– Check out our Facebook event here. – Climate change is often presented to us as an abstract scientific issue and yet its consequences have profound implications on every aspect of our lives. To tackle the climate crisis does not only mean more people turning off their lights and recycling – it requires that we…
Check out our Facebook event here. Join Zero Carbon on Saturday the 30th of April at lunchtime as we march for Cambridge University to step up and play a positive role in our future by divesting from fossil fuels. Over the course of this campaign we have dropped banners, drawn red lines, popped carbon bubble…
Zero Carbon would like to announce that Tim Lornie has stepped down as campaigns officer, to be replaced by Alice Guillaume. Tim has been an exceptional campaigns officer, going above and beyond the call of duty time and time again. From co-launching our campaign, to leading our pre-Paris march, to his tireless efforts on research & lobbying…
One of the main challenges we face is convincing people that fossil fuel divestment is right. Isn’t divestment hypocritical? Doesn’t shareholder engagement make more sense? Won’t investors lose money? The simple answer to all these questions is: No. Financially, divestment makes sense and morally it is essential. For a more detailed explanation as to why…
See this article in the Independent for more info: ‘Oxbridge academics demand end to fossil fuel investment’ “This is tremendous news, we congratulate Positive Investment Cambridge on their amazing work. This open letter demonstrates the widespread demand for change in the University’s investment policy. Combined with the nearly 2000 students who have signed our divestment…
February 3rd 7:30pm, Nihon Room at Pembroke College: https://www.facebook.com/events/1512997279004699/ What would a zero carbon Britain look like? How can we get there? And, is it possible? Dr Jane Fisher, (University lecturer, environmental scientist with a background in restoration ecology, and the Head of Education at the Centre for Alternative Technology) will be discussing some of…
Zero Carbon responds to the Paris agreement on climate change at COP21: “The Paris Agreement is yet another nail in the coffin of the fossil fuel industry, as the world moves towards a zero carbon future. This is a nail that civil society must hammer in. Cambridge University has an incredible opportunity to divest, and…
Read more about our march on the Tab: http://thetab.com/uk/cambridge/2015/12/01/student-zero-carbon-campaign-protesters-march-to-tell-university-to-divest-from-fossil-fuels-63280 On November 30th we held a divestment rally in Cambridge as part of People & Planet’s Day of Action against climate change, to mark the beginning of the COP21 Paris Climate Conference. We are calling on the University of Cambridge to divest its £5bn endowment from environmentally destructive and financially…
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cambridge-goes-to-the-peoples-climate-march-tickets-19558388667 HELLLO PEOPLE OF CAMBRIDGE We, Zero Carbon Cambridge, are trying to organise a coach to take us all to London on the 29th November so we can join thousands of other people in the PEOPLE’S CLIMATE MARCH! We are in the process of getting funding from the local council and Unions, but for this…
Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) Support Following a meeting with Cambridge University Students’ Union (CUSU) on November 23rd, the Council almost unanimously voted to support divestment, to support our campaign and to support the right to protest! This is great news for our campaign – the University must listen to a student body speaking with…