March 5 Waterloo Event: Exploring Fossil Free Investing
Stop Funding Climate Change: Exploring Fossil Free Investing
Is your investment portfolio contributing to climate change? Whether you have $1,000 or $1 million, you can profitably invest your money without relying on stocks in fossil fuels. Join us on March 5th to learn how! Hosted by Divest Waterloo and Community Renewable Energy Waterloo (CREW).
March 5th, at Kitchener Public Library Central Branch [map]
Doors and displays open at 5:45 pm
Do The Math screening at 6:00 pm
Main program starts at 7:00 pm
Speakers:
Timothy Nash (“The Sustainable Economist“) is president of Strategic Sustainable Investments, and the lead researcher for Ethical Market’s Green Transition Scoreboard® research report. He teaches economics at Sheridan College in Toronto.
February 13 & 14th, 2015: Global Divestment Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-cl=85027636&x-yt-ts=1422503916&v=N8HCiwa9FWI
Dec 7 Global Climate Vigils: #LightForLIMA in Toronto, Ottawa
On Sunday, December 7, around the world people from diverse faith and spiritual communities will gather for public vigils in support of global climate action. When world leaders come together in Lima for critical climate talks, they need to know that we’re holding them in our thoughts, meditations and prayers.
Join us in Ottawa & Toronto! All are welcome.
- Citizens for Public Justice and Faith & the Common Good will co-host a #LightForLIMA vigil in Ottawa @ 7pm. For details, click here.
- Toronto Area Interfaith Council & Awakening Heart Circle will co-host an interspiritual Festival of Lights and #LightForLIMA vigil in Toronto @ 1:30pm. For details, click here.
- Trinity St Paul’s United, Bathurst United, Toronto Quaker Meeting and ClimateFast will co-host a #LightForLIMA vigil in Toronto @ 7:30pm. For details, click here.
Can’t join us for one of these vigils? No problem, you can still take part. Each evening from December 1-7, households and communities around the world will light a candle, or solar lamp, and pray, meditate, or offer an invocation for a climate agreement. Take a photo of your vigil, post it on Facebook or Twitter with #LightForLIMA along with your hopes for the future.
Our digital vigils will tell politicians that people around the world, are watching and praying for action. And the time to act is now.
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.
