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Fossil Free Now follows the campaign of Fossil Free Glasgow, a group of volunteers organising for the Glasgow City Council to renounce its investments in the fossil fuel industry. "By necessity, we often spend time saying no to things in the climate movement. Here, we change tact slightly and look at some of the things we would like to see in a fossil free society. Featuring radical land reform, life in a city and Louise and Mathieu's attempt at living like beavers!"
Fossil Free Now follows the campaign of Fossil Free Glasgow, a group of volunteers organising for the Glasgow City Council to renounce its investments in the fossil fuel industry. In this episode, the group discuss the institution of work in our modern societies, and how it is tied in with the climate crisis. Being disillusioned by the prospect of working within a system that is accelerating ecological collapse, we discuss how some of us have taken the leap to quit our jobs and look elsewhere for ways to meaningfully engage with the world we are being thrown into.
Fossil Free Now follows the campaign of Fossil Free Glasgow, a group of volunteers organising for the Glasgow City council to renounce to its investments in the fossil fuel industry. This podcast series will discuss the blocks in our current systems that prevent us from meaningfully addressing the threat of climate breakdown, but also what a society freed from fossil fuels would look like. This episode, discusses how setting up ground rules and a clear framework for organising has made the group more resilient and work more effectively. The group introduces the tools they use to make their meetings more inclusive, and talk about how fostering an egalitarian culture through the conscious establishment of group rules can contribute to challenging hierarchical structures.
Fossil Free Now follows the campaign of Fossil Free Glasgow, a group of volunteers organising for the Glasgow City council to renounce to its investments in the fossil fuel industry. This podcast series will discuss the blocks in our current systems that prevent us from meaningfully addressing the threat of climate breakdown, but also what a society freed from fossil fuels would look like. This Episode looks at the new IPCC report, breaking down the newest climate science into real discussion, feelings and actions.
Fossil Free Now follows the campaign of Fossil Free Glasgow, a group of volunteers organising for the Glasgow City council to renounce to its investments in the fossil fuel industry. This podcast series will discuss the blocks in our current systems that prevent us from meaningfully addressing the threat of climate breakdown, but also what a society freed from fossil fuels would look like. This episode introduces the Fossil Free Glasgow campaign, the obstacles that the group has come across during three years of pressuring the Glasgow City Council to divest £803 million from fossil fuels, and what they hope to achieve with the launch of this new podcast.
This episode introduces the Fossil Free Glasgow campaign, the obstacles that the group has come across during three years of pressuring the Glasgow City Council to divest £803 million from fossil fuels, and what we hope to achieve with the launch of this new podcast. The conversation, facilitated by Zsara, will follow this structure: 1) All participants get a chance to introduce themselves and what got them into the campaign. 2) We talk about our previous stategies, the hurdles we encountered and discuss some of the limitations of divestment as a strategy. 3) We introduce the topics we are excited to explore as part of this podcast series.