Fossil Free CC

Major Climate Report Describes a Strong Risk of Crisis as Early as 2040 A landmark United Nations report paints a far more dire picture of the immediate consequences of climate change than previously thought and says that avoiding damage requires quickly transforming the world economy.

Check out our most recent feature in The Catalyst!

Fossil Free CC Receives Backing from CCSGA Resolution - The Catalyst Fossil Free CC, a student group that formed earlier this year, has finally garnered the support of the Colorado College Student Government Association in the form of a resolution to endorse divestment from fossil fuels. …

Here is a great piece by Sandra Goldmark detailing why college's endowments should align with their ideals!

Also, we've just about compiled 1/4th of our target for our petition. Please share it and keep our signature number climbing!

Here is the link to the petition: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfeekc3TAf2KdseglT5C6-CpQbmtPMEYRioMwxNdE8hUASp1w/viewform

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Colleges-Should-Put-Their/240056

Colleges Should Put Their Money Where Their Ideals Are Why is it appropriate to use the dining halls to encourage sustainability and divestment from fossil fuels, but not the endowment?

"Activists have urged divestment for what you might call moral reasons: if it’s wrong to wreck the planet, it’s wrong to profit from the wreckage. But pension funds are willing to divest because they’ve come to believe that the future is not about coal and oil and gas—that these are now on the decline. The future lies elsewhere." -Bill McKibben

Divestment is no longer simply about ethics and morals--there is a compelling economic argument for shifting to a sustainable endowment.

As fossil fuel resources diminish globally, remaining invested in such resource extraction is unwise. The rapid expansion of the sustainable energy sector is exciting--both from an environmentalist's and an economist's perspective. We are approaching a tipping point in the economic viability of fossil fuels--Colorado College, as an progressive institution, should be leading the pack in shifting the larger economy towards sustainability. We must go fossil fuel free.

Sign the petition: http://bit.ly/2AV1uTm

https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-movement-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels-gains-momentum

The Movement to Divest from Fossil Fuels Gains Momentum Time and again, the petroleum industry has used its political might to stymie global action on climate change. Now cities and states have become the new battleground.