Please join the sustainability studio education group this Friday (May 31st) for a presentation on the basics of Green Investing at 2-3 pm. There will be food!
Save the Date! Student presentations on ‘Green Investing and the UW’
When: Thursday, June 6th, 2013
12:30pm-1:30pm (Presentation and Q&A),
1:30pm-2:00pm (Light Refreshments and Social)
Where: PoE/Wallace Hall Commons
Who: Presentations by the ENVIR 480 Sustainability Studio students
What: This quarter, students explored challenging questions related to sustainability and investing, and incorporating discussions of values and action: Should the UW’s endowment be a tool for pursuing environmental goals? Should the UW be investing in fossil fuel companies?
These are important questions – and yet we found, via surveys, that very few students know much about UW’s investments or green investing. Come hear ENVIR 480 students share what they have learned and also evaluate the challenges and opportunities of various green investing strategies for UW including:
- Divestment from fossil fuel companies
- Shareholder activism
- Disclosure requests
- Green revolving loan funds, and
- Campus-wide education
Questions? Contact instructor Megan Horst at horstm@uw.edu
For more information on ENVIR 480, see the class blog at http://envir480.tumblr.com/ and the course website, including past reports, at http://depts.washington.edu/poeweb/undergraduate_programs/courses/sustainability-studio.php