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...]
Tell SA’s biggest investment funds to help us divest from coal
South Africans are threatened by climate change, by the health and environmental impacts of fossil fuels – coal, gas and oil – and by the role of parts of the fossil fuel industry in state capture and in holding back wind and solar energy development. To build a just, sustainable, and healthy future for all South Africans, we need ethical savings and investments in our … [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...]
