Divestment 101 Webinars ONLINE
Divestment 101 Webinars ONLINE Missed the webinars? No worries, you can watch the video recordings by clicking on the links below. FossilFreeFaith’s Divestment 101 Webinar Series for Canadian Faith...
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Calling Upon Faith Voices in Vancouver
Calling Upon Faith Voices: An Interfaith Community Dialogue! About what? Mobilizing faith communities for the Jobs, Justice, & The Climate Rally (July 4th in Vancouver), and engaging diverse faith...
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Why the Pope has caught this non Catholic’s attention
By Christine Boyle, originally published June 19th, 2015 in the National Observer. I’m not Catholic. Despite, perhaps, the best efforts of my grandfather. But I have been following news about Pope...
View ArticleJobs, Justice & The Climate
We > Tar Sands: Jobs, Justice & The Climate is spearheaded by 350.org, and supported by various communities, groups, & organizations that are joining forces to make loud & clear that We...
View ArticleMultifaith Climate Action Iftar
Please join Faith & The Common Good and the Noor Cultural Centre for a breaking of the Muslim Ramadan fast, and a celebration of interfaith climate unity and action. Date: Sunday July 5, 2015 Time:...
View ArticleFive lessons from the fossil fuel divestment movement
1. You don’t need to be an expert to get involved: “This is not just for students – everybody lives in a local authority and can get involved,” 2. First give yourself legitimacy: “I wasn’t expecting to...
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The United Church to vote on Divestment
On August 11th, at the United Church of Canada’s national General Council meeting, commissioners from across the country will vote on motions for the church to divest from the top 200 fossil fuel...
View ArticleMessages to mobilize people of faith on climate change
Our Voices (a campaign of GreenFaith and the Conservation Foundation) commissioned the Climate Outreach & Information Network (COIN) to develop and test language around climate change that could...
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United Church of Canada Votes to Divest from Fossil Fuels
On August 11th, 2105 the United Church of Canada voted to sell its fossil fuel assets and commit financially to transitioning to an economy based on renewable energy. The vote was held by the 42nd...
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Our youth fellows have big dreams, and tons of skill
In January 2015, Fossil Free Faith launched a call for religious-or-spiritual youth concerned about climate change to be part of a fellowship program aimed amplifying young, faithful voices for climate...
View ArticleAlternative Investments
Alternative Investments: Summary of Resources Author: Walter Whiteley, Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church Climate Justice Group Disclaimer: This document does not provide investment advice, and should...
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From COP21 – The Local and the Global
Paris is a long way from the places that I call home. Trying to schedule phone calls with my partner and kids back home, with a 9-hour time difference, has served as a regular reminder of this. And...
View ArticleAnglican Diocese of Quebec Divests
DIOCESE OF QUÉBEC: DIVESTMENT REPORT: 23 November 2015 Background: Some aspects of the Governance of the Diocese of Québec differ from that of most or all other dioceses because of its time and place...
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Spiritually Rooted Direct Action Training
This May the global climate movement will be rallying at critical climate justice sites, in massive peaceful resistance designed to slow the extraction of fossil fuels. In Western Canada this site is...
View ArticleVIDEO: It’s time to Break Free
http://fossilfreefaith.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Training-at-Church_FINAL-HD.mp4 It was such a great honour to host this training with Salal and Cedar Watershed Discipleship Community, at...
View ArticleAnglican General Synod faces Divestment Vote
“You Are My Witnesses” (Isaiah 43:10) At the 41st General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada from July 7-12, 2016 the Anglican Diocese of Ottawa will bring forward an invitation to all General...
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Divesting Your Congregation – Resource
Thanks to our friends at Trinity-St. Paul’s United Church for putting together and sharing this great resource about their Fossil Fuel Divestment experience: Welcome to the story of Trinity St....
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Faith Commuter Challenge
Faith Commuter Challenge 2017 This Spring hundreds of faith communities will join together in a nationwide Commuter Challenge. Between June 2-11, people of all faiths across the country will be...
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