What You Can Do About Banking

  • [#1] Blast the banks on socials.

    Big banks are incredibly worried about their reputations, and they’re extra sensitive during their annual shareholder meetings. Those happen to be happening right now, so fire up those accounts and get to blastin’ about it.

  • [#2] Switch your bank.

    If you don’t want your money being lent to fossil fuel companies, switch to a bank that won’t do that. There are a bunch of full service, FDIC-insured banking options out there to choose from.

  • [#3] Go outside and get loud!

    Put on some pants, walk outside, and get loud about how absolutely f%&ed it is that banks are still lending to the fossil fuel sector.

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Social Media Stuff [Copy-Paste]

 

bank handles

 

@Chase @Citi @WellsFargo @BankOfAmerica @MorganStanley @GoldmanSachs

hashtags

 

#DontBankOnIt #StopTheMoneyPipeline #BankingOnClimateChaos #NoMoreDirtyBanks #CustomersForClimateJustice #EarthDay2022 #InvestInOurPlanet #BetterBanking

sample post

 

Hey guy, I noticed you’re loaning billions of your customers’ dollars to the fossil fuel industry. I don’t like that. And if you don’t stop right away, I’m taking my money and going home.

social media platforms

 

All of them! We want to see you blowing up these banks’ accounts on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Reddit, even LinkedIn, which is apparently an actual social network now. Let’s hit them where it hurts… everywhere.

oh and remember

 

All six American banks have their annual shareholder meetings coming up in late April & May, so now is the time to get them sweating. For the first time ever, they’re all facing resolutions relating to overhaul their irresponsible fossil fuel financing policies, so this is kind of the perfect time to call them out. Read the resolutions here.

Switching Your Bank Stuff

 

do all banks lend to fossil fuel companies?

 

Unfortunately, yeah most of them do. Unless a bank specifically states that they do not lend to fossil fuel companies at all, chances are they use their customers’ deposits to fincance oil & gas companies.

but I can’t fit all my money in my mattress…

 

You might be surprised. $1,000,000 in hundreds doesn’t even fill up a briefcase.

is that a serious suggestion?

 

No, it was a joke. If you’d looking for banking alternatives, we recommend checking out regional banks and credit unions with transparent lending policies, as well as options like Atmos (who is our sponsor, but we think they’re really cool).

how do I find better banking options?

 

Here are some tools & resources for finding a climate friendly bank:

Bank For Good [interactive search tool] || Mighty Deposits: Sustainable Banks

Protests & Petitions & More

 

I’ve put on pants and am ready to go yell stuff. where do I yell?

 

I’m not ready for pants. what can I do?

 

where can I learn more about these movements in general?

 

There are too many awesome movements and resources to mention, but here are a few we think are especially badass: Banking On Climate Chaos || Stop The Money Pipeline || NoMoreDirtyBanks || Fossil Banks