tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post8219954132058326063..comments2023-03-29T10:32:29.473-04:00Comments on Pink Salmon: DivestmentWill Watmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16567091788078786459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post-54607943923196689442013-05-14T12:18:48.757-04:002013-05-14T12:18:48.757-04:00Define your yardstick. Against our shared climate ...Define your yardstick. Against our shared climate threat, neither divestment or carpooling at one college amounts to much. However, as a vehicle for culture change, to try and overcome the strategic weakeness of a 4-year cohort's departure, divestment could play a part. Chicken vs. egg. What are the means of making the decision to put a bikeshare, carpool(or even more radical & necessary steps like tearing up parking lots and protecting wetlands), and other fossil fuel-reducing investments an easy one to say "yes" to? Does a divestment campaign get alumni exercised? How about tenured staff? The Provost? These are the necessary elements of culture change - and there's only so much time left before change decides it for you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683006085090355795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4327358209364909577.post-52515214219363742652013-02-07T10:47:54.581-05:002013-02-07T10:47:54.581-05:00Exactly right.
It's one thing when we are tal...Exactly right. <br />It's one thing when we are talking about denying economic activity with Cuba, a tiny island country conveniently isolated without American contact, but which the Germans seem to have found a perfectly reasonable spot for vacation, leaving even that grand, national gesture looking like more of a victimization of individuals and perhaps the revocation of airport rights. Another thing entirely when tiny collectives of monied institutions decide to simply let other collectives of monied institutions invest in things. It's no more substantial than a church deciding they won't invest in music companies, because music is the devil's work. It does't make the music go away, it just lets the parishioners pat each other on the back while removing themselves from all decision making processes and profit. (Well done!) Max Watmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06101245696875393492noreply@blogger.com