Fossil Free BREAKING: 11 Rhode Island School of Design Students Sit-in for Fossil Fuel Divestment - Fossil Free
“I want to have kids. I want to show them this planet,” said Phoebe Wahl, a RISD senior. “As artists and designers, we are innovators with the ability to shape our own future. The way that our generation deals with this issue will define the future of civilization.”
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“We need to shift our perspective and act. This is the largest human rights issue of our generation,” said John Jennings, a RISD freshman involved in the sit-in who is considering transferring if RISD doesn’t move to change its curriculum and investment practices to meet the challenges of today’s world....“To own stock in a company whose business model is to destroy the planet is a bad decision, both morally and financially,” said Erica Pernice, a RISD junior. “We may be art students, but we can do the math.”
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