It’s time to align our finances with a sustainable future.
Since 2013, GreenFaith has supported faith-based fossil fuel divestment campaigns. More than 130 religious institutions with assets of over US $24 billion have committed to full or partial fossil fuel divestment.
Divesting from institutions that fund climate destruction is one of the most powerful climate actions we can take. Learn why here.
Wealth exists in many different forms and not all people or organizations participate in financial systems or have economic privilege or security — but we can all advocate for change that is equitable and sustainable for everyone.
Resources for divesting & investing individual finances, decolonizing wealth, and holding the financial backers of climate destruction accountable.
Climate Finance: Align Your Money With Your Values
Individual Divestment Workshops
Rivers & Mountains GreenFaith Circle offers free on-line and on-site workshops for individuals and organizations on how to move their finances from funding fossil fuel extraction, production and distribution toward local businesses and farms, affordable housing, and renewable clean energy instead.
The workshops cover:
- Personal Banking
- Credit Cards
- Home and Auto Insurance
- Retirement Investments
To schedule a workshop, write to Michael Richardson at rivers.mountains@icloud.com
Move Your Money Office Hours
Move Your Money Office Hours is a program developed in partnership between THIS! Is What We Did and TH!RD ACT working groups to guide people in finding climate-friendly banks and credit cards.
Have you run into a roadblock during the process of moving your money? Peer Facilitators are volunteers who have successfully moved their money from Wall Street banks and are passionate about helping others do the same. They are familiar with the plethora of resources out there and can help you take a first or further step.
To book a 30-minute Office Hours session with a Peer Facilitator, follow the link and sign up on the calendar.
Note: volunteers offering these resources are not financial advisors and are legally prohibited from giving financial advice. The information provided is for educational purposes only and all financial decisions are your own.
Stop Funding Climate Chaos: Organizations Working to Change Cultural Systems of Money, Land and Power
TH!RD ACT
Americans over the age of sixty determined to change the world for the better. A working group is forming in Boulder County. For info, contact Pete Terpenning.
DECOLONIZING WEALTH
Redistribute wealth through Indigenous and POC-led reparations-based funds and invest in communities of color that have historically been marginalized by financial sectors.
STOP THE MONEY PIPELINE
GreenFaith is part of the Stop the Money Pipeline coalition of over 175 organizations holding the financial backers of climate destruction accountable.
RESOURCE GENERATION
A multiracial community of young people (18-35) with wealth and/or class privilege committed to the equitable distribution of wealth, land, and power.
FOSSIL FREE
Not a Penny More for Fossil Fuels: a campaign by 350.org to cut off the social license and financing for fossil fuels — divest, desponsor, defund.
GROUNDWORK
Environmental problems are cultural problems. Groundwork offers place-based education for building the skills, knowledge, and relationships needed for cultural shifts.