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Talkin' 'Bout 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.
VIDEO: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
Liberals hope rally rivals Beck's
“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.
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.
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."
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
One Nation Working Together: March With Us
On October 2, something special is going to happen. Everyday Americans from all walks of life will come together to take a step past the divisiveness that has plagued our country and towards a tomorrow built on a shared vision of prosperity. It is the One Nation Working Together march, and I hope you will be a part of it. Tides is the fiscal sponsor for One Nation Working Together providing it with operational infrastructure services.
This Old Green House
Clean Energy Works Portland gets consumers—and the workforce—energized about weatherization.
IMAGE: Leaders of the New School
Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO of Green For All. "As long as your values are consistent and you're focused on bending the arc of justice, you can live with the consequences."
It's Time to Call Your Senators About "Cash for Caulkers"
I've written quite a bit about "Home Star"—aka "Cash for Caulkers"—and have made no effort at all to disguise my enthusiasm for the prospective program. You know, the one that will create a ton of jobs, cut the average family's energy expenses, and cut our collective carbon emissions? Well in this next short Senate session, there's a bill sitting there that includes Home Star. But, as Jeff Rickert of Green For All warns in an email today, time is running out.
Wingspread freshwater summit leads to call for action
A coalition that began with a Johnson Foundation conference at Wingspread issued a "call to action" report Wednesday aimed at heading off a national crisis in water quality and supply. The coalition released the report, "Charting New Waters: A Call to Action to Address U.S. Freshwater Challenges," in Washington, D.C.
