Description
This collection documents the Fossil Free UC campaign, a University of California-wide effort to persuade the UC Regents to
divest from Fossil Fuel assets. The campaign ran from 2011 to 2019, and this collection contains materials from across the
campuses and campaigns.
Background
Between 2012-2019, student activists led a UC-wide coalition– the Fossil Free UC campaign– to pressure the University to divest
faculty and staff retirement funds from oil company shares. UCSB students were at the forefront of the movement, working closely
with their peers at other campuses. Their grassroots campaign exposed the disjuncture between public perception of Santa Barbara
as a haven for environmentalism and the University's investments in the fossil fuel industry. Through a strategic combination
of demonstrations, letter-writing, and face-to-face conversations, students and supporting faculty made it clear that the
UC was complicit and profiting from environmental destruction caused by oil companies.
Restrictions
Property rights to the collection and physical objects belong to the Regents of the University of California acting through
the Department of Special Research Collections at the UCSB Library. All applicable literary rights, including copyright to
the collection and physical objects, are protected under Chapter 17 of the U.S. Copyright Code and are retained by the creator
and the copyright owner, heir(s), or assigns.
Availability
This collection is open for research.