It’s Getting Hot In Here

Crossposted from Bridge The Gulf

Last weekend in Washington, D.C., more than 100 Gulf Coast residents called for action from President Obama and Congress to make BP pay for its ongoing disaster, and to clean up and restore the Gulf Coast.  The contingent was part of Power Shift 2011, a youth climate summit and organizing training, nearly 10,000 people strong.  Watch the top five videos from the historic summit, as children, students, workers, advocates, and whistle-blowers challenged big polluters and took a stand for America’s Gulf Coast.

1. Children stand up to BP with a song

“I open my mouth to BP, and I won’t turn back,” sang three girls from Biloxi, Mississippi, in front of the BP lobbying headquarters in Washington, D.C.

On Tax Day (Monday, April 18th), thousands of youth marched on BP’s offices in Washington, and demanded they pay the $9.9 Billion in taxes they are dodging by writing off loses from their own oil disaster.

  The girls are from the group Coastal Women for Change.

Continue reading ‘TOP 5 VIDEOS: Gulf Coast communities take on Washington, BP at Power Shift 2011′

by Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins. Jun 26, 2009 10:00 AM
Crossposted from GreenForAll.org

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We just received word that the final House version of the American Clean Energy and Security Act (ACES) includes the equity provisions we’ve been fighting so hard for!

We now have a small window of opportunity to help pass ACES. The House of Representatives will vote today, and many members are still on the fence. Call now.

The critical equity improvements to the bill simply would not have happened without your support. In the past 48 hours alone, Green For All supporters have made close to 1000 phone calls to their Representatives.

Continue reading ’1,000 calls in 48 hours paid off! Equity in ACES!’

It’s good to see the idea of a Green stimulus gaining lots of traction, through EAC’s efforts on Change.org, the Apollo Alliance’s Economic Recovery Act, 1Sky’s letter to Congress, and the memo that Green For All, EAC, 1Sky, and others sent to Obama’s team last week.

Green For All’s take on the stimulus is that it MUST include funding for the Green Jobs Act. For all the talk of Green Jobs, this is the only federally authorized bill that can build “green pathways out of poverty” – if it is funded, that is. Continue reading ‘Dreaming of a Green Christmas?’

Cross posted from The Huffington Post | October 20, 2008 08:02 AM

by Nicholas Sabloff

Social and environmental activist Van Jones felt he had important message about the economy, energy prices and global warming to impart in his book “The Green Collar Economy,” which was published this month. What he didn’t have, as a first time author with an almost non-existent marketing budget, was the kind of money and name-recognition that typically helps place a book on the best sellers list and in the national conversation. So he improvised.

Using a Web-based, viral marketing strategy, Jones and Green For All, an environmental organization he recently founded, worked to get the word out about his book far and wide. The result was a place — number 12 to be exact — on the New York Times best sellers list in the book’s first week.

“Everyone is stunned,” Jones told the Huffington Post. “Usually to get to number 12 the first week as a new author you’ve got to spend a million bucks or be on Oprah.” Continue reading ‘How Environmental Activist Van Jones’ Book “The Green Collar Economy” Reached the NYT Best Sellers List’

8 Days!!!!