http://www.greenforall.org Site News daily 1 2008-01-25T01:40:44Z http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/talkin2019-2018bout-my-generation For the first time in a generation, a number of significant green groups are led by people under 40. Phil Radford, who took over Greenpeace USA last year, is 34 years old, as is Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins at Green for All. No publisher simonkim 2010-12-01T22:58:35Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/on-msnbc-interview-with-phaedra-ellis-lamkins-ceo-of-green-for-all On MSNBC, Phaedra discusses the economy, Capitol Hill, and the challenges Americans are facing now. No publisher simonkim 2010-11-16T21:26:44Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/in-new-orleans-leading-the-way-to-a-greener-future In the next few months, we can redefine how the rest of America -- and the world -- sees New Orleans. No publisher simonkim 2010-11-11T23:07:02Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/green-for-all-creates-green-friendly-opportunities Speak Up! invites women, and also men, who “speak” to women in terms of their values, their goals and their strong sense of community, to address issues, opportunities and successes that need to be heard by a larger audience of women leaders. No publisher simonkim 2010-11-02T22:48:09Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/green-for-all-launches-the-green-jobs-bus-in-advance-of-prop-23-initiative Today, the bus arrived in Sacramento where its participants visited the CSU Clean Tech Showcase and the Asian Pacific Chamber of Commerce, and learned about the Go Green Initiative which aims to make the six-county Sacramento region a leader in sustainability. They have a new clean green technology center that they hope will become a focal point. The Asian Pacific Chamber is focusing its attention on the role that small businesses can play. Chamber President Patricia Fong Kushida described a major Smart Grid initiative that is just getting under way. No publisher simonkim 2010-10-27T20:16:50Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/creative-forces-unite-against-prop.-23 Meanwhile, Green for All has released a YouTube video about Prop. 23 set to the tune of the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage," featuring some rather hilarious oily cowboys smoking cigars and clutching fistfuls of money. Check it out: [VIDEO] No publisher simonkim 2010-10-22T22:34:30Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/speak-up-for-safe-water-on-blog-action-day "We see America at a crossroads where water will become either our next looming resource crisis or a foundation of strength and stability for the 21st Century," says Ricki Weisberg Ndege, communications director for Green for All. No publisher simonkim 2010-10-15T18:47:00Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/liberals-hope-rally-rivals-becks “This is the kick off for organizing the base that helped elect the president,” said Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green for All, which advocates for clean energy and green jobs. No publisher simonkim 2010-10-01T22:45:48Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/earning-green-by-going-green Born and raised in the ultra-polluted Suisun City, California, Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins would eventually decide to make environmental justice in communities of color her life’s work. As the current CEO of Green for All, a post she took when Van Jones vacated it for the Obama administration, Ellis-Lamkins is at the forefront of the battle against pollution of every form in America’s working class enclaves. No publisher simonkim 2010-10-01T20:36:44Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/thousands-to-make-clarion-call-for-social-justice-in-washington “Now is the time that the progressive power in this country [must] prove that we are the movement of faith. We are the movement fighting to protect the most vulnerable Americans from those who want to exploit us and lock us out of the American dream." No publisher simonkim 2010-09-29T18:33:05Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/liberal-groups-plan-one-nation-rally-in-d.c "We lose separately, and absent of a strategy to work together we will continue to lose," said Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, chief executive of Green for All, an environmental group supporting the march. "We have to be able to take critical action on all of the issues facing this country. We're at a critical moment in history, and we have the opportunity to move forward in a really significant way." No publisher simonkim 2010-09-28T16:01:53Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/us-department-of-labor-announces-new-members-of-advisory-committee-on-apprenticeship WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the appointment of new members to the Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship. The ACA is comprised of approximately 30 individuals representing labor unions, employers and the public. No publisher simonkim 2010-09-21T21:31:37Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/economic-and-environmental-crisis On September 8, US Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) held a public forum to discuss ideas and policies that will make clean energy jobs more available to Minnesotans. No publisher simonkim 2010-09-21T15:48:56Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/we-all-have-the-responsibility-to-make-a-change-by-bucky-lasek I spend a lot of time outdoors, whether it is practicing or competing. Over the years, I have noticed changes. Hotter summers. Shorter winters. Crazier weather. Thicker, more polluted air. Some call it global warming, others climate change. Regardless of the name, it impacts everything from our snow quality to quality of life. No publisher simonkim 2010-09-18T00:49:22Z Press Clip http://www.greenforall.org/media-room/press-clips/catching-up-with-congresswoman-barbara-lee The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Annual Legislative Conference has been dubbed one of the most powerful weeks in Washington. On its opening day this week, ESSENCE.com tagged along (or tried to!) with CBC President, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, one of the city's most powerful women. No publisher simonkim 2010-09-18T00:42:42Z Press Clip