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THIS! is supporting Third Act in their campaign to stop big banks from financing climate chaos. We will continue to provide support and education to people who want to move their money from climate-bad banks. Sign the Third Act pledge, then choose from the following options:
- Do It Yourself: You can use our Workbook to move your money on your own now.
- Book a free 30-minute Office Hours session with one of our Peer Facilitators if you have a question or get stuck.
- Join a Cohort: Gather a group of at least 4 people and receive personalized assistance from our experienced facilitators. Fill out our contact form below.
Please note: THIS! volunteers and staff are not financial advisors and we are legally prohibited from giving financial advice. The resources and support we provide are for educational purposes only and all financial decisions are your own.
Why Moving Your Money is So Important
I felt so much integrity after moving my money.
The fossil fuel industry cannot continue to destroy the planet without funding from banks, insurance companies, and investment companies through “the money pipeline.” Our money in a climate-bad bank helps make this planetary destruction possible.
The fossil fuel industry’s business model is based on extracting and burning fossil fuels that will result in the destruction of the planet. With so much money at stake, the industry will not be stopped through persuasion. We will have to force it to stop.
Banks, however, are another matter. Banks provide financing, the “oxygen” that the fossil fuel industry needs to continue its destructive practices. Only about 7% of a bank’s business is fossil fuel lending. It has many other opportunities including green lending.
If we can persuade banks to stop financing fracking, pipelines, and other fossil fuel projects, we can help stop the money pipeline that is financing the destruction of the planet. The key is getting large numbers of people to move their money from climate-bad banks and let the banks know why we are doing it.
Many people want to move their money from climate-bad banks but haven’t because it can be confusing, frustrating, and time consuming. THIS! has developed resources to help you divest from your climate-bad bank.
Organize A Cohort
If you know 4 or more people who would commit to moving their money with you, THIS! will offer a 4-week Cohort program for you. At the end of 4 weeks, you will prepared to move your money. Please let us know how you heard about us in the comment box.
Getting Ready to Act
Get Started Now With These Tools
THIS! has developed tools and compiled them into a convenient Workbook to help you navigate the process of moving your money. Click the image below to access the Workbook.
What’s in this Workbook?
- Roadmap: a step-by-step overview of the process
- Banking and Credit Card Checklists: organize your priorities
- Climate-Friendlier Institutions Info Sheet: search tools and more!
- Tracking Sheet: track your progress
- Sample tracking sheet
- Divestment Letter Templates: alert your ex-bank that you’re leaving and will never consider coming back unless they change (important!)
- Further Resources: “Curveballs” document, regional guides & more!
Extend your impact! Email Leigh@thisiswhatwedid.org a selfie of you cutting up a checkbook or credit card so we can post it on our website in our “This Is What YOU Did!” section. Also, share your actions on your social media platforms.
Go Deeper
Bill McKibben describes why getting banks to divest from fossil fuel companies is so crucial
Rainforest Action Network (RAN) has researched which banks are the biggest (i.e., worst) funders of the fossil fuel industry. The worst US climate-bad banks according to RAN (in order of the amount of their fossil fuel funding):
- JP Morgan Chase
- Citibank
- Bank of America
- Wells Fargo
See Our Full-Page Ad
On December 12, 2021, 99 individuals who have moved our money were displayed in a full-page ad in the San Jose Mercury News, the East Bay Times and the Marin Independent Journal in Northern California. You can see the ad (it’s lovely!) here.