The Green Fix

Gearing up for some awkward political conversations this holiday? 🙃 We've got you covered with our survival guide 😉 Here are 6 common ways people try to shut down climate conversations - and what to do instead. #ClimateConversations #TalkingClimate #ClimateCommunications #Depolarization #SciComms #SocialJustice

♻️ Green Fix Special Edition ♻️ Dreading the inevitable conversations with family and friends on climate and human rights over the holidays?? Fear no more! We have compiled a list of tips to tackle politics at the dinner table, including diversion tactics and how to address them. Check it out and share with your activist friends 👉 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dPZ-ea-K #politics #climateactivism #winterholidays

🔎 Young climate activists interested in stopping the climate crisis wanted! 👀 Check out this training for fighting the #climatecrisis: a series of online sessions & a 3-day event in Brussels. Want to join? Apply here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e5fbwyHq Deadline: 5 January

There is a deep frustration with our broken political system right now. Citizen assemblies can help us change how decision are made and create a political system led by the people 📣 ✊🏽 Read more about this in the latest newsletter, plus a reflection on giving voice to people with lived experience by Green Fix team member Toninio Waelkens. 👉🏽 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dhUMWBzn #citizensassemblies #democracy #activism

Let’s celebrate the young women stepping up as #VoicesForTheFuture enlightening the Brussels bubble This series #WomenInSustainability shines the light on those working to their own values for the benefit of others. Meet Cass J Hebron of #thegreenfix

Did you know that the EU is exacerbating the #ClimateCrisis by keeping part of its budget with banks that invest in fossil fuels? 🌍🔥 While they put forward #sustainable policies, €190 billion of #EU taxpayers’ money spends the night in the most polluting banks. Join us in asking the #EU to put its money where its mouth is. It’s time to switch banks! 📣  💶 Find out more and sign the petition 👉🏽 https://lnkd.in/dnAEBF_g #EUSwitchBanks #sustainablebanking

Today, the Sustainable Banking Coalition launched the #EUSwitchBanks campaign to ask the European Commission to put its money where its mouth is: opening a bank account with a sustainable bank and move part of its EUR 190 billion budget there [and away from the world’s most polluting banks it currently uses!]  Why? Did you know that every euro held on a sustainable bank account would have up to 6x less negative climate impact! They say that you can spend a euro only once ... by putting its money in a sustainable bank account, the European Union could spend every euro 6 times!  Do you also believe your money should be driving positive change, not climate change? 🌍 🔥 Here is how to get involved as a citizen:  1️⃣ Watch the video. 📺  2️⃣ Share the message with your network. 📱  3️⃣ Sign the petition to join the movement, learn more, and make a difference in Europe’s climate future: https://lnkd.in/dnAEBF_g     #EU #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange 

The EU has a climate investment gap of €406 billion annually - so why is the EU keeping its money in banks funding the climate crisis? 💴 Yesterday I attended the #EUSwitchBanks campaign launch by the Sustainable Banking Coalition, which is calling on the European Commission to put its money in banks that will help achieve climate & social goals 🌱 , not undermine them. Switching banks costs nothing, aligns with green public procurement principles, and supports a just transition to climate neutrality. This one step can help hold the EU accountable and make its financial practices reflect its climate commitments. We also have power as citizens - initiatives like Bank for Good EU show which banks we can switch to, to put our money towards positive impact 👏 Full Q&A in The Green Fix today: https://lnkd.in/eKbUqN6d #SustainableFinance #SustainableBanking #EUGreenDeal #ESG #ClimateJustice #Draghi #SocialJustice

Yes, we can feel despair at the state of the world. But there is still so much we can do. Revolution was never going to be found in the political institutions built on the backs of exploitation, nor is it a linear process. Revolution was, and is, and will always be, found in the streets. In the latest newsletter we talk about resilience in difficult times and the privilege (!) of speaking up ✊ 💭 Read it here 👉 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d2YgQtHj #activism #resilience #politics #climatejustice

"The root causes of racial injustice, gender injustice and climate disasters are the same - so we cannot fix one without the others." 💭 🔎 In our latest newsletter we tackle why injustice and climate destruction are two faces of the same problem and deep dive into #doughnuteconomics with an interview with the one and only Kate Raworth conducted by Vinz Kanté. Read it here 👉🏽 🔗 https://lnkd.in/d7rS-EnZ #climatejustice #climateactivism #decolonisation