If you think individual actions can’t change anything, check out this article in Yes Magazine entitled, How Standing Rock’s Divest Campaign Can Stop Future Pipelines.
Part of the article says the Standing Rock movement has brought a wave of financial rabble-rousing to the United States.
Basically, individual account holders and organizations are pushing banks to sell off assets in companies involved in extracting fossil fuels. Without funding, these companies can’t continue activities that violate the rights of indigenous people, destroy the environment, and perhaps go against the policies of the financial institutions themselves.
Like individuals voting with their wallets—boycotting companies that have practices they do not morally/ethically support—this movement takes putting your money where your mouth is to a much higher level.
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