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Rethinking Green

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Divestment: It’s not a gesture – it’s an imperative

The fossil fuel divestment movement began at Swarthmore four years ago and has since spread to campuses and institutions around the world.…

April 16, 2015
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

Mountain Justice will maintain pressure until Board commits

Last Thursday, 43 students and alumni began the largest ever sit-in for fossil fuel divestment, asking Chris Niemczewski and Board Chair Gil…

March 26, 2015
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

Why does Swarthmore invest in a rogue industry?

In his op-ed earlier this month, Professor Tim Burke questioned the efficacy of divestment, suggesting that instead of divestment, we should focus…

February 26, 2015
Opinion/Rethinking Green

Swarthmore Board of Managers, whose side are you on?

On Monday, February 2, six members of Swarthmore’s Board of Managers again failed to take leadership on the climate crisis and divest…

February 12, 2015
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

Why does Swarthmore bet against ecological necessity?

Swarthmore’s largest financial consultant, Cambridge Associates, recently announced that it will actively assist institutional investors in implementing fossil fuel divestment. For years,…

December 4, 2014
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

What midterms mean for the climate movement

Last week’s losses by Democrats in the midterm elections definitely do not bode well for action on climate change — or for…

November 13, 2014
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

The power and promise of divestment

As Arjun Raghuraman ’16 wrote in his column last week, climate change is causing grave harm to millions around the world, and…

October 30, 2014
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

Clarifying the divestment theory of change

Since its inception at Swarthmore College just three years ago, the fossil fuel divestment movement has grown to over 500 campaigns worldwide,…

October 9, 2014
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

A game-changer for the climate movement

This was a game-changing weekend for the international climate justice movement. On Sunday, 400,000 people, including 200 from the college, marched through…

September 25, 2014
Columns/Opinion/Rethinking Green

Confronting the climate crisis

Later this month, world leaders will gather at the United Nations for an unprecedented climate summit in hopes of drafting an international…

September 11, 2014
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