It’s Getting Hot In Here

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!!!!