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Individual action can make a difference on climate change. Here are easy tips for lowering your carbon footprint significantly.
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) Throughout our lives we're likely to spend $1 million or more. We each have a lot of economic power to move the economy in a greener direction.
First, we can choose not to purchase items we don't really need. On average, the…
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) Climate change is threatening the whole world, but communities of color and lower incomes are experiencing the effects at a disproportionate rate. Exposure to toxic pollutants also typically hits low-income…
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People all over the country are standing up for justice. Leading the charge are marginalized communities, people of color, and advocates of underrepresented groups speaking out on the issues they face. These voices are crucial leaders we must…
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) Green America is active in fighting pipelines nationwide. Pipelines for fossil fuels provide the infrastructure to keep America addicted to fossil fuels. That addiction to fossil fuels is, in turn, fueling climate change. The US is the…
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) We're trying to get Amazon to build a cleaner cloud. Until they do, shop these greener businesses.
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alternatives to Amazon
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) Homeowners are discovering the benefits of green roofing - covering their rooftops with small plants growing in a few inches of soil.
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green roof
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Energy efficiency refers to ways of improving products or systems so that they require less energy to do the same amount of work. Increasing energy efficiency is one of the fastest, easiest, and most cost-effective technological solutions for…
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) Your impact investing could help people attain home ownership, start small businesses, or address other community needs.
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impact investing
Green America in the News
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) OurFuture.Org: OpEd byTodd Larsen, Green America, April 19, 2017
At the end of April, hundreds of thousands of people will take part in the People’s Climate March in Washington, D.C. and around the country. The march will send a clear…
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Our Future
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) Green America's Mission is to harness economic power- the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace - to create a socially just and sustainable society.
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) Green America is a national, 501(c)(3) not-for-profit, membership organization founded in 1982. We went by the name "Co-op America" until January 1, 2009.
Some of Green America's staff in the 1980s. Seated to the left, with glasses, is current…
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) Green America's Policy on Accepting Company Funds
Green America is committed to creating an economy that works for people and the planet. An important component of the organization’s work is engaging with companies of all sizes to encourage them to…
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) Hours: 32 hours/week, 4 days/week (full time)
Salary: $60,000 -66,000 contingent on experience; (This position is grant tracked)
Benefits: Excellent benefits package, including health insurance, dental & vision coverage, sick days, holidays,…
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Compensation: $50 travel stipend per week
Supervisor: Scott Kitson, Membership & Marketing Manager
Dates: Starting ASAP, 12 weeks, with possibility for extension
Hours: At least 20 hours/week (Monday – Thursday)
Green America's Green…
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) A burst of over 1,000 hate crimes and incidents have occurred since Election Day, and the President’s words and actions are only making perpetrators bolder. With White supremacists in the cabinet and anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric coming…
