Fossil Free NU
Part of Speech
Proper Noun
Alternate Forms and Pronunciation
- Fossil Free NU ['fah sul / free / 'en yoo] Error in widget SC: unable to write file /var/www/html/nudictionary/wildwords/extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates/wrt68b472b3590017_91994973
- Fossil Free Northwestern ['fah sul / free / noʳth 'west əʳn] Error in widget SC: unable to write file /var/www/html/nudictionary/wildwords/extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates/wrt68b472b35af502_14077080
- Fossil Free ['fah sul / free] Error in widget SC: unable to write file /var/www/html/nudictionary/wildwords/extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates/wrt68b472b35cc1a4_50545440
- FFNU ['ef 'ef en yoo] Error in widget SC: unable to write file /var/www/html/nudictionary/wildwords/extensions/Widgets/compiled_templates/wrt68b472b35e67c2_83378061
Description
Founded in 2012, Fossil Free NU is a group of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community members that have been lobbying the Northwestern administration and Board of Trustees to remove investments from the coal industry. Although this was originally the main goal of the group, Fossil Free NU now also seeks to encourage the divestment from all fossil fuels. According to Fossil Free NU, divestment from fossil fuels is necessary when "addressing climate change, protecting people's health, securing our economic future, and establishing Northwestern as a socially responsible leader." [1]
Usage
- These first two terms are used by many members of the Northwestern community, particularly environmental groups that are interested in getting Northwestern to divest from the coal industry. They can be both spoken and written, and are used interchangeably.
- This term is used most often by members of Fossil Free NU as an informal way to refer to group meetings and themselves. It may be spoken or written.
- This term is used by members of Fossil Free NU as an informal way to refer to group meetings and themselves. It is mostly written as shorthand for Fossil Free NU.
Example Sentence
Fossil Free NU is having a rally today to petition against Northwestern's investments in the coal industry.
Etymology
Fossil Free NU was originally launched in 2012 as the Responsible Endowment Coalition, but was later renamed to Divest Northwestern or Divest NU. However, there was too much confusion with other divestment campaigns, particularly NU Divest and Divest Northeastern, and so the name of this group was changed to Fossil Free NU.
