The federal minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 an hour since 2009—just $15,080 a year for full-time work. We can’t build a shared recovery and a strong economy on a minimum wage that’s too low to live on. Workers are consumers too and want to support their local economies.
Guest Blog by Green Business Network member Steve Kaye, Photographer, Speaker
Suppose you were hired to be the CEO of Nature. A few thoughts on how to proceed.
TS Designs and Solid State Clothing have launched the 10,000 Pounds of Cotton project to put power back in the hands of farmers and consumers, and rebuild the American cotton supply chain to be local, resilient, and increasingly better for the soil.
……We've learned that quiet isn't always peace
And the norms and notions
of what just is
Isn’t always just-ice
And yet the dawn is ours….
Excerpt from Amanda Gorman’s inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”
Green America condemns the violent assault on the US Capitol yesterday by rioters. We also condemn the rhetoric of the US President and his enablers in Congress that incited his supporters to engage in an aborted coup.
Guest-blog Author: BF Nagy, Climate Solution Group
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