Climate Finance Meeting

You’re invited to help advance the work of Third Act NH’s Climate Finance team.  We welcome any effort level, whether you want to just dip your toes in, or wade in deep! Come to our next meeting May 15, 2025 at 7:00pm by Zoom.  Email us at newhampshire@thirdact.org and we’ll send you the link Here’s what we’re up to…

We are continuing our Move Your Money campaign.  Deborah Mahar and Melanie Nesheim are working on a presentation for the Keene Public Library’s Climate Cafe in the fall.  We’re looking for other groups and venues at which to educate people that where they place their money impacts the climate.  Can you set us up to speak to a group?  We could also use a volunteer who likes to make short videos for Instagram, to capture people’s stories about moving their money.  Donna Baker-Hartwell has a good story; we’ll connect you with her.

We’d like to get two other efforts off the ground: Make Polluters Pay and the LL Bean campaign.  

Make Polluters Pay.  Some states such as New York and Vermont have successfully passed legislation requiring fossil fuel companies to pay to mitigate the harm of the pollution they cause.  What companies in NH need to be paying?  Someone needs to research this, and then let’s introduce a bill in NH to make them pay.

LL Bean.  The campaign is to get LL Bean to switch its credit card away from Citibank to a climate-friendly credit card.  Citibank is one of the top 4 funders worldwide of the fossil fuel industry.  Third Act Maine has been working on this, and Third Act central is now taking it up.  We’d love for folks in Third Act NH to get involved in this effort since LL Bean has a big presence here. We have resources to guide you.

See you on May 15!