After years of putting pressure on the University of Cape Town to divest from climate-breaking fossil fuels, the university has at last formally launched its responsible investment panel - the University Panel on Responsible Investment (UPRI) - and approved a Responsible and Sustainable Investment Policy! The panel has called for people to engage on fossil fuel divestment by … [Read more...]
Time to divest from planet-threatening fossil fuels
We experience more droughts and floods than our grandmothers did when they were our age, and we cough on the air we breathe. What many of us don't know is that it is our own hard-earned savings that are funding the coal plants that are polluting Mzansi and contributing to climate change. But we can change this. Already, people around the world are forcing pension funds to … [Read more...]
Becoming a Change Maker
Finding your niche as a change maker can be challenging. Start this process by getting clear about your strengths, passions and skills. Becoming a change maker is usually a difficult personal journey to undertake. Mostly, the process unfolds over several phases: first, there is an increasingly painful awareness of the worsening state of the world; second, is the realisation … [Read more...]
