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DIVESTMENT RISING: Student #FossilFree Movement Demands 230 Campuses #DivestNow

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Posted on February 4
by Mary Schellentrager, Divestment Campaign Coordinator, Energy Action Coalition

Fossil fuel divestment campaigns on over 230 campuses kicked off 2013 with unprecedented energy and power.  Our movement's rapid growth has inspired endorsements from university presidents, proposals for pension funds, churches, and cities to divest, and even has the fossil fuel industry on the defensive. 

On campuses nationwide, thousands of students have returned from winter break with greater passion and determination to win.  They are holding teach-ins, winning endorsements, rallying, and petitioning their Trustees with unparalleled momentum - and the national media is taking notice.

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Campus Action & Sustainability
american university, bowdoin college, brown university, college of the atlantic, divestment, georgetown university, Harvard University, haverford college, middlebury college, northwestern university, ohio university, sewanee: the university of the south, swarthmore college, uc berkeley, University of New Hampshire, university of north carolina, Washington University in St. Louis, yale university
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Middlebury College Students Call to Divest

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Posted on October 17
by Middlebury DLWC

Middlebury College, Vermont 10/17/12

In the midst of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Middlebury College last weekend, student activists published a satirical press release to the student body claiming that Middlebury had divested its endowment from fossil fuels and war. A few days later, their "clean sheet" came out with the facts, and called on the student body to join in solidarity and support divestment. 

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Campus Action & Sustainability
350, 350.org, Bill McKibben, Divest, divestment, divestment campaign, fossil fuel divestment, middlebury college, solidarity
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Prepping for Power Shift

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Posted on March 23
by Nicole Cairns, Washington, DC

Can you believe Power Shift is just 23 days away? We can't either! You're probably starting to think about what you to pack, what you're going to talk about, and what kinds of things you'll be doing at Power Shift. The students from Middlebury College put together this helpful, and hilarious, video of what you should bring to Power Shift:

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Conference Updates
middlebury college, preparation, travel

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