Stop Ecocide is campaigning for a new International Crime of Ecocide. This is very significant. It is as much about changing conciousness as it is about changing the law. Find out more about this campaign at stopecocide.earth

Make My Money Matter

Your Money for a Better World

Taking a proactive interest in where our money is invested is probably the most powerful tool that we have as ordinary citizens to fight climate change – much more so than going veggie, flying less, switching electricity supplier etc. That’s why RB Media is supporting Make My Money Matter, the campaign founded by Richard Curtis (Four Weddings, About Time, Comic Relief etc).

Trillions of pounds of ordinary people’s savings and investments - primarily in the form of pensions - is invested on our behalf in companies that are in conflict with our personal beliefs and harmful to people and planet. If you pay into a pension you are probably right now investing in fossil fuel companies, tobacco companies, gambling companies and weapons manufacturing companies. Whereas this huge pot of money could instead be directed to more positive ends such as clean energy, health care, green transport and reforestation.

I have been involved in environmental campaigning for decades including working as an environmental lawyer since the early 1990’s. I am now persuaded that the mass mobilisation of our money from ‘harmful’ to ‘helpful’ companies is the most significant action we can take as ordinary citizens to help tackle climate change and make the world a better place.

Spread the word and join the campaign at Make My Money Matter

Rupert Bedford 20th Sept 2021.

The Resurgence Trust publishes Resurgence & Ecologist magazine and has been a leading voice in the ethical and environmental movement for decades. Find out more information about their work and events at resurgence.org