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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/

http://gofossilfree.org/#blog


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

Divestment from fossil fuels

  • "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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