BlogNews (December 11, 2018) Despite being the largest telecom company, Verizon has been a laggard in using clean energy. But it looks like that might be changing.
The entire telecom industry uses vast amounts of energy, with the major four companies collectively using over 30 million megawatt hours (MWH) or electric power every year [This number was originally reported as 3 million, but has been corrected to…
BlogNews (December 10, 2018) Whether you’re the type of person who makes a list and checks it twice, or you're a last minute shopper, you're probably planning on giving at least a few gifts this month. One thing that no one plans on is giving a gift that is a product of horrific labor abuses. Before you finish shopping for your list, learn about some of the unsafe or inhumane working conditions behind some…
BlogNews (December 5, 2018) The trendline for socially and environmentally responsible investing (SRI) continues to impress, with the latest data on SRI assets under professional management in the US reaching $12 trillion in 2018 according to the latest research from the Forum on Sustainable and Responsible Investing (US SIF Foundation). This is an increase of 38% in the last two years.
On a biennial basis…
BlogNews (November 29, 2018) On the day after Thanksgiving, the Trump Administration quietly released the fourth US National Climate Assessment. The findings further underscore the United Nations IPCC Report published in October, showing that effects of climate change have already begun and our timeline to take action is all too short. Americans, including those coping with wildfires in California to those…
BlogNews (November 15, 2018) Wherever you go—from your inbox to your favorite radio station—you’re probably hearing a lot about Black Friday. Companies would like you to be thinking about “doorbusters”, sales, and a rush to get the good stuff before it’s gone this shopping season.
Here at Green America, we cringe when we hear “shopping season” because for big box stores and massive online retailers, the…
BlogNews (November 5, 2018) Bismark Kpabitey is a 33 year old dynamic agroforestry cocoa farmer from Ghana, where farmers typically earn $0.84 per day. Bismark has been practicing dynamic agroforestry for three years on seven acres to support his 16 family members. He sells his cocoa to Kuapa Kokoo, a Fairtrade-certified cocoa farmers organization.
In an interview with digital regenerative agriculture…
BlogNews (November 1, 2018) When we think of foods that are healthy for us we often think of fruits and berries, superfoods like nuts, vegetables like kale and proteins like meat. We don’t necessarily think about grains. Maybe we don’t think about grains because nowadays 1 in 5 people can’t tolerate them. And maybe that is a societal thing where grains aren’t trendy, maybe its corporate America confusing us…
BlogNews (October 18, 2018) Methane is the most polluting greenhouse gas. In the short term, methane warms the planet by 86 times as much as CO2, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
With the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reporting that the world needs to achieve overall reductions in emissions in the next decade of more than 1 billion tons per year of climate gasses…
BlogNews (October 15, 2018) This year, Green America’s chocolate scorecard got a little revamp: it now explores what are companies doing beyond certifying the cocoa they are purchasing. Although fair trade and environmental certifications are helpful tools for consumers and for companies, on their own, they’re not enough to address the systemic reasons for farmer poverty and child labor.
As large chocolate…
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