Resources
Press
Al Gore Backs Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign, The Guardian (Feb. 8, 2013)
Students to Colleges: Take Our Money Out of Dirty Energy, YES! Magazine (Jan. 29, 2012)
Will 350.org Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Be Key Tactic in 2013 Battle over Climate Change?, Democracy Now! (Jan. 2, 2012) http://bit.ly/THeRfi
Harvard Students Vote to Divest From Fossil Fuels, CommonDreams.org (Nov. 30, 2012)
A New Movement to Divest From Fossil Fuels, Minnesota Public Radio (Nov. 30,2012)
350 Maine Celebrates Unity College's Fossil Fuel Divestment Status (Nov. 15, 2012)
Resources
How To Organize:
Go Fossil Free Handbook http://gofossilfree.org/toolkit/
Tools for Organizing:
Sample petitions and letters
Sample Student Government divestment resolution
Sample Municipal divestment resolution
Sample institutional divestment resolution
Printable Petition Template (docx)
Printable Petition Template — postcard format (docx)
Responsible Endowments Coalition Student Handbook (pdf)
Fact Sheet: Climate Change & Public Health (pdf)
Documentaries to Share:
Gasland - Gasland is the 2010 documentary by Josh Fox that focus on people who are impacted by the natural gas extraction process known as fracking. Some of the companies featured in the film are the same companies CalSTRS has investments in. This companies include, but are not limited to, Halliburton, Chesapeake Energy, and Nobel Energy.
Out of Balance ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change (2007) - Exxon is another infamous oil company CalSTRS is profiting from.
Useful Links
Bill McKibben Makes the Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment at Middlebury College
CalSTRS is a member of CERES and the Investor Network on Climate Risk. Letter from Global Investor Networks to the governments of the world's largest economies.
SourceWatch - Source watch has detailed analysis of most of the fossil fuel companies in which CalSTRS invest. This analysis's include current operations, environmental records, and more.
Al Gore Backs Growing Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign, The Guardian (Feb. 8, 2013)
Students to Colleges: Take Our Money Out of Dirty Energy, YES! Magazine (Jan. 29, 2012)
Will 350.org Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Be Key Tactic in 2013 Battle over Climate Change?, Democracy Now! (Jan. 2, 2012) http://bit.ly/THeRfi
Harvard Students Vote to Divest From Fossil Fuels, CommonDreams.org (Nov. 30, 2012)
A New Movement to Divest From Fossil Fuels, Minnesota Public Radio (Nov. 30,2012)
350 Maine Celebrates Unity College's Fossil Fuel Divestment Status (Nov. 15, 2012)
Resources
How To Organize:
Go Fossil Free Handbook http://gofossilfree.org/toolkit/
Tools for Organizing:
Sample petitions and letters
Sample Student Government divestment resolution
Sample Municipal divestment resolution
Sample institutional divestment resolution
Printable Petition Template (docx)
Printable Petition Template — postcard format (docx)
Responsible Endowments Coalition Student Handbook (pdf)
Fact Sheet: Climate Change & Public Health (pdf)
Documentaries to Share:
Gasland - Gasland is the 2010 documentary by Josh Fox that focus on people who are impacted by the natural gas extraction process known as fracking. Some of the companies featured in the film are the same companies CalSTRS has investments in. This companies include, but are not limited to, Halliburton, Chesapeake Energy, and Nobel Energy.
Out of Balance ExxonMobil's Impact on Climate Change (2007) - Exxon is another infamous oil company CalSTRS is profiting from.
Useful Links
Bill McKibben Makes the Case for Fossil Fuel Divestment at Middlebury College
CalSTRS is a member of CERES and the Investor Network on Climate Risk. Letter from Global Investor Networks to the governments of the world's largest economies.
SourceWatch - Source watch has detailed analysis of most of the fossil fuel companies in which CalSTRS invest. This analysis's include current operations, environmental records, and more.
