council | Oregon Environmental Council | ||
Revision as of 21:02, 28 November 2014
Moving from Fossil Fuels
Divestment movement articles:
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/08/fossil-fuel-divestment-a-brief-history
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/fossil-fuel-divestment/
http://www.iop.harvard.edu/does-divestment-work
- http://justandstable.org/ Students for a Just and Stable Future
GoFossilFree
http://gofossilfree.org/commitments/
Go FossilFree has listed a growing number of institutions committing to divest from fossil fuels.
The commitments page lists a growing number of commitments from colleges and universities, cities, counties, religious institutions, and other institutions.
Visit their site and click on each name for more information -- and model language -- about the type of commitment they’re making.
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Divestment News
26 August 2014
- "Stranded asset" concerns
Hong Kong and London reports – Oil, gas and coal companies make up one of the world’s largest liquid asset classes, with a combined stock market valuation of nearly $5trn. In the past two years, dozens of public and private institutions have announced plans to divest their fossil fuel holdings because of environmental concerns, ethical investment strategies, or worries that assets might become “stranded” by emission regulations...
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List of Divesting Orgs
[As of November 2014]
Colleges and Universities
College of the Atlantic
Foothill-De Anza Community College Foundation
University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Green Mountain College
Hampshire College
Naropa University
Peralta Community College District
Pitzer College
Prescott College
San Francisco State University Foundation
Stanford University
Sterling College
Unity College
University of Dayton
Cities
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, CA
Portland, OR
Eugene, OR
Berkeley, CA
Richmond, CA
Santa Monica, CA
Boulder, CO
Santa Fe, NM
Madison, WI
Bayfield, WI
State College, PA
Ithaca, NY
Truro, MA
Provincetown, MA
Providence, RI
Cambridge, MA
Northampton, MA
Ann Arbor, MI
Boxtel, the Netherlands
New London, CT
Amherst, MA
Sudbury, MA
Concord, MA
Framingham, MA
Dunedin, New Zealand
Oakland, California
Örebro, Sweden
Oxford, United Kingdom
Eugene, OR
City of Brisbane, CA
City of Moreland, Melbourne, Australia
City of Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia
Ashland, OR
Counties
San Francisco, CA
Dane County, WI
Religious Institutions
United Church of Christ – National
Massachusetts United Church of Christ
Minnesota United Church of Christ
Evangelical Lutheran Church of Oregon
First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, UT
First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church in Cambridge, MA
Portsmouth South Church Unitarian First Unitarian Church of Pittsfield, ME
First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee, WI
First Presbyterian Palo Alto, CA
Uniting Church, New South Wales & ACT, Australia
Dover Friends Meeting, Dover, NH
Melbourne Unitarian Church, Australia
Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst, MA
Anglican Diocese of Wellington, New Zealand
Anglican Diocese of Auckland, New Zealand
Anglican Diocese of Dunedin, New Zealand
Anglican Diocese of Waiapu, New Zealand
Anglican Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki, New Zealand
Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia
Anglican Diocese of Perth, Australia
Anglican Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, Australia
Anglican Diocese of Melbourne, Australia
Anglican National Super, Australia
Brighthelm Church, Brighton, UK
Society for Community Work
Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, MA
Maine Council of Churches, ME
Trinity St. Paul’s United Church, Toronto, Canada
Quakers in Britain
Diakonia, Sweden
Colorado Ratnashri Sangha
First Unitarian Church, Ottawa
Union Theological Seminary, New York City
First Religious Society of Newburyport, MA
Unitarian Society of Northampton & Florence, MA
Unitarian Universalist Association
Central Philadelphia Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA
Lansdowne Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA
Westtown Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA
Lehigh Valley Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA
Old Haverford Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA
Newtown Monthly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA
Haverford Quarterly Quaker Meeting, PA, USA
Jamaica Plain Unitarian Universalist, NY, USA
World Council of Churches
Community Friends, OH, USA
Uniting Church in Australia Assembly, Australia
Franciscan Sisters of Mary, MO, USA
Episcopal Diocese of Western Massachusetts, MA, USA
Church of Sweden
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County (UUCSC), RI, USA
First Unitarian Church of Portland, OR, USA
Mountain Vista Unitarian Universalist Congregation, AZ, USA
First Universalist Church of Pittsfield, ME, USA
Unitarian Church of Los Alamos, NM, USA Unitarian Universalist Church of Palo Alto, CA, USA
UU Fellowship of Corvallis, OR, USA
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Ames, IA, USA
Lake County Unitarian Universalist Church, WI, USA
First Parish (Old Ship Church), MA, USA
All Souls UU Church, MA, USA
Unity Temple UU Congregation, IL, USA
First Parish Church UU, MA, USA
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Church, VA, USA
Church of England Diocese of Oxford, United Kingdom
Foundations
Divest-Invest Philanthropic Group
Sierra Club Foundation
Wallace Global Fund
Jubitz Family Foundation
The Educational Foundation of America
Park Foundation
The Russell Family Foundation
Compton Foundation
KL Felicitas Foundation
The Chorus Foundation
Singing Field Foundation
Nia Community Foundation
The John Merck Fund
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Solidago Foundation
Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation
Granary Foundation
The Schmidt Family Foundation
Ben & Jerry’s Foundation
Pax Fund
Ross Knowles Fund
Madden Sainsbury Foundation
Earth Welfare Foundation
McKinnon Family Foundation
The Hunt Foundation
Pace Foundation
Mullum Trust
NSRC Fund
Robert and Patricia Switzer Foundation
Other Institutions
Santa Fe Art Institute
New Progressive Alliance
Council of Canadians
Santa Clara Valley Water District
Students’ Society of McGill University (pdf)
Island Institute, Maine, US
British Medical Association
Oregon Environmental Council
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