CfC partnered with Fossil Free NI to create the Fossil Free campaign. The campaign emerged from the Linking Networks initiative and unites nearly 30 grassroots groups under a common purpose. The common purpose of the campaign is:
Divest: To seek that the Local Government Pension Scheme or NILGOSC stop investing in dirty and extractive industries such as oil, gas and mining;
Invest: To encourage NILGOSC to invest in projects that are environmentally, socially and economically valuable and that can take us towards a just transition. These alternative investments might be in Community Wealth Building, a local Green New Deal, etc.
The activist groups involved in the campaign are:
Fossil Free NI | Ecojustice Ireland CIC | The Gathering Collaboration for Change | Extinction Rebellion | Trademark Belfast | Friends of the Earth | An Ait Eíle | Zero Waste Northwest | Ground-up Community Wealth Building | Cultivate | Belfast Food Network | Solidarity Network | Eden Project | Co-operative Alternatives | Social Farms and Gardens Network | Wellbeing Economy Alliance WEALL | Practice and Participation of Rights PPR | Talamh Beo | Rural Community Network | NI Environment Link | Ecojustice Legal Action Centre | Climate Craic | UBI Lab | Compassionate Campaigning | Unite Community Climate Justice Branch.
Find out more about divestment from the reading materials provided below:
Take action:
- Download our Resources document which contains further resources and details about actions that you can take.
Of course, we would love to have you on the team so if you're interested in joining please get in touch.