May 27, 2022 | 2022, Activism, April-May-June, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Number 2, Volume 35
By GreenFaith. Religious leaders spanning diverse faiths and continents, representing over half a billion people globally, are making an unprecedented demand this spring on the leaders of large asset managers such as BlackRock and Vanguard. The demand is for these...
Mar 28, 2022 | Activism, Advocacy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, United Nations, Youth & Young Friends
The video is available of the March 15th discussion with Kallan Benson (Fridays for Future USA Director and Friend from Annapolis, MD) and Lindsey Cook (QUNO Representative for Climate Change and Friend from Bonn, Germany). Both Kallan and Lindsey participated in COP...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Activism, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Timely, Volume 35
by Eileen Flanagan. As soon as Earth Quaker Action Team (EQAT) announced that we had joined the international campaign to pressure Vanguard to become a climate leader, we started hearing from Quakers and others who were Vanguard customers that they were eager to move...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Divestment, Environmental Justice, Individuals Taking Action, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Sustainability, Volume 35
by Jonathan Ogle. The world’s biggest asset managers have a big problem. Companies such as BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street manage trillions of dollars of investment on behalf of millions of investors. Even while they sign commitments to make their own office...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, Activism, Advocacy, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Volume 35
by Lindsey Fielder Cook. Recognition of a human right to a healthy environment can have, in the words of the UN Special Rapporteur, “life-changing potential.” The 2010 UN recognition of water and sanitation as a human right led to significantly improved access to...
Feb 14, 2022 | 2022, BeFriending Creation, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, Hopeful, Jan Feb March, Number 1, Volume 35, Youth & Young Friends
by Pamela Haines. A regular high point in my week is being in touch with a handful of young climate activists. Through a young man who stayed in our spare room while doing student fossil fuel divestment work and then went on to be one of the founders of the Sunrise...
