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

Published by adamcmahon, June 26th, 2009 global warming 4 Comments

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.

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YouthBuild Shines

Originally posted on the Green For All blog- 3/19/09

YouthBuild USA must be feeling pretty good. And they deserve to.

I can’t think of another program that embodies so well what the green economy, at its best, can be: good for communities, good for the planet, and good for people who have been undervalued and ignored for far too long. YouthBuild Shines

YouthBuild works with young people who have dropped out of high school – kids without lots of opportunities and without lots of people believing they’ll succeed. These youth learn to build energy efficient homes for low-income families, and earn their GEDs at the same time.

The program started 30 years ago, with youth in East Harlem rebuilding abandoned homes that had been claimed by drug dealers, and giving them to homeless families instead.

It has since spread across the country, with 8,000 young people participating each year. And YouthBuild is going green: by 2013, at least 75% of the homes they build will be green.

But that’s not the only reason they should be feeling good…

YouthBuild is now seeing major expansion – thanks to President Obama’s commitment to creating green jobs. The Economic Recovery Package directs $50 million to YouthBuild. And the President’s proposed budget for 2010 would expand the program’s reach from 8,000 to 50,000 young people each year.
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Dreaming of a Green Christmas?

Published by adamcmahon, December 18th, 2008 Government , Jobs , Political Participation , United States , global warming , green jobs 0 Comments

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?’

How Environmental Activist Van Jones’ Book “The Green Collar Economy” Reached the NYT Best Sellers List

Published by adamcmahon, October 21st, 2008 News and Media , Politics , United States 4 Comments

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’