On this week’s edition of Sustainability Now!, your host, Justin Mog, gets you ready for Fossil Fuel Divestment Day on Thursday, February 13th with three young activists from the Kentucky Student Environmental Coalition (KSEC). You’ll hear from Beau Revlett, an Organizing Fellow with KSEC; Grace Engelman, a UofL sophomore organizing for divestment; and Laura McAllister, a University of Kentucky senior organizing for divestment. KSEC has been coordinating around fossil fuel divestment and statewide actions around Fossil Fuel Divestment Day (February 13) and in the week around Earth Day.
- More information on KSEC: http://kystudentenvironmentalcoalition.org
- Divest UK Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DivestUK/
- DivestUofL petition: http://tinyurl.com/uofldivestment
- A media advisory about Fossil Fuel Divestment Day in Kentucky https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rZiBrUNmxOjc-ZF-AgFcOEBrXkRoU3cvkdJXp--fEuQ/
- Divest UK's event for Fossil Fuel Divestment Day https://www.facebook.com/events/2643554679033173/
- Divest WKU's launch event on Fossil Fuel Divestment Day https://www.facebook.com/events/114666089954210/
- National information of Fossil Fuel Divestment Day https://divested.betterfutureproject.org/f2d2
- The "just transition manifesto" Grace and Beau discussed: "From Banks and Tanks to Cooperation and Caring: A Framework for Just Transition" by Movement Generation https://ccednet-rcdec.ca/en/toolbox/co-operation-caring-strategic-framework-just-transition
- An article on the student campaign for divestment from South African apartheid at the University of Louisville https://ir.library.louisville.edu/honors/112/
- On Desmond Tutu giving UK's commencement address in 1985 https://www.nytimes.com/1985/06/17/nyregion/commencement-themes-hew-to-news.html
- On Happy Chandler's comments after divestment from South African apartheid (content warning: racial slur) https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-07-sp-1386-story.html
As always, our feature is followed by your community action calendar for the week, so get your calendars out and get ready to take action for sustainability NOW!
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