Tag Archives: divestment

Radio: Older adults and the fight for climate action

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Scott

Betty Plewes is a co-founder and steering committee member of Climate Legacy, a group of retired people working together to engage and mobilize other older adults in climate action. Emma Bider is the organization’s communications coordinator. Scott Neigh interviews them … Continue reading →

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Radio: Union members pushing their pension plan to divest from fossil fuels

Posted on April 26, 2022 by Scott

Jillian Maguire and Kim Benson are teachers in British Columbia. As such, they are both members of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF), and they have recently been organizing to get their pension plan to divest from fossil fuel industries. … Continue reading →

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Radio — Mapping and opposing the power of fossil fuel industries in Canada

Posted on March 9, 2021 by Scott

William Carroll, James Rowe, and Emily Lowan are all at the University of Victoria (UVic) in British Columbia. Carroll is a professor of sociology and Rowe is an associate professor of environmental studies, and they are both involved in the … Continue reading →

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Radio — Bringing questions of justice to the heart of struggles for climate action

Posted on December 1, 2020 by Scott

Laura Hamilton is a climate activist who lives in Waterloo, Ontario. She began working on climate issues as a co-founder of Divest Waterloo, a group with an initial focus on encouraging divestment from fossil fuel industries. But as their understanding … Continue reading →

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