If you are fortunate enough to have any extra money to invest, there are a variety of interesting ways to both divest from carbon-heavy companies and invest with companies that are actively addressing the causes and effects of climate change. For us, socially responsible investing considers both the environmental and the human effects of investment.
For a variety of reasons (to be covered in another article elsewhere), I have decided on investing my retirement savings in low-fee index funds that broadly reflect the US and international stock markets (leading me to Vanguard). At this point in time, I’d like to be able to do this by removing as many of … Continue reading Attempting to create a low fossil fuel investment plan
Fossil Free Indexes – website for index investors
Solar Bonds by SolarCity — these are potentially problematic. Third round of debt by SolarCity that are are not tied to any particular solar investment, meaning that if SolarCity goes belly-up, you will be fairly far back in line to get your money back.
Mosaic impact investing — not available everywhere
Supporting agroforestry? http://www.forestag.com/index.html and http://grist.org/food/put-a-tree-on-it-can-agroforestry-help-combat-climate-change/ This could be interesting for the $ donation/investment question