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title: "Fossil Fuel Divestment: Building the Movement"
date: 2015-07-15T12:53:00Z
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![Building the Movement-62](https://gofossilfree.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Building-the-Movement-62-1024x543.jpg)

**On Saturday 11th July, over 250 divestment activists came together in London for ‘Fossil Fuel Divestment: Building the Movement’**, sharing their campaigning skills, inspiring stories from across the country, and the occasional cup of tea.

> great images emerging from the big [\#divestuk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/divestuk?src=hash) meeting in London today! You guys are leading the world! [pic.twitter.com/6XcW7vHu0r](https://t.co/6XcW7vHu0r)
> 
> — Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) [July 11, 2015](https://twitter.com/billmckibben/status/619903672189911040)

 The event was organised by 350.org in partnership with The Guardian and hosted speakers from [Carbon Tracker](https://www.carbontracker.org/), [BP or not BP](https://bp-or-not-bp.org/), [Divest London](https://divestlondon.org/), [ShareAction](https://www.shareaction.org/) and [Community Reinvest](https://communityreinvest.org.uk/) and many others.

> If you had a company with a warehouse where 2/3 of the stuff inside couldn’t be sold, would you invest in it? [\#divestuk](https://twitter.com/hashtag/divestuk?src=hash)
>  — Sam Gill (@thecarbonkid) [July 11, 2015](https://twitter.com/thecarbonkid/status/619876858218315776)

The day opened with an introduction to the divestment movement so far – featuring talks from activists involved in local government, university and faith campaigns, as well as The Guardian discussing their [\#keepitintheground](https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/keep-it-in-the-ground) campaign. In the afternoon, 15 workshops explored divestment in detail – from finance to creative action planning to media training. A colour-coded sticker system (don’t ask!) and plenty of refreshment breaks allowed campaigners to find each other and have the conversations vital to building our movement! **If you went to ‘Fossil Fuel Divestment: Building the Movement’ and want to share your thoughts on the day, get in touch – email <ellen@350.org>.**

> “I’ve seen the apartheid movement, this is much bigger” – Keith (member from the audience) [\#DivestUK](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DivestUK?src=hash) [\#FossilFree](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FossilFree?src=hash) [pic.twitter.com/UaiWyVJw2H](https://t.co/UaiWyVJw2H)
> 
> — divestlondon (@divestlondon) [July 11, 2015](https://twitter.com/divestlondon/status/619834443965050880)

**Missed the event? No fear! We have collated [all of the resources ](https://docs.google.com/document/d/13MSTUk-X2ksjaUywLGRqKNUQWIeoNq8CRl_cs9NYdNM/pub)from the day so they are publicly available.**
![Building the Movement-11](https://gofossilfree.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Building-the-Movement-11-300x200.jpg) ![Building the Movement-06](https://gofossilfree.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Building-the-Movement-06-300x202.jpg)