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FOSSIL FREE ACTION GUIDe global divestment day divestment global

1 TABLE OF CONTENTS WHY FOSSIL FUELS?

INTROduction STEP 5 3 negotiate and escalate 20 Why fossil fuels? Inside track Why universities? Outside track Why divestment? Divestment in the Pandemic STEP 6 University Win! 22 Divestment and Solidarity Stories of Success Not quite there? CAMPAIGN AIMS 11 You’ve won! What now? STEP 1 STEP 7 Build your group 12 Follow Through 23

Build a team Campaign Handover Hold a social Be ready to take action the industry is driving us Hold your first meeting towards global climate crisis STEP 2 TACTIC STAR 24 Research and plan 13 media 25 is already having we should support their struggle. massive impacts on some of the Research If the fossil fuel industry had put ONline actions ideas 26 most vulnerable people on the Campaign plan people before profits, millions of social media 27 planet. No one wants to flee their Power mapping & timeline people would not be losing their home because of famine or conflict Loughborough P&P Case Study Divest/Reinvest 28 livelihoods or becoming refugees in caused by extreme weather. Divest banks! 29 their own countries and beyond. STEP 3 Yet since 2008, climate-related jargon buster 30 build support 16 disasters displaced 22 million people And worse is still to come. Fossil resources 31 yearly across the world. fuel companies hold five times more Petition/Open Letter carbon in their fossil fuel reserves Communities on the frontlines Get social than we can safely afford to burn to of fossil fuel extraction are also Host a film screening or talk stop runaway climate change seeing their land and ways of living Take action... online - and are still spending destroyed. Indigenous communities billions searching STEP 4 across the globe are resisting the for more. Practice solidarity 18 expansion of extractive projects and

2 3 WHY UNIVERSITIES? WHY DIVESTMENT?

If it is wrong to wreck the climate, then it The fossil fuel industry breaches is wrong to profit from that wreckage indigenous rights & causes climate crisis

UK universities and colleges are universities are both financially From Canada’s dirty tar sands to deeply entangled in the fossil fuel supporting the fossil fuel industry as Arctic drilling and fracking for Divest! industry. They support it through well as providing the industry with , the fossil fuel industry is 200 publicly traded companies their investments, their research, valuable credibility: a ‘social licence’. scraping the bottom of the barrel, hold the vast majority of the world’s and their partnerships with some of By engaging with fossil fuel whilst destroying homes and proven , oil and gas reserves. the biggest fossil fuel companies in companies in these ways, communities across the world. Those are the companies we are the world like BP and Shell. universities are damaging their Communities on the frontlines of asking our institutions to break credibility and leadership role in fossil fuel extraction are already their links with.Those companies INVESTMENTS shaping a fossil free future, and seeing their land and ways of living are displacing entire villages to failing in their responsibilities to destroyed. Indigenous communities make way for extraction projects UK universities currently invest up tackle climate change. across the globe are resisting the that poison the communities’ land to £5.2 billion in the industry. That's expansion of extractive projects. and water. Together they hold five an investment in fossil fuels of Universities are meant to be a Their struggle is our struggle. times more carbon in their fossil fuel £1,804 for every student in the UK. bastion of forward-thinking and life- reserves than we can safely afford Investments in fossil fuel company changing research in our society. Indigenous and frontline to burn to stop runaway climate share are held in univerities’ To invest in and maintain such links communities have made their change. investment portfolios. with the fossil fuel industry goes demands clear for decades: keep it completely against this, in every way. in the ground. Through their investments,

Divestment: The act of removing money from a particular fund or asset. We call for divestment from fossil fuel companies.

4 5 divestment in the pandemic univeristy over the last six months, the world has aggravated the crisis of Higher education, turned upside down. the pandemic has but the signs were already there

Universities aren’t isolated bubbles, fees. Under the Hostile Environment that don’t serve the interests of crisis, divestment on campus is they are connected to and shaped migrant students and staff continue corporations, but that of our society. fundamental. We need to fight for by the same systems that foster being monitored and surveilled This fight is now more important than universities that foster our collective global injustice, just as they are by their own universities, who are ever. creativity to respond to these crisis. shaped by workers’ and students’ acting as over-compliant border We need liberated institutions, that Universities that invest in fossil struggles to reclaim universities as guards to fulfil the Home Office’s allow us the space and freedom fuel companies, that invite them on spaces of learning and curiosity, and requirements. to imagine, and build, a more just campus, whose management has of knowledge creation that benefits society. All this, while we watch our close ties with that of BP or Shell, are society. To organise for climate and departments continue tying up universities who will always prioritise Divestment from fossil fuels is one social justice at our universities, we with fossil fuels, arms, and border profit and these corporations over piece of that puzzle. In solidarity have to understand the battleground industry corporations while our VCs students and staff. Through over with the struggles of staff, migrants, we are fighting on. go to dinner with their execs. Now 10 years of marketisation, our anti-arm, anti-racist and BDS Right now, our universities have more than ever, the chronic lack institutions have become well-oiled campaigners at universities, we been thrown into extreme financial of public funding in education and machines that graduate bankers, can together work towards truly deficit and crisis by this pandemic. universities’ reliance on international engineers or researchers that liberated, revolutionary futures. Just as in other spheres of society, students fees and and corporate move on to work for the industry the pandemic has shown whom money becomes apparent. responsible for the climate crisis. those with power are willing to And what’s even more worrying, is Adapted from our Digital Organising Deep dive into this de-prioritise and ignore. We have that people seem to have accepted Guide seen university staff on temporary it, that they cannot imagine how topic: and outsourced contracts being it could be different. Fossil fuel The Pandemic University as a made redundant and laid off during Why divestment now? companies and universities have Battleground - Power Shift 2020 a pandemic. We have also seen Our fight for #fossilfree universities stolen our collective capacity to panel discussion has never been only about students struggling to pay rent, imagine a better future. Publich Higher Education for migrant students with No Recourse investments. That is why, in the context of a the Public Good: Addressing to Public Funds struggling to buy Since the beginning of this pandemic, an impending economic the Covid-19 Crisis - Common food, while being further saddled campaign, students have been collapse and the looming climate Wealth report with lifelong debt to pay off their making the case for institutions

6 7 divestment and solidarity when we call for divestment, we stand watch: “Our identity is our land”, by 350.org in solidarity with all those on the frontlines of the climate crisis. but what does that mean?

Whenever we campaign for well as the types of action we take. universities to divest from fossil fuel True solidarity is about locating companies, we should remember your own position(s) within an there are communities leading the exploitative global system, and use resistance against those companies it to challenge it. For example, using on its frontlines. our position as campaigners in the That means residents in Global North where many of these communities threatened with companies have their HQs. This fracking; indigenous peoples whose allows us to exploit out privilege(s) to land and water is being threatened challenge the system resposible for click here with a pipeline and oil fields; farmers capitalism-induced climate change; and rural communities being the consequences of which are displaced to make way for a new racist, classist, sexist and imperialist. coal mine; and people who live most This is the crux of Fossil Free. intimately with their environments Many grass-roots movements, whose livelihoods and lifestyles are if you are coming to help me, you are wasting governments and organisations in being disrupted first by dramatic the Global South have long vocalised changes to the climate. your time. but if you are coming because your their opposition to fossil fuel On the frontlines of fossil fuel companies. They have witnessed liberation is bound up with mine, then let us extractions, the fight of these the devastating human cost of their communities is often a matter of life activities first hand - and are aware work together. and death. We take our inspiration of the future consequences that Lila Watson, Indigenous Activist from them and they direct the tone await them. and messaging of our campaigns, as

8 9 Stories of success campaign aims

hundreds of campaigns already won We're seeking to break the links between divestment and we can learn from them universities and the fossil fuel industry

Loughborough People & Planet We want to ensure universities and On a hostile campus with little colleges are fulfilling their role in history of student organising and an society as a force for good. THe 7 step plan SU that opposed them, they built a We want all educational institutions Whether you’ve been solid group; took creative action and to: campaigning for years or are negotiated directly with University completely new to organising, management winning divestment • Exclude the fossil fuel industry from their investment portfolio(s) our six step plan will help you after one year of campaigning. start a Fossil Free campaign • Introduce a publicly accessible Sheffield People & Planet at your institution. Feel free ethical investment policy to mix up the steps and add Sheffield divested on the first day excluding fossil fuel industry things - you’ll know what of the COP21 climate conference • Commit to and fully divest from all will work best at your own in 2015. Using creative actions to fossil fuels within 3 years university or college. grow support their campaign ended with a public debate organised with the University. 91% of hundreds of attendees voted for divestment as staff and students argued the case.

MANCHESTER People & Planet After more than 6 years of relentless campaigning, Manchester University announced its divestment in May 2020. Tactics used by Manchester Uni P&P included petitions, open letters, protests and demos, culminating in two occupations that forced the uni to divest.

10 11 1. BUILD YOUR GROUP 2. research & plan

ALL GOOD CAMPAIgns start with a good team: The campaign you run will depend on your it's time to start recruiting! institution - they're all different...

research your institution Build a team Hold a social Some universities will have obvious big endowments, whilst others Socials are a great way for All good campaigns start with a (especially colleges) don’t - but may have strong recruitment people to get to know each strong team. Get together with partnerships or courses sponsored by BP. Who has decision-making other! What you do, is up your friends, and start recruiting power in your institution? What will success look like for you? Here are to you. If you need any help a variety of people to campaign some questions you’ll need answers to in order to work out where to with organising a digital with you. You can put a call out target your campaign: social event, such as a quiz on social media for people to or an escape room, get in • Does your institution have an Ethical Investment Policy? join you, or ask your SU officers touch with us! • How can students feed-in to investment decisions? to put you in touch with other interested students. • Does your institution invest money in stock and shares? You can also participate to • Does your institution publicly list where it is investing its money? For more resources on building freshers fairs (whether online or How much is invested in the fossil fuel industry? in person), or doing shout outs at a strong campaign group, have events or lectures. a look at our Movement Building A good source of information is a Freedom of Information request. Action Guide! If you need help with one, get in touch! We also conduct and publish research into universities investments every year. hold your First meeting not invested in fossil fuels? Arrange an open meeting of your People & Planet group to talk about If your institution doesn’t invest in fossil fuels, that’s great! But without starting the Fossil Free campaign. You can create a Facebook event a policy stating that the institution will never invest in fossil fuels, it to publicise it widely, and ask supportive societies to share it with could start doing so at any time. You can campaign to pass a policy their members. At the end of it, decide how to keep in touch with new stating that it will never invest in fossil fuel companies. members and work out when your next meeting will be. The University can also sign up to People & Planet and NUS’ Fossil Free Declaration confirming their fossil free status.

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Campaign Plan You’ll want to write a campaign plan - a living Loughborough P&P campaign timeline document that you can use to order your thoughts october and set clear benchmarks that will help keep your • Group set up campaign on track. Use this in regular meetings to • Flyering to possible interested societies at their events check on progress towards the milestones you’ve set for yourselves. november • One action per week: chalk actions, poster and placards around Power Mapping campus, video for National Day of Action, leafleting at open days To make your campaign as strong as possible it's December important to work out who makes the ultimate • More actions: cross with balloons at university gate, huge Christmas decisions on the institution's investments or card to VC, posters around the town, leafleting at Open Day partnerships, and who has influence over the January decision-maker. Map out all the key players, and • University announced to look into divestment within 12-18 months think about who you'll need to target. Check out our sample power map below. February • Action for Valentine’s Day • Students to join the lecturers striking on the picket lines • Campaign receiving lectures’ support March • Still more action: chalk and leafleting April • 5 days of action in one week • Freezing all existing fossil fuel investments • VC forming a working group with two student campaigners to ook at divestment July • Divestment is announced!!

14 15 3. build support it's time to raise awareness on campus and Host a film screening or talk build the support for your campaign Using programs like Netflix Party, you can organise a film screening, Campaigns often falter because they As you plan out your campaign, and meet afterwards to discuss the movie and your campaign. turn into back room negotiations make sure to identify ways that you You could also organise a talk or webinar online, with campaigners with an investment committee, and your group can stay visible on from your group, or national campaigners for divestment. Get in touch rather than a public-facing effort campus to raise awareness and build with us if you need help with this. that galvanises campus and campus support among students community support. and staff. Here are just a few ideas:

petition/open letter GET SOCIAL Petitions are a fantastic way for Especially in this new supporters to contribute to the context, where most campaign! You can use our petition organising happens tool to start one. If you do, you will digitally, having a be able to create a mailing list and social media presence email the signatories about campaign is fundamental. updates and further actions they can Create a Facebook, take. Twitter and Instagram account for your Open letters are another useful campaign, and update tool. They can be a way for alumni or it regularly with calls academics to show their support for take action... online to action and news. your campaign! Use it to engage While taking action online might be harder, we can still show our Finally, think about how you publicise with your audience. dissent! Spanning from creative actions such as art builds to more these on social media - it amplifies Get in touch if you’d disrupting ones such as “zoombombing” opendays, there are great your message and it will get more like a Social Media ways to act and get more people involved in the campaign. Have a look support! Workshop. at our Digital Organising Guide for more info on this!

16 17 4.practice solidarity fighting for = fighting for all those campaigning on campus! social justice. practice solidarity with

Solidarity does not exist only what you have learned, but don’t identity, their past, or their abilities. in theory - it demands action. Show up, without be patronising! You could organise In the words of organiser Tisha Solidarity is a practice of using our expecting anything in skillshares, or help the new team Brown: time, position, skills and resources in a task, such as writing a press “Intersectional organising needs to to struggle alongside other people release. Make sure you don’t return be at the heart of what we do. For for our shared goal - our assume that because they’re new to collective Is another campaign holding an us to fight off the worst effects of . It is the recognition campaigning, they don’t know how to liberation event? Show up and show your climate change and help support the that no one is free until we are all go about things. support! Have they just launched people in the Global South fighting free - that our struggles are all a petition? Sign it, and share it on If you have time, join their campaign on the frontlines, we are going to interconnected. your social media! Are they holding group and organise with them. need the help of everyone. It’s likely that on your campus, a digital event or action? Participate Make sure you take care of yourself That means we need to ensure that if you can, make a banner and post it though - don’t get overworked! you won’t be the only group our spaces are not only welcoming . There could on social media, or offer to help with fighting for justice This last point might not apply to and safe but also accessible. We be other students demanding the their social media or with press. the current situation, but it’s worth have to look at power and privilege in university to divest from arms, or It’s important you don’t expect mentioning. Because of their groups and be serious about finding from companies involved in the anything in return, and that you don’t identity, people experience protests ways to address it.” Israeli . Others could be show up at these events to push and/or confrontation in different fighting the hostile environment your agenda - however important ways. If you are comfortable with on campus. There are also unions, you feel it might be. You are there to it, consider offering yourself to be representing students and staff in support another’s group fight, not to most visible - you might be needed! their struggles with management advertise yours. - the biggest academic staff union organise in an is UCU, and others could be Unison offer your skills, time or Unite. Given the current context, intersectional way where social injustices are amplified and body Finally, we need to make sure on campus, it’s fundamental that You might have been campaigning that our organising is accessible we act in solidarity with other for a while, whilst others might to everyone - regardless of their struggles. just be starting up. Offer to share

18 19 5. negotiate and escalate to win, You WILL need to convince the outside track If you think you are being delayed for no reason or that you are not being decision-makers at your institution listened to, don't be afraid to take bold action. Often the things students think will anger or alienate institution management support so you’re not going in alone. Inside track actually make the institution take the campaign more seriously, pay Also think about the skills in your attention, and respond to your demands. Throughout the campaign, as well group - some people may be more While it will probably not be possible to take physical, disruptive actions such as your crucial awareness raising inclined towards doing this type of as occupations this year, you can still turn up the heat. Get alumni involved activities on campus, you will also work! And don’t worry - People & - maybe through past campaigners. They can be donors to the university, need to engage in ‘inside track’ Planet’s campaign team can help and it’s a way of targetting them where it hurts. You could also disrupt campaigning. with each of these steps. online open days, by signing up to them and asking questions related to This means engaging with the investments in the chat, or showing placards on video. Does your university institution’s administration in a have famous graduates? Try and get them to show support to your campaign respectful and professional way, on social media. building and making a serious case for why they should divest. Get the press involved. Good coverage, even if just on a local newspaper, can really put pressure on university management. Once you’ve built student support on campus and begun to turn up the heat on divestment, it’s a good idea to request a meeting with the Finance Committee or staff responsible for the institution’s investments. This will give you the opportunity to present your case directly to them. Leading up to the presentation, you’ll want to prepare all your information about why divestment/investment is a good option, power map the board of trustees to identify potential allies and adversaries, and build student

20 21 6. win! 7. follow through if you feel like your university might make sure that the university delivers on commit - be ready to celebrate! what it has committed to

When your institution is about to resources, and run workshops to Multiple times in the past, make a decision on your Fossil Free let others learn from your success universities have not delivered on take action campaign, you need to be ready and what you’ve done well. Big what they committed to, whether While Sheffield University for any outcome. That means being successes are inspirational and your that was a review on investments, committed to divest in 2015, they prepared with press releases, story will encourage others to start the publication of a report, or fell short on delivering on their but also having plans in place for campaigns or take theirs up a notch, divestment itself. promises. When campaigners and celebration or escalation actions. so it’s really important that you alumni realised, they swiflty took on Management uses the high turnover spread the word! a Twitter action and the University of student organisers as a way to get declared they would divest within not quite there? publicise out of their promises. Make sure this the year! If it’s a victory, there is a lot of won’t happen to your campaign! If not all of your demands have been work to be done to publicise your University was the first to met, you will need to keep pushing. win and get the story out to the commit to divestment in 2014, with a Don’t be shy – you won’t lose the campaign handover press. You’ll need to appoint media 10 year timeline. However, they have gains you’ve made by keeping the While campaigners graduate and spokespeople, write press releases, recently started to backtrack on campaign going: keeping up the leave, it doesn’t mean the campaign and be ready with photos. Contact their promise, which has prompted a pressure means your university will stop, or the university won’t have People & Planet to get all the series of actions to take place from or college is more likely to stick to scrutiny over their actions. information. current students to ensure that they its word and take your demands Before you leave, pass on all the will fully divest. seriously. celebrate! important information about the Have a look at our Accountability campaign to those who are staying Have a digital party to celebrate all Guide for more on this! on. This includes both tactical You’ve won! What the amazing things you’ve achieved advice and what the university has so far! It’s vital to celebrate your now? committed to, as well as relevant successes and share them with contacts and passwords to access the wider movement. Don’t forget Share all campaigns files. Cambridge to share and celebrate milestones Make sure you share your story, Zero Carbon society has written an along the way too. on social media and beyond. Write amazing blog post about this, check blogs, give interviews, share it out.

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Planning is everything! this tactic star navigating student and local media is will help you prepare for great actions. essential to keep up the pressure regrouping Goals & Strategy target As a campaigner, your job is to make issue calls to action to listeners who journalists’ jobs as easy as possible will generally be close enough to get How do we plan How does this tactic Who is the target? so they’re most likely to run stories. involved. to celebrate and fit into our strategy How will this action Research journalists at different debrief this action? and help us achieve help to influence publications in your area who have What next? our goals? them? media checklist: run similar stories recently, and get relationships • Develop clear and consistent in touch with them before an action messaging and demands How will this location to feed them advance details or let • Choose media spokespeople (for action affect them know when (and where) it’s Where will interviews) and rehearse the key relationships happening. It’s important to send the action messages you want to get across within the take place? press releases whenever you do team? And How does the an action and at other strategic • Bring your own photographer with with our location support moments in the campaign. They a good camera should contain everything needed allies and key Tactic our message? • Get the message out yourself to write an article: the who, what, stakeholders? through social media. Live tweet where, when and why of a story, reputation photos and updates and tag Star message including photos and further reading How will this prominent campaigners and Is our tactic if possible. action affect journalists understandable our organisation You may want to use local and and the and how people student media to run comment message perceive us? articles advocating what you’ve persuasive? been up to, and why people should tone resources timing get involved or support your What is the tone of is the action When should we campaign. the action and how worth the limited do the action? Why Local radio is a powerful way will people react to time, energy and then? Any external to compellingly articulate your it? resources of our hooks for media message to a targeted audience and group? coverage?

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Make a video condemning the digital art build social media is vital to build support and university’s investments Digital art builds involve different Videos are great to share on social folk each contributing a piece of push for divestment media and reach hundreds of artwork that will form part of a bigger people! People & Planet Newcastle one. We used this tactic for the 2020 used this tactic in 2019, and the Barclays’ AGM, sharing the image Same as with every campaigning often to post, what content, and University replied to them on Twitter! during a tweetstorm. Thanks to a tool, it’s important to develop a who will create the post. Photos and Shortly after, they declared their strong social media plan, it reached strategy for how you are going to videos always have a better reach commitment to full divestment. 18,000 people! use social media in your campaign. than articles or just written posts. You can use it for a variety of Keep this in mind when planning the zoombomb digital open days purposes: spreading campaign content, and have a variety of things It’s very likely that your university will messages (eg sharing an article you post every week. hold digital open days this year. That you’ve written), publicising activities It’s also useful to create a calendar, doesn’t mean you cannot disrupt (eg events or actions), making to make sure you are consistently them! Register as prospective asks (eg signing a petition, or posting on each platform. In more students, and once you’re in, start participating to a tweetstorm), or quiet times, you could share past asking uncomfortable questions on building your base (eg. call out for actions, petitions or articles, or try the chat, and share the link to your people to get involved). new content! petition. You could also have your Depending on your strategy, you can video on, and hold up a message on Finally, have a small team working on choose what plaform to use - these camera. They might throw you out it, and make sure you rotate it, so that can be Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, of the meeting, but you have at least everyone in the group can get skilled etc. When developing your strategy, caused them a little headache! up! you’ll also want to be thinking about coordinated banner drop on student halls/ what audience you want to reach, houses and what platform is best to use for social media platforms Have people write messages demanding the that purpose. • Facebook: good for events and groups university to divest on placards and banners, and Once you have a strategy ready, then show them on their houses/flats windows. Then it’s good to formulate a plan for • Instagram: good for storytelling, encourage them to post images on social media, and every event/action you are going to and image-based content share them from your page! In this way, your message do - whether that’s Freshers’ Fair, a • Twitter: use it for quick will reach other students, the university, and the wider petition launch, a tweetstorm, or a comments (using hashtags) and community. webinar. Make sure you know how to engage with campaign targets Read more about taking actions online on our Digital Organising Guide.

26 27 divest-reinvest Divest the banks! our reinvestment calls must promote a Banks are financing fossil fuel to low-carbon world extraction and climate crisis globally

As more institutions economies more than investing in Big banks, like Barclays and HSBC, is unacceptable. We won’t let big commit to divest, calls for multinational fossil fuel companies. provide essential financial support banks like Barclays off the hook. reinvestment must prioritise to some of the biggest companies complicit in climate injustice, building solidarity with including stealing wealth and Divest Barclays frontline communities and resources from indigenous and investing in real energy towards energy colonised peoples and imposing If your University fully divests democracy. democracy extractive infrastructrue on their from fossil fuel companies - its communities. not the end! By divesting from fossil fuels, • RESIST the dominant Such communities are resisting the Join the Divest Barclays universities and other institutions agenda of the large energy land expulsions and human rights campaign demanding are freeing up capital that can corporations and their abuses associated with extractive Barclays stops financing be invested for public benefit. allies. Reinvestment for a just transition industries across the world. fossil fuel companies and is central to the fight for climate • RECLAIM the public In Europe, the fossil fuel industry their extraction projects. justice. sphere parts of the energy is teaming up with banks and They’re at the forefront of economy that have been gas infrastructure expansion Along with partner organisations the EU to finance a new wave of privatised or marketised. gas fields, pipelines and import in Europe and have lagged - such as Platform, we are calling behind on taking action on • RESTRUCTURE the global terminals to create a new energy for investments to support coal and tar sands. infrastructure essential in reducing energy system to massively market for investors to speculate inequality and meeting climate scale up renewable and on. Over a decade has passed from Pass a motion through your commitments, including social low carbon energy, with the financial crisis, yet they’re still Students’ Union to boycott housing, public transport, and community and democratic gambling with our money and now Barclays, then campaign for renewable energy. control over the energy they’re gambling with our climate. your Univesity to do the same sector. until the bank excludes all As well as providing safer long- Financing and investing in the fossil fuels, and take creative term returns, all of these would destruction of people’s livelihoods action at local branches create local jobs, improve the lives and their communities, whilst making our demands clear. of local residents, and boost local driving us towards climate chaos,

28 29 jargon buster resources decolonisation production are mostly owned There are lots more resources Article by Ali Tamlit on the The undoing of colonialism; the privately and operated for profit, available for you to use in your importance of interectionality in our process of recognising and healing concentrating resources and power campaign including: fights. and relying on the oppression and the violence of the empire, and Influence Map reports exploitation of the majority. resisting the new ways in which Campaign Materials The COVID-19 Crisis and Climate colonial legacies continue to act in white supremacy and racism • Digital Organising Guide Lobbying - April 2020 the present. A system of white superiority and • Media Guide Big Oil’s Real Agenda on Climate imperialism dominance based on the oppression Change - March 2019 The policies, processes and and exploitation of people of colour. • Leading Groups Online Guide practices by which the political and intersectionality • Collective Liberation Guide CarbonTracker Website economic interest of a nation or You can start by checking out their A theory of power and struggle that • Accountability Guide industry exert power over another Terms List. understands social identities - and community. their related systems of oppression campaign training Indegenous Environmental extractivist - to be interconnected and mutually Network Used to describe companies that reinforcing. For example, someone’s • Fossil Free campaign workshop Follow and amplify frontline extract as much of a high-demand experience of sexism will not only • Skills workshops - eg. social struggles. be affected by their gender identity, resource as quickly as possible, media, press, action planning, uni Indigenous Rising Media but by other components of their with little to no regard of the social, governance structure, research Listen and share the voices of social reality, such as their calss, human and environmental impact. for campaigns, etc... frontline communities. race, ability, ethnicity, and sexual capitalism orientation. Knowledge and Power A system in which the means of facts & figures 2013 report by Platform, P&P and 350.org on the links between fossil Universities Fossil Fuel Scorecards fuel companies and UK Universities. “You have to act as if it were possible Campaign identity to radically change the world. We can provide you logos, fonts and Can you help raise money for colour codes to use in your designs! People & Planet? We rely heavily on donations to keep funding radical and you have to do it all the time.” Reports and Articles student campaigns. Please visit Angela Davis peopleandplanet.org/fundraise for Our activism will be intersectional or details on how you can help. it will be bullshit

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Thank you for taking on the Fossil Free campaign on your campus. We've got some ambitious aims, but together we can win, and show there is no place for fossil fuel companies on our campuses. We hope this guide will be useful in planning and running your campaign on campus. Remember to contact People & Planet for support in planning the next steps of your campaign and let us know what's happening so we can publicise your progress to the wider movement.

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