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  • General Conference 2024 Should Move UMC To Be Fossil Free

    General Conference 2024 Should Move UMC To Be Fossil Free

    United Methodist Insight: https://um-insight.net/in-the-church/umc-future/general-conference-2024-should-move-umc-to-be-fossil-free/ The 2024 General Conference of the United Methodist Church will once again be considering legislation to divest from fossil fuels, and I am in full support of the divestment effort. I know that Wespath, the organization that manages United Methodist investments, is against fossil fuel divestment. They believe we need a… Read more

  • Walking Our Talk about Climate Change

    Walking Our Talk about Climate Change

    Fossil Free UMC is a movement to urge United Methodist boards, agencies, annual conferences, churches, and individuals to divest from fossil fuels, the primary driver of global heating. This movement is a call to us as United Methodists to walk our talk about climate change.    The United Methodist Church has long spoken out against… Read more

  • Who has divested from fossil fuels?

    Who has divested from fossil fuels?

    In 1980, United Methodists broke fresh ground and planted the seeds of climate justice with a resolution passed at General Conference to address energy policy. That resolution has been amended and amended… but the planting made in 1980 – 43 years ago – has yet to bear the most important fruit. Other churches, congregations and… Read more

  • Throwback Thursday – GC2016

    Throwback Thursday – GC2016

    Was the General Conference divestment push of 2016 really 7 years ago?! Remember the lantern globes and climate vigils? A few articles for those who were there, and for those who scrolled their then-Twitter feeds for the latest news. In 2016 the focus centered on Wespath. For 2024 we renew and widen our focus. We… Read more

  • Just & Free! Fossil Free UMC

    Just & Free! Fossil Free UMC

    I am the convener of a group that is reviving and revisioning Fossil Free UMC in the leadup to next year’s General Conference, which will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina on April 23 through May 3. Our group will focus on moving United Methodists to divest their financial holdings away from fossil fuels and… Read more