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Green Living Piece
Green Living Piece (
) Whether you’re bartering your skills and services, or building community with a time bank, here are ways to get what you need without money.
bartering
bartering
Green Living Piece (
) Everyone could cut down on plastic use. But could you give it up forever?
go plastic-free
go plastic-free
Green Living Piece (
) While you’re searching Halloween costume inspiration, don’t forget to make the holiday more sustainable.
Halloween
Halloween
BlogNews
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Bob Quinn is the man behind KAMUT® Brand khorasan wheat, a unique ancient grain from Mesopotamia. After receiving a Ph.D in Plant Biochemistry from UC Davis and selling his business interests in Northern California, he moved back to his family farm…
ancient grain, organics, wheat
ancient grain, organics, wheat
BlogNews (
) Ancient grains are gaining in popularity, with grains such as spelt, khorasan, emmer, and einkorn becoming more common to consumers.
ancient grain
ancient grain
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) After 34 years, Green Business Network Director Denise Hamler has retired from Green America.
Denise Hamler, Green America, Green Business Network, retirement
Denise Hamler, Green America, Green Business Network, retirement
GAM Article
GAM Article (
) Ever wondered how we get to a victory in our campaigns? Here, we spell it out.
green business
green business
GAM Article (
) Known as the “father of environmental justice,” Dr. Robert Bullard is the dean of the School of Public Affairs at Texas Southern University.
Robert Bullard
Robert Bullard
GAM Article (
) As a student at Harvard, Chloe Maxmin is a co-coordinator for the student-led movement to get Harvard to divest from fossil fuels.
divestment
divestment
GAM Article (
) Rev. Lennox Yearwood is the president of the Hip Hop Caucus. He's also a leader in the fight for climate justice.
climate justice, environmental justice
climate justice, environmental justice
GAM Article (
) Ressler is active in using endowment activism to fight climate change during the past year and a half.
divestment, social justice, social investing, climate justice
divestment, social justice, social investing, climate justice
Press Release
Press Release (
) Trade deal threatens jobs, communities, and climate.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – November 16, 2016 – Green America welcomes the news that Congress and the White House are unable to forge a path forward for the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). The…
Campaign
Campaign (
) We are calling on Smithsonian to practice what it prints by using recycled paper.
The Paper Problem
Forests are essential to the life and health of our planet, but they are disappearing at a rate of 20 football fields per second because…
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As consumers, we interact with Amazon through the cloud. We make orders on Amazon's website and stream videos through Amazon Prime. Many other company and government websites, including Netflix and US government sites, are…
Amazon sustainability, AWS, climate justice
Amazon sustainability, AWS, climate justice
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10 Steps to Break Up with Your Mega-Bank
The following steps will liberate you from your mega-bank. You can also download them as a poster.
Step 1.
Find a new community development bank or credit union. As you research your new bank,…
Break Up With Your Mega-Bank
Break Up With Your Mega-Bank
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Mayonnaise is ubiquitous in American cuisine. So much so that in 1957 the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) set a legal definition for mayonnaise. While not technically mayo, according to the FDA, Kraft Miracle Whip is one of the…
Miracle Whip
Miracle Whip
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Campaign Update!
Thanks to pressure from over 150,000 consumers, Starbucks is taking action to address its impacts from milk by offering more plant milks and reducing the climate and water impacts of dairy production.
Easily one of the world…
Starbucks
Starbucks
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) Dean Foods. You might not have heard their name, but as one of the largest processors and direct distributors of dairy products in the U.S., you just might have bought one of their products before. Land O’Lakes, Garelick Farms, Alta Dena,…
Program
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Chocolate is a delicious treat that countless Americans enjoy. But in West Africa, the world's largest cocoa-growing region, 60% of cocoa farmers earn less than $2 a day, the international poverty line. Millions of children work on cocoa farms…
child labor
child labor
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) Genetic engineering (GE), or genetic modification, is the process of manipulating an organism’s DNA to display specific traits. Gene splicing introduces new genetic material into an organism’s DNA, resulting in a genetically modified…
genetic engineering
genetic engineering
