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Blog/News (May 14, 2018) Are dirt and soil the same thing? NO! This blog explores some major differences and highlights why understanding soil is so important to discussions around regenerative agriculture, carbon sequestration, and climate change.
Soil. You might have noticed this word coming up more and more around here at Green America, especially in our new Re(Store) It! campaign. We’re excited to…
Blog/News (May 10, 2018) In the case of Verizon’s recent annual shareholder meeting, no news is not good news.
Verizon’s competitors, T-Mobile and AT&T, announced major commitments to increase their use of clean energy to power their networks. T-Mobile has committed to reach 100% clean energy by 2021 and AT&T has announced its purchase of 520 MW of power from two wind farms. In contrast, Verizon…
Blog/News (May 7, 2018) Since 2013, GMO Inside, a campaign powered by Green America, has been working to educate consumers about the impacts of GMOs, pesticides, and industrial agriculture and push major brands to transition their supply chains away from GMOs and towards more sustainable systems of production.
Thanks to the diligence of over 250,000 consumers like you, we have been able to push numerous…
Blog/News (May 4, 2018) Like a lot of people, I made my parents a lot of presents for Mother’s and Father’s Day as a child. And while my parents appreciated the hard work I poured into these endeavors, I know they were also secretly relieved when I grew out of making them charmingly crude gifts for holidays. As I’ve shifted from gifts made from the labor of love of their child to practical gifts and…
Blog/News (April 26, 2018) Last June, Amazon.com Inc. purchased Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion. This was one of the most widely talked about mergers of 2017 because of the possible impacts it could have on the grocery industry. Since then, Whole Foods has undergone several changes in branding and culture.
Since the takeover, Green America members have asked us if they should continue to shop at…
Blog/News (April 26, 2018) With our Hang Up on Fossil Fuels Campaign, Green America has reported extensively on the vast amount energy used by telecommunication companies to keep our wireless networks up and running. The sector uses enough electricity to power all the households from New York City, and unfortunately, it has largely come from fossil fuels. But, a few companies are stepping up their renewables…
Blog/News (April 23, 2018) On April 18, 2018 Green America’s executive co-director for business, investing, and policy, Fran Teplitz, testified before the Council of the District of Columbia in support of the District holding a hearing on its banking relationship with Wells Fargo. Fran cited the reasons below for the District to explore banking options beyond Wells Fargo, that could meet the District’s needs…
Blog/News (April 19, 2018) If you read the announcements from cocoa and chocolate companies, you might think that child labor, farmer poverty, and environmental degradation in cocoa producing countries are being swiftly addressed. The reality on the ground is very different, and that’s why Green America works with NGOs worldwide to produce the Cocoa Barometer report, a publication that tracks what is really…
Blog/News (April 11, 2018)
Guest Blog Post: This excerpt is reprinted from SOIL: Notes Towards the Theory and Practice of Nurture Capital by Slow Money founder Woody Tasch.
Imagination.
We can’t all be Noam Chomsky or Ayn Rand or Wendell Berry or Bingo Pajama,¹ but that doesn’t mean each and every one of us can’t get the hint. We need a new story. Maybe even a new myth. We need to rediscover…
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