Even with Stormont in crisis, we can still fight climate change
Northern Ireland’s climate activists have suffered a lost decade. After the passing of the UK Climate Change Act in 2008, the other devolved nations passed complementary legislation to...
Queen’s University Belfast students occupy for fossil fuel divestment
Queen’s University student activist group Fossil Free QUB are currently occupying the finance office at Queens University Belfast, stating that they will not leave until the university publicly commit...
Divestment, occupation and an unapologetically radical student movement
I’m an elected Sabbatical Officer at UEA and I recently participated in an occupation on my campus which was the culmination of a two year campaign calling for UEA...
Why students should campaign for fossil fuel divestment
Students have a special responsibility to campaign for fossil fuel divestment. Here’s why. The campaign to divest from fossil fuels has been in the news quite a bit of late. From...
BREAKING: Glasgow students win Fossil Fuel Divestment
After a relentless and inspiring campaign students at the University of Glasgow have won university divestment from fossil fuels. A statement released at today said “the University of...