350.org Urges Students to Take a Stand on Schools' Investments
A recent New York Times article credits 350.org, a Rockefeller Brothers Fund grantee, for playing an instrumental role in the latest national movement of students encouraging their colleges and universities to divest endowment holdings in fossil fuel companies. Bill McKibben, 350.org's founder, has been visiting campuses across the country, speaking to sold-out audiences about sustainable investment initiatives and the effects they could have on climate change. Students hope their efforts will result in action to combat climate change, as a similar campaign in the 1980s impacted apartheid in South Africa.