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BlogNews (April 21, 2020) The victory gardening movement of the 1940s was a time for grassroots collective action—when households across the country grew incredible amounts of food. It was also a time when war was used to justify extreme xenophobia and oppression of non-white Americans.
Green America’s Climate Victory Gardening campaign strives to reclaim the good from this movement, but we can’t do that…
BlogNews (April 17, 2020) By Beth Porter
As COVID-19 has swept throughout the world, reports of high-profile cases have given rise to the concept that this virus does not discriminate. It can hit any person with force, from our friends and neighbors to politicians and celebrities. Â
Considering this crisis as a kind of equalizer may be an acknowledgment of our collective humanity and a call to support…
BlogNews (April 16, 2020)
The global pandemic of COVID-19 is upending societies worldwide, including the US, which as of April 2020, has the world’s largest number of cases and growing. Â
Physical distancing to slow the spread of the virus is essential. At the same time it accentuates the disparities between those who can safely work at home and the over 16 million workers who’ve lost their jobs in the…
BlogNews (April 6, 2020) When we started quarantine a few weeks ago, we sent an email to all of our members around the country and around the world, asking what they were doing to cope with the personal challenges of physical distancing on top of the global challenge of the COVID-19 pandemic that is causing all of us so much stress and fear these days. These answers soothed and inspired us. We hope they'll…
BlogNews (March 27, 2020) The Environmental Protection Agency has suspended its job of protecting the environment. Â
On Thursday, the agency issued a memo essentially giving companies a pass on polluting, stating that it will not “seek penalties for noncompliance with routine monitoring and reporting obligations.”Â
This announcement creates a loophole for companies to pollute if they can cite the…
BlogNews (March 25, 2020) By Beth Porter
Green America hopes that you are staying healthy and safe as we navigate the devastating COVID crisis. As the crisis has hit communities, demand is sky-rocketing for toilet paper and disinfectant wipes. And as toilet paper has become scarce on store shelves (in some cases, caused by individuals hoarding supplies) people have turned to alternatives like "flushable"…
BlogNews (March 12, 2020) In honor of Women’s History Month and International Women’s Day, we are taking a look at how investments are now being deployed to promote gender parity and women’s empowerment.  While there has historically been a lack of financial investments that benefit women and girls, change is underway!
The good news is that there is increasing focus on how consideration of gender – the…
BlogNews (March 3, 2020) Green America is pleased to announce that at our first board meeting of 2020 in April we will welcome five newly elected board members: Bama Athreya; Eleanor Greene; Julie Lineberger; Carolyn Parrs; and Brady Quirk-Garvan. Green America’s board of directors draws representatives from each of our stakeholder groups—individual members, green business members, and our staff worker…
BlogNews (February 26, 2020) It’s officially been one year since Verizon issued a $1 billion green bond to, in part, help the company reach its goal of 50 percent clean energy by 2025. In 2019, its major competitors announced new clean energy projects, shifting their networks further from reliance on fossil fuels. But Verizon did not announce any new clean energy contracts – until now.
Verizon recently  …
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