Dec 3 Webinar: Free on-line workshop on faith divestment
Religious organizations of all stripes are a big part of the divestment movement. It’s time for people of faith to speak up about the fate of our planet, and time for religious institutions to divest from fossil fuels.
Reverend Fletcher Harper of Green Faith will explore the rapidly growing faith divestment movement.
Dec 3, 5:30pm PT, 8:30pm EST
Sponsored by 350.org
New Canadian Resource: “People’s Climate March Outshines UN Summit”
Kairos’ Policy Briefing Paper #40 “contrasts the urgent and achievable demands of the climate justice movement with the slow UN process that risks allowing the world to slide into catastrophic consequences of climate change.”
Thanks to John Dillon for his excellent work on this paper.
Nov 14 Ottawa Event: Climate Change & Fossil Fuel Divestment
Friday 14 November 2014
1 – 2:30 PM
Tory Building, Room 208
Carleton University
CARLETON FOSSIL FREE FACULTY
Climate Change and Fossil Fuel Divestment
Desmond Tutu and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon have put their moral weight behind the fossil fuel divestment movement, calling it an appropriate and even necessary response to climate change. Is the climate situation really so urgent? Does fossil fuel divestment make sense? Is it even possible to divest from fossil fuels?
Join Carleton Fossil Free Faculty, along with Tricia Spooner of Wood Gundy, for presentations and discussion on why and how to divest from fossil fuels, and reinvest in renewable energy.
Nov 11 Toronto Event: Fossil Fuel Divestment Discussion Panel
Fossil Free U of T is hosting this panel discussion on fossil fuel divestment as part of Divestment Action Week at U of T.
Tuesday, November 11 at 6:00pm
Panelists:
— Doug Macdonald
— Jeanne Moffat
— Jane Ambachtscheer
Moderated by Katie Krelove
Organizers: U of T 350.org
Nov 22 Toronto Event: Divestment and Ethical Reinvestment
Eastminster United Church divested from the fossil fuels industry. You can too!
Explore the moral, financial and geophysical issues surrounding the growing divestment movement – taking your money out of the fossil fuels industry – and the socially responsible, ethical and green economy investment alternatives available for Families and Individual investors.
View the documentary “Do the Math” and stay for a Q&A with:
GUEST PANELISTS:
Timothy Nash, economics professor and financial planner focusing on socially responsible investing, impact investing, and the green economy
Sucheta Rajagopal, portfolio manager at Jacob Securities Inc. and member of the Responsible Investment Association.
PRESENTERS:
SolarShare and ZooShare
1:00 – 3:00 pm
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Eastminster United Church
310 Danforth Ave. (near Chester Subway Station)
416 463-2179 • http://www.eastminsteruc.org
Nov 19 Toronto Event: Powering the Future
Powering the Future: Insights from Co-Operative Energy Transition
FREE Presentation with Dr. Andreas Wieg, Head of the German Office for Energy Cooperatives
Join the Federation of Community Power Co-operatives and GTA-based energy co-operatives to learn more about local and international activities in community power and the growing trend of green energy impact investing. The event is free but space is limited.
November 19, 7pm – 9pm
YWCA 87 Elm St (Dundas & University)