Green America's blog"Reclaiming the Streets," the latest issue of the Green American
What are your green resolutions for the new year? It seems that a number of the most popular New Year's resolutions (get in shape, lose weight, save money, live lighter on the Earth) can be targeted with one big green step: green your transportation. Our most recent Green American, "Reclaiming the Streets," covers the health, wellness, environmental, and community benefits that come from more of us walking and biking for our transportation. Faces of the Green Pages: Better World Club
January 2010 — Faces of GreenPages: Mountain Rose Herbs
Shawn Donnille September 2009 — Fair Trade, Zero-Waste, Local and Organic Mountain Rose Herbs, Eugene, OR Real Green: Fire Your Clothes Dryer
Make this the year you reduce your energy use (and your utility bill) by air-drying your clothes as often as possible.
The news is in: Many of America’s clothes dryers may soon be getting a pink slip. One in every three Americans sees the clothes dryer as an unnecessary extravagance. '09 Award for Green Business of the Year
Do you have a favorite green business from our National Green Pages™ that you'd like to see honored for its commitment to social and environmental responsibility? Reward your favorite Green Pages business by nominating them to win Green America's 2009 People's Choice Award for Green Business of the Year. We'll collect nominations until the end of the month, and then we'll hold an online vote in September to choose this year's winner from the top ten nominees. Green Pages: Maggie's Organics (Aug 09)
If you’re a long-time Green American, you probably already know Maggie’s Organics as the pioneering organic-clothing manufacturer that in the late-90s helped create “The Fair Trade Zone” — a sewing cooperative providing fair-labor employment to seamstresses in Nueva Vida, Nicaragua, an area ravaged by Hurricane Mitch.
NEW Green America shirts for sale!
Are you a Green American? If you answered "yes," our new T-shirt is perfect for you! Previously only available at our Green Festivals, or as a thank-you gift for helping us recruit new members, our "I am a Green American" T-shirts are now available for purchase on our Web site. Our Green Festival Getaway is Here!!
Green is how we describe a world of social justice, healthy communities and ecological balance. Green is the color of hope.
It could also be the color of your next vacation.
Here's How:
We Want More from Our S'mores!
This summer, S’mores are speaking out for Fair Trade! Join in the gooey, sticky, chocolatey goodness of Global Exchange and Green America's S’mores Action! What? Make S'mores with Fair Trade Chocolate. Our goal is to register 1,500+. Why? House Climate Bill: Mixed Results
Green America recognizes the passage of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) as an important step forward towards the comprehensive approach needed to reduce climate emissions and increase clean energy usage in the United States, but more is needed. Here's a look at what's good and what needs improvement in the new climate bill. What's Good: Are you our first Green Crusader??
Green America is looking for our first Green Crusader--is that you? Tell us why at outreach@greenamericatoday.org! The Green Crusader is an individual who goes above and beyond the call of duty to make our world a greener place, doing things like building or converting an electric or biodiesel car, starting a community garden or environmental organization, starting a recycling program at work or school, working with or pushing city government to make the town greener, etc. Fair Trade Day of Action TODAY, 6/23!!
Action: Call Hershey to ask for more Fair Trade Certified™ chocolate in the US Take Action: The "Black Liquor" Loophole
Calling all Green Americans! An alternative fuels credit should be a good thing, right? Using taxpayer money to discourage consumption of fossil fuels should ultimately bring benefits back to all of us--unless, of course, there is a loophole. Say YES! to the Day of Engagement!
Calling all Green Americans!! Get out your calendar and save the date for YES!'s Global Collaborative Day of Engagement, coming up soon on Sunday, June 28, from 2 – 6 PM at the newly opened David Brower Center in downtown Berkeley, CA. The Global Collaborative is a peer learning community composed of 15 YES! Green America wants to hear from YOU!
Take our poll at http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1695900/?view=results&msg=voted and tell us what kind of speakers you'd like to see at the 2009 DC Green Festival! Poll closes around June 22, 2009. |
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