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GAM Article (June 26, 2015 ) Bernard Lietaer is the author of "Of Human Wealth" and "The Future of Money," and has been studying monetary systems for more than 25 years.
Bernard Lietaer

GAM Article (January 31, 2015 ) Where around the world requires labels for genetically modified foods?
GMOs

Victories (June 10, 2015 ) The Children’s Place pays more than $2 million to the victims of Rana Plaza building collapse—the deadliest disaster in the history of the global garment industry. Green America joined with labor allies worldwide to put pressure on Children's…

Victories (May 26, 2015 ) In a huge first step for the company, Hellmann’s just announced it is releasing non-GMO mayonnaise dressing made with olive oil. Green America's GMO Inside Campaign mobilized tens of thousands of consumers to urge Hellman's to go non-GMO.

Victories (May 5, 2015 ) National Geographic builds on its commitment to use recycled paper (May 2015) https://www.greenamerica.org/about/newsroom/releases/2014-07-17-Tipping… In a major step forward for the use of recycled paper in the magazine industry, the National…

Victories (February 15, 2015 ) Hershey announced that as part of achieving “simpler ingredients” it will be switching to non-GMO sugar, removing artificial flavors (vanillin), and sourcing milk from cows not treated with the growth hormone rBST in its iconic Milk Chocolate Bar…
Hershey

Green America in the News (June 10, 2015 ) Business Cloud News, June 10, 2015   Notforprofit environmental advocacy group Green America is launched a campaign to try and convince Amazon to reduce its carbon footprint and catch up with other large cloud incumbents’ green credentials.…

Business Cloud News

BlogNews (May 28, 2015 ) Yesterday, we shared the wonderful news that Hellmann’s now offers a non-GMO food option: mayonnaise made with olive oil. Hellmann’s is not only one of the top mayonnaise brands, but it is also part of a much larger company, Unilever. As a company…
GMOs, non-GMO foods, GMO labeling

BlogNews (April 27, 2015 ) If you haven’t yet heard, here is some exciting news—and just in time for lunch. Chipotle announced that it is removing all of the genetically engineered ingredients from its menu, now serving only non GMO foods. In the New York Times, Steve Ells…
non GMO foods, GMOs

BlogNews (February 13, 2015 ) Valentine’s Day often means a box of candy from your sweetie, but just what are you getting in that candy?
Mamavation

BlogNews (February 5, 2015 ) Activists honored the Raise the Bar Hershey Campaign with the Activists Choice BENNY Award, celebrating the work of Green America’s coalitional efforts with allies to push Hershey into addressing child labor in its supply chain.
raise the bar hershey campaign, Hershey, Green America, benny award, child labor, fair labor, working conditions, child slavery

BlogNews (February 5, 2015 ) Using LED bulbs developed by GE, 40 percent less power, 80 percent less food waste and 99 percent less water usage, Shigeharu Shimamura turned a former Sony semiconductor factory in Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture into the planet’s biggest interior hydroponic f
LED, LED lights, hydropnic farming, hydroponic farm

BlogNews (February 4, 2015 ) The Keystone Pipeline, which would carry roughly 830,000 barrels of crude oil has been one of the polarizing issues in American politics.
Keystone pipeline

BlogNews (February 2, 2015 ) With the failure of the Federal Government to pass any legislation mandating the labeling of GMOs, and the uphill battle states are fighting to establish a right to know, consumers are looking for alternative options that allow them to choose…
organics

BlogNews (January 20, 2015 ) Today, Internet retail giant Amazon announced the first steps in moving to 100% wind power for the servers that power Amazon Web Services (AWS), its hosting subsidiary. In response to activists (including tens of thousands of Green America members…
Amazon clean energy, Amazon sustainability, solutions to climate change

BlogNews (January 20, 2015 ) I just read an important editorial by New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow, in which he dissects a January survey from the Pew Research Center, showing how it explodes the myth of the so-called “welfare queens,” a term popularized by President…
Charles M. Blow, predatory lending, Break Up With Your Mega-Bank, green economy

BlogNews (January 17, 2015 ) 1. THE RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH More and more studies point to the idea that there’s grave cause for concern about the health effects of consuming GMOs, including food allergies, irritable bowels, organ damage, and more. But when GMOs appear so…
are gmos good or bad, GMOs

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Press Release (February 23, 2015 ) Latest Move by Hershey’s Follows the Removal of GMOs by General Mills, Unilever, Post Foods.