Sugar daddy more like climate change daddy

Misters JP Morgan and Chase and more banks you use are funding our future... well, lack thereof.

View this email in your browser Act: put your money where your mouth is Estimated reading time: 3 minutes September topic: sustainable finance This week's module: 1. READ | 2. LISTEN | 3. ACT | 4. REFLECT Welcome back to Changeletter by Soapbox Project. I'm the author, Nivi Achanta, and I make it easy for you to fight climate change in 3 minutes every week.   What's up this week The past year+ has sucked, obviously, no matter where in the world you are (ok fine maybe not New Zealand). But I have to say this month's sustainable finance topic is actually giving me a lot of hope. Might be a weird thing to say considering that we know now that big banks are spending billions on climate destruction AFTER the Paris Agreement — things are getting veritably worse, not better. (Also you might have seen I got caught in the massive NY flooding a couple weeks ago — it was wack wading through toxic flood water with my still-healing ankle.) Maybe the reason I feel better, though, is sustainable finance seems like such an attainable way to make a real, high-impact difference — and it's not actually hard to do! All 5 actions I'm recommending today are ones I've already taken, and they're all fairly un-time-consuming. The easiest way to take action is to join us at our sustainable finance workshop - no prior knowledge needed. Next week's REFLECT module will be the last one on sustainable finance for now, so I'm curious to know before then, what's stopping you from switching your bank? Cost? Convenience? You just didn't know it was a thing? Reply to this email and let me know.   From the Soapbox   TODAY 5pm PST | Sustainable finance workshop + action hour. Join the founders of Carbon Collective, Mighty Deposits, and SustainFi to take action on your finances. Learn more and sign up here.   Today 7pm PST (Partner event by Toxic Free Future) | Virtual Seattle kickoff to ban PFAS, a toxic chemical in food packaging. Join free here for easy corporate accountability actions.   9/20, 9am PST | Fireside chat with Katie Patrick - author of How to Save the World. She'll talk about behavioral psychology and explore with us -- what if saving the earth was a game? Learn more here. Join our community to get all our weekly events for free, make new friends, find sustainable product recs, look for jobs, and more.   Your bite-sized actions   Attend our sustainable finance action hour TODAY. You don't have to know anything about sustainable finance or money in general. As long as you're a human with a bank account and/or a retirement/investment account, this workshop is for you — the founders of Mighty Deposits, Carbon Collective, and SustainFi will guide you through why you should be pissed off about modern-day money management and what to do about it.   Find out: how does your bank score? Chase, where I have a credit card, is THE WORST. Major major yikes. They've done $317B in fossil fuel financing since the Paris agreement (you know, the agreement that says 'we agree to stop F-ing up the Earth'). Post in our community with what you learn about your bank.   Sign Bank Green's pledge to not fund fossil fuels. Public statements are powerful, so show your support in 15 seconds.   Find a values-aligned bank. I used Mighty Deposits last year to open a new savings account with NCB Co-op, which supports housing (instead of fossil fuels!). Here's their list of environmentally-friendly banks.   Make your retirement fund fight climate change. Make an account with Carbon Collective — it doesn't make sense for your own retirement money to fuel climate destruction, does it? Imagine what your grandkids would say. Upcoming Let me know how your bank account switcharoos are going. Next week, we'll reflect on what other havoc banks are wreaking, especially on communities of color. Copyright © 2021 Soapbox Project, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you signed up for our free action plans via social media, Tech Ethics Coalition, a meeting with Nivi, or our website! Our mailing address is: Soapbox Project 415 Mission St. San Francisco, California 94105 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.