{"id":148787,"date":"2023-01-17T13:25:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-17T12:25:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=148787"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:36","slug":"occupation-protest-at-uva-over-ties-to-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2023\/01\/17\/occupation-protest-at-uva-over-ties-to-shell\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupation protest at UvA over ties to Shell"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dozens of students have occupied a building at the University of Amsterdam. They are demanding that the university cut its ties with oil company Shell.<\/p>\n

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After previous actions in Rotterdam and Eindhoven, climate activists have now also occupied a university location in Amsterdam, reports newspaper Het Parool. The occupation happened in an abandoned building, university magazine Folia tweeted.<\/p>\n

In December, the activists of UvA Rebellion had presented the university\u2019s administration with a petition calling for a severing of ties with Shell. That petition has since been signed 1,400 times.<\/p>\n

Greenwashing<\/h2>

Shell and the UvA are jointly involved in four sustainability research projects. The activists call them greenwashing<\/em>: oil companies would only use such research for their marketing.<\/p>\n\n\t

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