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Amazon is dominating the online retail space and rapidly expanding across industries. In fact, Amazon is the largest US retailer of apparel. While Amazon is full of deals, those deals come at a big cost to people and the planet.
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Press Release
Just in Time for Spring Planting: New Climate Victory Gardens Guide
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) Major Uptick in Climate-Friendly Gardens Continues with Numbers Nearly Quadrupling in Just One Year; New Resources and Video Available for Climate Victory Garden Beginners and Pros.
WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 24, 2021 – Gardeners are ready… -
How Sustainable Is Your Easter Chocolate? NGOs Rank Candy Companies, From Good To Rotten
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) By David Vetter
Does your favorite chocolate cost the Earth, or is it as sweet on sustainability as it is to your tastebuds?
This week, the Rotten Egg Awards ranked 31 chocolate companies around the world for their performance on sustainability… Forbes -
Green Business Member Profile (
) Bethesda Green works to address environmental challenges locally by creating a sustainable, green community, built collaboratively through citizen engagement, environmental education, government partnership and innovative business development. -
GAM Article
5 Steps to Start Your Climate Victory Garden
GAM Article (
) Is this your year to start a garden? Make it a Climate Victory Garden! Get started and see results before you know it. -
The Real-Life Costs of Economic Racism
GAM Article (
) When people of color lack access to financial services, their schools, housing, and businesses are affected. Delegate Jazz Lewis of Maryland details the economic repercussions for constituents like his. -
More than the Minimum: Why We Need a Livable Wage
GAM Article (
) The term “living wage,” was coined in acknowledgment that no one should have to work more than full time to cover basic costs of living. -
Who Feeds the Farmworkers?
GAM Article (
) Immigrants and migrant workers are overwhelmingly the people responsible for getting food from fields onto American plates. When they don’t make enough money for their own food, communities create solutions. -
How We Heal from Here
GAM Article (
) Telling the truth about history, apologizing, and paying long-owed debts are the start of healing and reparations for Black Americans. -
Defunding Dystopia, Reimagining Peace
GAM Article (
) We hear the term “tax dollars at work,” but at work for whom? Visionary activists are working for an America where race and class aren’t barriers. -
Out of the Loop: Exposing Corporate Power
GAM Article (
) Corporations take advantage of tax loopholes to get rich while the rest of us... well, don’t. -
Building a People-First Economy
GAM Article (
) Those who aim to rebuild our broken systems to be stronger and more equitable than before have not been stopped. -
Green American Magazine
Building a People-First Economy
Green American Magazine (
) COVID-19 didn’t create the systems whose flaws became glaringly evident in 2020—disparities between the rich and the rest of us, racism that took lives through COVID and violence. Our systems may have broken down, but when we listen to and… -