Podcasts about Green for All

In this episode, Will.i.am, Van Jones, and Peter discuss what the Make Wakanda Real campaign stands for, how technology is changing lives across the globe, and the state of legacy media.  Recorded on Feb 22nd, 2025 Views are my own thoughts; not Financial, Medical, or Legal Advice. Will.i.am is a globally recognized artist, entrepreneur, and innovator at the intersection of music, technology, and philanthropy. As the founder of FYI, i.am+, and co-founder of Amuse, he pioneers AI-driven platforms and smart consumer products while advising Atom Bank. Best known as the frontman of the Black Eyed Peas, he has shaped modern music with hit albums like Elephunk and The E.N.D., alongside his solo work #willpower. His tech ventures include FYI.AI, and Sound Drive with Mercedes-AMG. Committed to bridging technology and social impact, he co-founded Make Wakanda Real with Van Jones, an AI initiative to empower underrepresented communities. Through the i.am Angel Foundation, he continues to champion STEAM education for underserved youth, ensuring that innovation reaches those who need it most. Van Jones is a prominent political commentator, social activist, and entrepreneur working at the intersection of media, technology, and justice. A longtime CNN contributor, he hosts The Van Jones Show and previously led The Redemption Project. As the founder of Dream Machine Innovation Lab, he focuses on bringing AI to underrepresented communities while continuing his work with Dream.org on initiatives like #YesWeCode, #cut50, and Green For All. He co-founded Make Wakanda Real with will.i.am, a movement inspired by Black Panther that seeks to democratize AI access for marginalized groups. Jones has received numerous accolades, including a 2020 Emmy Award and the 2021 Courage and Civility Award, which granted him $100 million to support nonprofits. A senior advisor at Teneo and a board member of multiple social justice organizations, he is also a bestselling author, with his latest book, Beyond the Messy Truth (2017), offering insights on unity and reform. Learn more about the FYI.AI app:https://fyi.ai/  Learn more about Make Wakanda Real: https://www.dreammachine.org/  Learn more about Rapport: https://www.rapport.co/  ____________ I only endorse products and services I personally use. To see what they are,  please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:  Get started with Fountain Life and become the CEO of your health: https://fountainlife.com/peter/ AI-powered precision diagnosis you NEED for a healthy gut: https://www.viome.com/peter  Get 15% off OneSkin with the code PETER at  https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod _____________ I send weekly emails with the latest insights and trends on today's and tomorrow's exponential technologies. Stay ahead of the curve, and sign up now:  Blog _____________ Connect With Peter: Twitter Instagram Youtube Moonshots

Ralph welcomes civic activist, writer and filmmaker, Pete Davis, to discuss “Join or Die,” a film about why you should join a club—and why the fate of America depends on it. Then Professor Scott Sklar, an expert on sustainable infrastructure joins us to talk about one of the easiest ways we can reduce our energy consumption and slow down the pace of our overheating planet: white roofs. Plus, Ralph has some choice words about the media's coverage of the Republican presidential campaign and also how we don't truly celebrate Labor Day. And speaking of labor, Steve gives us an update on the Writers' and Actors' strike.Pete Davis is a writer and civic advocate. He is the author of Dedicated: The Case for Commitment in An Age of Infinite Browsing, co-founder of the Democracy Policy Network— a policy organization focused on raising up ideas that deepen democracy— and co-director—with Rebecca Davis— of the film Join or Die.43% of Americans are part of zero organizations, and another 20% are only part of one organization. So we're talking about two-thirds of the country that are not part of anything. So they don't know how to run a meeting. They don't know how to do an invitation. They don't know how to deal with tension between neighbors. They don't know how to plan something together in public.Pete DavisThe real basic, atomic-level skills that eventually flourish into hardcore political action often start with softer civic organizing.Pete DavisScott Sklar is Energy Director of George Washington University's Environment & Energy Management Institute and Director of GW's Solar Institute. Mr. Sklar is an expert on renewable energy, energy efficiency, and sustainable infrastructure, and runs The Stella Group, Ltd., a clean energy technology optimization and strategic policy firm.White [roofing] is preferable, but even the lightest gray or lightest brown reflects out. We need building codes to do this, we need community activists to do this, we need to train roofers and builders to do this, and we need to create a sort of social compact that [recognizes] this is very easy to do. And so with this and things like tree canopy we can reduce the heat on the ground, which will save lives, make people healthier, and use less energy.Scott SklarThe obvious 800-lb gorilla in the room is the contradiction, where corporations in energy arenas make more money selling waste (by the overuse of energy) and consumers save money by the efficient use of energy. So there's a dead-on conflict between the two interests, and guess who has the most power in the country over government and media. So what Scott is saying is, the more you realize what you personally can save—quite apart from what your community and world can save— the more powerful you have to become.Ralph NaderIn Case You Haven't Heard with Francesco DeSantis1. Capping off a campaign defined by underhanded tricks and legal brute force by the corrupt right-wing establishment, Guatemalan presidential candidate Bernardo Arevalo triumphed on Sunday – winning the presidential election in a landslide, with nearly 60% of the vote. However, even with this victory in hand, the road ahead remains perilous. As renowned investigative journalist Allan Nairn noted just before the election, “Arévalo…won't be due to be sworn in until January 14, 2024, and…members [of the corrupt ruling clique known as El Pacto] have made it clear that they will do what's needed to prevent that.”2. Ecuador also held elections on Sunday, including the first round of their presidential contest. Moving to the runoff are Luisa Gonzalez, a left-wing leader backed by Ecuador's former president Rafael Correa and Daniel Noboa, a businessman and scion of a powerful family of banana tycoons, per AP. Yet, looming larger than either candidate is the specter of political violence directed at the left. Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was assassinated earlier this month, as was a local leftist politician, and a third survived an attempt on his life. One can only hope for a runoff free of bloodshed.3. In that same election, the Guardian reports Ecuadorans passed a referendum to “halt the development of all new oilwells in the Yasuní national park in the Amazon, one of the most biodiverse regions on the planet.” The article goes on to state “In a second referendum, citizens in Quito also voted to block gold mining in the Chocó Andino, a sensitive highland biosphere near the capital city.”4. The Hollywood Reporter has a new story out concerning a federal court ruling that art created by AI is not eligible for copyright protection. This tremendous victory for creative workers puts up a major roadblock for Hollywood studios who have been unsubtly hinting that they will use AI-generated work to bypass writers, actors, and more. Hopefully, this ruling will convince the studios to return to the negotiating table and hammer out a fair deal to end the entertainment industry strikes.5. A report in The Intercept traces how Norfolk Southern successfully lobbied to weaken a rail regulation bill following the East Palestine disaster. As the author put it in a tweet: “April: Norfolk Southern sends lobbyists to Congress. May: A committee that lobbyists met with weakens the bipartisan rail safety bill. June + July: Norfolk Southern gives thousands to Republican members on that exact committee. Welcome to Washington!”6. From Truthout: In 2021, activists in New Jersey spearheaded a push to ban ICE contracts with private prisons – and got a bill signed into law. Yet, now the Biden administration is backing a challenge to this law led by private prison megacorporation CoreCivic. Back in 2021, Biden stated unequivocally “There should be no private prisons, period, none, period…They should not exist. And we are working to close all of them.” Another promise broken.7. Elon Musk has 153 million followers on Twitter – or as he has redubbed it, X – yet, how many of those are real? Mashable's Matt Binder examined the data and found some startling results. “[over] 42% of Musk's followers have 0 followers on their own account, [more than] 72% have less than 10 followers, [and over] 40 percent of Musk's followers have 0 posts.” While some of these accounts could simply be inactive, this data suggests many of these accounts are bots being used to artificially inflate Musk's follower count.8. The Daily Beast reports that Van Jones, the former activist and CNN commentator, has been forced out of his leadership role at the nonprofit Dream.org, two years after the group received a $100 million donation from Jeff Bezos. A subsidiary of Dream.org, Green For All, also received a three year, $10 million grant in 2020. The article quotes “several ex-employees” who allege “The group tore through that money with little to show for it.” This story shines a light on corruption in activist spaces and gives a window into the non-profit industrial complex run amok.9. Last year, San Francisco voters ousted progressive, reform prosecutor Chesa Boudin, in a recall brought after sustained attacks by conservatives and establishment liberals. Boudin was replaced by more traditional, ‘tough on crime' prosecutor Brooke Jenkins. Yet, a year on and MSNBC reports that violent crime has actually increased in the Golden City compared to Boudin's tenure. While this will come as a surprise to some, it is arguably more shocking that anyone could think going back to the old, failed model of law enforcement would yield new results. That is after all the very definition of insanity. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Devin: could you just share with us what you see as your superpower?Nisha: I think my superpower is a bridge. I think that I was born a first-generation kid in America. I really was the bridge between the old world and the new. I served as the translator for my dad, who was very much coming to America to fulfill his American dream and yet not fluent in what is America. Me being raised here, I could be that translator. I could really see the different sides to a lot of different arguments. I think growing up feeling like an outsider and feeling like a misfit, I actually ended up fitting in everywhere.Nisha Anand, CEO of Dream.Org, is changing the world in ways some would have said are impossible. By building bridges across what many see as uncrossable chasms, she is leading change on her progressive agenda for social justice and climate change.Nisha is an extraordinary storyteller, so I encourage you to listen to this podcast. She relates stories of some of the 12 times she's been arrested! You won't want to miss anything, and I can't include all her stories in this write-up.She shared the story of helping to pass the First Step Act during the Trump Administration with help from former Republican Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich:Dream.org achieved a major win with the passage of the First Step Act, a federal bill that aimed to improve the criminal justice system. Nisha was initially skeptical about the possibility of bipartisan support for criminal justice reform. She soon realized, however, that red state governors and various conservative groups, such as fiscal conservatives and libertarians, were also interested in reform. With the help of Newt Gingrich, a former Speaker of the House and Republican representative, the organization worked towards a bipartisan coalition.Despite concerns that the election of President Trump would derail their efforts, Dream.org persevered, and the First Step Act was ultimately passed with support from both sides of the aisle. Over 20,000 people have been released from federal prison as a result of the bill. For Nisha, this achievement solidified the effectiveness of bipartisan collaboration in achieving lasting change.“I worked with Newt, worked with Trump, worked with all sorts of characters to get this passed,” Nisha says. “And that's just a first step. It laid the groundwork for a lot more to be possible than on the state level, with a lot of bills being passed after that.”“So it really did for me solidify that this way works,” she says. “When you have that many people for it, it's durable. It lasts. People don't want to reverse it.”As you can see, Nisha's superpower is bridgebuilding.AI Podcast Summary* Nisha Anand, CEO of Dream.org, was a guest on the Superpowers for Good show with Devin Thorpe.* Dream.org works on issues such as climate change, social justice, and tech, and uses a unique approach of radical inclusivity.* Anand has had success with civil disobedience but also acknowledges the importance of changing hearts and minds.* Her master's degree in international peace and conflict resolution has helped her in building bridges across the aisle.* Anand discusses her work on passing the First Step Act, a federal piece of legislation on criminal justice reform.* She learned that finding common ground on even just 2% of issues can lead to progress.* Anand believes that bridge-building is key to combating polarization in society.* Everyone can develop bridge-building skills by connecting with others on a human level and taking a more inclusive approach to their work.* Dream Corps tackles social justice issues through tech and innovation with campaigns such as Green For All and #cut50.* The conversation ended with a call to action to use our superpowers for good to make positive changes in the world.Nisha's success isn't just a matter of having built unlikely bridges, but the traffic that crosses them. Her impact is huge.She shares the story of another arrest that taught her important lessons about what has become her superpower.Nisha shares her experience of being arrested in Burma while participating in a protest to commemorate the 10-year anniversary of a pro-democratic uprising. She was part of an international delegation of 18 people from eight different countries, including six from the US. They were all arrested and sentenced to five years in jail, but their arrest was a well-coordinated action, and the news made front-page headlines worldwide. A US Congressional Representative, Chris Smith, flew to Thailand to help get them out, and Nisha had the opportunity to sit next to him on the flight back to the States. She had planned to convince him of her opinions, but instead, he opened up the conversation about human rights abuses in the world and asked for her thoughts.Nisha realized that building bridges and connecting through humanity is just as important as passionate activism. The experience was eye-opening for her and happened in 1998.“We had so much in common in human rights abuses, we never got to the stuff we didn't have in common,” Nisha says.Nisha offers some tips for developing skills like hers.“Anyone that has young children, you tell them to listen to respect, to be kind,” she says. “We tell our children these things, and yet we can't practice them ourselves.”We're actually quite good at peacebuilding, she says. We just ignore the relevance of the way we decide with a group what pizza to order or which movie to see. The same skills apply to solving climate change.If you follow Nisha's example and advice, you can enhance your peacebuilding and bridge-building skills. You may even turn them into superpowers you can use to do more good in the world.Guest-Provided ProfileNisha Anand (she/her):CEO, Dream.OrgAbout Dream.Org: At Dream.Org, we close prison doors and open doors of opportunity. We bring people together across racial, social, and partisan lines to create a future with freedom, dignity and opportunity for all.Website: dream.orgTwitter Handle: @thedreamcorpsCompany Facebook Page: fb.com/thedreamcorpsBiographical Information: Nisha Anand is an Indian-American activist, mom of two teenagers, and a boundary-busting national leader for social and racial justice. Once a grassroots activist arrested in Burma for pro-democracy demonstrations, Nisha is known today as a leader in cultivating unlikely and unconventional partnerships to create change. As Dream.Org's CEO, Nisha guides a team of storytellers, organizers, and policy experts working on some of society's toughest problems to create a better future for all. Twitter Handle: @nishamanandPersonal Facebook Profile: fb.com/nishaanand.orgLinkedin: linkedin.com/in/nisha-m-anand/Instagram Handle: @nishamanandOther URL: nishaanand.org Get full access to Superpowers for Good at devinthorpe.substack.com/subscribe

In this specially commissioned series with Grantmakers in the Arts, The Lost Files, Dr. Durell Cooper invites artists, community organizers, researchers, cultural and racial studies experts, and scholars to think about the narratives driving the arts and cultural sector – as it intersects with systems of structural racism and economic exclusion – and what opportunities for narrative change exist.  In this Episode Dr. Cooper speaks with Majora Carter. Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She's responsible for the creation of numerous economic development, technology inclusion & green-infrastructure projects, policies and job training & placement systems.  She is also a lecturer at Princeton University's Keller Center.Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one” - which is also the subtitle of her 2022 book, Reclaiming Your Community.In 2017, she launched the Boogie Down Grind, a Hip Hop themed speciality coffee & craft beer spot, and the first commercial “3rd Space” in the Hunts Point sectionof the South Bronx since the mid-1980s. This venture also provides a rare opportunity for local families to invest through SEC approved online investment platforms. Majora was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx. She is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1984), Wesleyan University (1988 BA, Distinguished Alum) and New York University (MFA).  After establishing  Sustainable South Bronx (2001) and Green For All (2007), among other organizations, she opened this private consulting firm (2008) - which was named Best for the World by B-Corp in 2014.

Lester speaks to Myrtle Clarke Fields of Green For All and Neil Liddell The Haze Club. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal. Featuring Danny Glover is an award-winning actor, producer, humanitarian and political activist with a performance career that spans more than 30 years.  Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins is a social justice advocate and businesswoman. Ellis-Lamkins is the co-founder and CEO of Promise, modern payment technology platform that provides alternative payment solutions for cities, counties, states and utility companies across the country and simplifies how people manage government payments, such as utilities, child support and parking tickets by offering customizable plans and providing digital payment options. This is an episode of the Bioneers: Revolution from the Heart of Nature series. Visit the radio and podcast homepage to find out how to hear the program on your local station and how to subscribe to the podcast.    

Found In Translation Talk Show is back with host Rafael “Ray” Collazo and new cohost political communications expert Enrique Chaurand. Chaurand interviews Collazo to catch us up on this past year as Collazo has assumed the role of UnidosUS Action Fund's Executive Director. UnidosUS Action Fund is the 501c4 political arm of the nation's largest Latino Civil Rights Organization. Collazo catches us up on his new national platform and the political landscape for Latino voters in 2022. Collazo and Chaurand are then joined by one of the country's leading Latina environmentalist, Jessica “Jessie” Buendia. Jessie is the Dream Corps Vice President of Sustainability and National Director of Green For All, a nonprofit program founded by Van Jones to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. Buendia shares with us the importance of Earth Day and Latino climate change engagement. Collazo and Buendia announce an exciting new partnership between Dream Corps and UnidosUS Action Fund to mobilize Latino voters in Florida around the environment. Follow @jessie_buendia and @greenforall and work together to protect our planet for the next generations. At end of episode, Collazo makes huge announcement on next steps for both Found In Translation Talk Show and Bomba Live! Follow @fit_talkshow and @bombalivepr for more content that educates, inspires and entertains.  

“I started to realize the political discourse nationally is not representative of the American people at all. It's what's best for TV or social media. It's good for a headline, but it's not good for actual people.”Two unlikely allies in the environmental movement – Michelle Romero, a liberal leader at Green For All, and Benji Backer, a consvervative leader at the American Conservation Coalition – prove that certain problems, like the climate crisis, are bigger than political parties. Join Van, Benji and Michelle on the ground at COP26, as they talk to each other–not about each other. It turns out there are a few smart ways to partner with the “other side” to address climate change.Uncommon Ground with Van Jones is nominated for a Webby award! Please vote for us HERE before the April 21st deadline! We appreciate your support. New episodes of Uncommon Ground with Van Jones release weekly, every Wednesday.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This episode I sit down with Julian Mocine-McQueen and talk about the art of storytelling. We discuss the importance and impact of a person's story and how it's Julian's passion to help people tap into that with his organization the Million Person Project. From running around the streets of Oakland, to traveling the world helping people find their voice and tell their stories.    Meet Julian: Julian Mocine McQueen is an Oakland Ca. native raised in rural Northern California.He brings years of organizing, facilitation and training experience to his role as the co-founder, Training Director and Lead Facilitator for the Million Person Project. The Million Person Project exists to support leaders to harness the power of personal narrative to serve the most important movements of our time.Since 2011 they have worked with over 3,000 leaders from across the US and 71 different countries. The Million Person Project team has formed partnerships, coached leaders and facilitated trainings in Vietnam, South Africa, Uganda, Fiji, Tonga, Kiribati, the Solomon Islands, Turkey, and Brazil. In addition to his work with the Million Person Project ,Julian utilizes story to help organizations explore their relationship and commitment to justice and equity so that they may ensure their structures, norms, practices and culture are inclusive,safe and generative for all people. Prior to the Million Person Project Julian was a founding team member of Van Jone's nationally renowned  green  economy  organization  Green  For  All.  His  career  is fueled  by  a  strong belief  in authentic  movements  that  are  powered  by  people. To  this  end, he co- created Green For All's College  Ambassador  program,  which  cultivates  environmental  leaders  at  Historically  Black Colleges and Universities. And launched Green For All's Fellowship program, working to weave together and support the leadership of 135 seasoned organizers from all over the United States. In  2015,  Julian was  recognized by  Huffington  Post  as  one of  “10  Leaders  reshaping the Environmental Movement.” He and  his  Partner  Heather  Box  were  recognized as  one  of  16 projects  to  watch in 2016 by Grist, and Julian was a member of the inaugural “Grist 50” environmental  change  makers  list.  In  2019, he co- wrote the book, “How Your Story Set You Free,” published by Chronicle Books. He is the father to Roman, who is now walking...watch out!

Billy Wimsatt is founder and Executive Director of the Movement Voter Project, an organization that works to strengthen progressive power at all levels of government by helping donors – big and small – to support the best and most promising LOCAL community-based organizations in key states  – with a focus on youth and communities of color. Billy has 20 years of experience in journalism (published in Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, etc), social entrepreneurship (co-founded several organizations including the League of Young Voters, Ready for Warren, Solidaire, and Rebuild the Dream), philanthropy (co-founded Solidaire and consults for individual donors and family foundations), and consulting (Obama Campaign, MoveOn.org, Rock the Vote, Ohio Democratic Party, Green For All).He addresses the question of “What Could Possibly Go Right?” with thoughts including:The growth of a "multifaceted movement of movements", recognizing the intersectionality of current issuesThe dual aims of campaigning to win elections and (more importantly) to win at reconnecting as humans. "Our greatest tool has to be love and building beloved community, because we can never actually change things sustainably with fear."Complete show notes HEREConnect with Billy WimsattWebsite: https://billywimsatt.wordpress.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/billywimsatt Twitter: https://twitter.com/BillyWimsatt Follow WCPGR/Resilience.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildresilience​Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildresilience​Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildresilienceSupport the show (https://www.resilience.org/what-could-possibly-go-right-podcast-vicki-robin/supportthepodcast/)

Sunni and Lisa are joined by Majora Carter who talks about her book, Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better One.Majora Carter is a real estate developer, urban revitalization strategy consultant, MacArthur Fellow and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation and successful implementation of numerous economic developments, technology & green-infrastructure projects, policies and job training & placement systems.Carter applies her corporate consulting practice focused on talent-retention to reducing Brain Drain in American low-status communities. She has firsthand experience pioneering sustainable economic development in one of America's most storied low-status communities: the South Bronx. She and her teams develop vision, strategies and the type of development that transforms low-status communities into thriving mixed-use local economies. Her approach harnesses capital flows resulting from American re-urbanization to help increase wealth building opportunities across demographics left out of all historic financial tide changes. Majora's work produces long term fiscal benefits for governments, residents, and private real estate developments throughout North America. In 2017, she launched the Boogie Down Grind, a Hip Hop themed speciality coffee & craft beer spot, and the first commercial “3rd Space” in the Hunts Point sectionof the South Bronx since the mid-1980s. This venture also provides a rare opportunity for local families to invest through SEC approved online investment platforms. Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC:"Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one”.Her ability to shepherd projects through seemingly conflicted socio-economic currents has garnered her 8 honorary PhD's and awards such as: 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs by Goldman Sachs, Silicon Alley 100 by Business Insider, Liberty Medal for Lifetime Achievement by News Corp, and other honors from the National Building Museum, International Interior Design Association, Center for American Progress, as well as her TEDtalk (one of six to launch that site in 2006).She has served on the boards of the US Green Building Council, Ceres, The Wilderness Society, and the Andrew Goodman Foundation. Majora was born, raised and continues to live in the South Bronx. She is a graduate of the Bronx High School of Science (1984), Wesleyan University (1988 BA, Distinguished Alum) and New York University (MFA). After establishing Sustainable South Bronx (2001) and Green For All (2007), among other organizations, she opened this private consulting firm (2008) - which was named Best for the World by B-Corp in 2014.While at Sustainable South Bronx, Carter deployed MIT's first ever Mobile Fab-Lab (digital fabrication laboratory) to the South Bronx - where it served as an early iteration of the “Maker-Spaces” found elsewhere today. The project drew residents and visitors together for guided and creative collaborations. In addition, Majora Carter launched StartUp Box, a ground-breaking tech social enterprise that provided entry-level tech jobs in the South Bronx, operating it from 2014-2018. Majora Carter has helped connect tech industry pioneers such as Etsy, Gust, FreshDirect, Google, and Cisco to diverse communities at all levels.BOOK DESCRIPTION: Reclaiming Your Community: You Don't Have to Move out of Your Neighborhood to Live in a Better OneHow can we solve the problem of persistent poverty in low-status communities? Majora Carter argues that these areas need a talent-retention strategy, just like the ones companies have. Retaining homegrown talent is a critical part of creating a strong local economy that can resist gentrification. But too

New month greetings Glocal Citizens! February in North America marks Black History Month [https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month] and my guest comes to us from a bedrock city in the story of migration and activism in black history by way of his own family's journey from in his native Cape Verde. Temosticles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira is a multi-talented keynote speaker astounding audiences with his unique blend of poetry, hip-hop music, and relevant social messages. He has spoken at many prestigious universities including Harvard University, Brown University and UMass Amherst and he has shared the stage with recording artists Common, KRS-1, and Ludacris. From large audiences at city-wide earth day festivals, to more intimate settings including classrooms and school assemblies, his word inspire people, particularly youth, with powerful messages focused on personal transformation, critical thinking, global responsibility and how young people can use their voices to be leaders in their communities. Merging his talents as a hip-hop artist and passions as an environmental justice activist he has recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign enabling him to publish his stunning 252 page YA (young audiences) graphic novel, Planeta Blu - Rise of Agoo. He wrote this story to inspire the next generation of youth of color. As an African American born in west Africa, he was called to write this book to create a world where a strong, young black woman would be the hero and that other youth of color could see themselves in the same heroic, positive light. This is another lively two-part interview so be sure to tune in x2 for insights into how this justice entrepreneur is re[presenting] superheroes of yesterday and today for a more sustainable tomorrow. Where to find Tem? planetablu.com (https://planetablu.com) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tem-blessed-4b229440/) On Instragram (https://www.instagram.com/temblessed/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/temblessed) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/temblessed) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/temblessed) What's Tem reading? Autobiography of Malcolm X (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B013ZNNX5C&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_32E6GCG1H7G075Q334X9&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Malcolm X and Alex Haley The Art of Living (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B01ER6FZVQ&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_5AEZ095XBVA4VY2BVAB8&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Thich Nhat Hanh The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B005BRS8Z6&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_2TTZNS4ABVKF0Q71V60C&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Don Miguel Ruiz Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy, The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B084DC3SSK&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_21C0HVCBWN2Z4PF9M8SB&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Miguel Ruiz Books by Ram Dass (https://smile.amazon.com/Ram-Dass/e/B001HCS3GS/ref=sxts_entity_h_bsx_s_def_r00_t_aufl?pd_rd_w=ppiTe&pf_rd_p=7b65f550-ae72-40a7-86e4-c165711b4536&pf_rd_r=T7RD5G9KAAX9KAXR2J4Y&pd_rd_r=590ba815-1508-4546-a28a-569817c00564&pd_rd_wg=9LwC0&qid=1643613281&cv_ct_cx=ram+dass) Spawn Comic Series (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/spawn) What's Tem watching? Star Wars (https://www.starwars.com/films) See (https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/see/) What's Tem listening to? Kendrick Lamar (https://www.kendricklamar.com/) A Tribe Calle Quest (https://atribecalledquest.com/home/) De La Soul (https://www.wearedelasoul.com/) Bob Marley (https://dev.bobmarley.com/music/) Nahko and Medicine for the People (https://www.nahko.com/about) Chachi Carvalho (https://chachihiphop.com/) Tem Blessed's Music (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/tem-blessed/194971404) Strela Negra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHtrrc-hgA) Ceseria Evora (https://www.cesaria-evora.com) Other topics of interest: Van Jones' Dream Corps (https://www.thedreamcorps.org) Upward Bound (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upward_Bound) Knoll Farm and Peter Forbes (https://knollfarm.org/our-story/) Sundown Towns (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/sundown-towns-racism-black-drivers-tiktok) Historic New Bedford (https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/africanamerican.htm) Frederick Douglass (https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm) Cape Verdean Americans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Americans) Revolution Leader Amílcar Cabral (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%ADlcar_Cabral) Portuguese Dictator DiAntonio de Oli veira Salazar (https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/28/archives/antonio-salazar-a-quiet-autocrat-who-held-power-in-portugal-for-40.html) Image Comics (https://imagecomics.com) Dark Horse Comics (https://www.darkhorse.com) *When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Temistocles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira .

New month greetings Glocal Citizens! February in North America marks Black History Month [https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-month] and my guest comes to us from a bedrock city in the story of migration and activism in black history by way of his own family's journey from in his native Cape Verde. Temosticles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira is a multi-talented keynote speaker astounding audiences with his unique blend of poetry, hip-hop music, and relevant social messages. He has spoken at many prestigious universities including Harvard University, Brown University and UMass Amherst and he has shared the stage with recording artists Common, KRS-1, and Ludacris. From large audiences at city-wide earth day festivals, to more intimate settings including classrooms and school assemblies, his word inspire people, particularly youth, with powerful messages focused on personal transformation, critical thinking, global responsibility and how young people can use their voices to be leaders in their communities. Merging his talents as a hip-hop artist and passions as an environmental justice activist he has recently completed a successful Kickstarter campaign enabling him to publish his stunning 252 page YA (young audiences) graphic novel, Planeta Blu - Rise of Agoo. He wrote this story to inspire the next generation of youth of color. As an African American born in west Africa, he was called to write this book to create a world where a strong, young black woman would be the hero and that other youth of color could see themselves in the same heroic, positive light. This is another lively two-part interview so be sure to tune in x2 for insights into how this justice entrepreneur is re[presenting] superheroes of yesterday and today for a more sustainable tomorrow. Where to find Tem? planetablu.com (https://planetablu.com) On LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tem-blessed-4b229440/) On Instragram (https://www.instagram.com/temblessed/) On Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/temblessed) On Twitter (https://twitter.com/temblessed) On YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/temblessed) What's Tem reading? Autobiography of Malcolm X (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B013ZNNX5C&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_32E6GCG1H7G075Q334X9&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Malcolm X and Alex Haley The Art of Living (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B01ER6FZVQ&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_5AEZ095XBVA4VY2BVAB8&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Thich Nhat Hanh The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom, A Toltec Wisdom Book (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B005BRS8Z6&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_2TTZNS4ABVKF0Q71V60C&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Don Miguel Ruiz Beyond Fear: A Toltec Guide to Freedom and Joy, The Teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz (https://read.amazon.com/kp/embed?asin=B084DC3SSK&preview=newtab&linkCode=kpe&ref_=cm_sw_r_kb_dp_21C0HVCBWN2Z4PF9M8SB&tag=glocalcitiz09-20) by Miguel Ruiz Books by Ram Dass (https://smile.amazon.com/Ram-Dass/e/B001HCS3GS/ref=sxts_entity_h_bsx_s_def_r00_t_aufl?pd_rd_w=ppiTe&pf_rd_p=7b65f550-ae72-40a7-86e4-c165711b4536&pf_rd_r=T7RD5G9KAAX9KAXR2J4Y&pd_rd_r=590ba815-1508-4546-a28a-569817c00564&pd_rd_wg=9LwC0&qid=1643613281&cv_ct_cx=ram+dass) Spawn Comic Series (https://imagecomics.com/comics/series/spawn) What's Tem watching? Star Wars (https://www.starwars.com/films) See (https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/see/) What's Tem listening to? Kendrick Lamar (https://www.kendricklamar.com/) A Tribe Calle Quest (https://atribecalledquest.com/home/) De La Soul (https://www.wearedelasoul.com/) Bob Marley (https://dev.bobmarley.com/music/) Nahko and Medicine for the People (https://www.nahko.com/about) Chachi Carvalho (https://chachihiphop.com/) Tem Blessed's Music (https://music.apple.com/us/artist/tem-blessed/194971404) Strela Negra (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTHtrrc-hgA) Ceseria Evora (https://www.cesaria-evora.com) Other topics of interest: Van Jones' Dream Corps (https://www.thedreamcorps.org) Upward Bound (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upward_Bound) Knoll Farm and Peter Forbes (https://knollfarm.org/our-story/) Sundown Towns (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/adeonibada/sundown-towns-racism-black-drivers-tiktok) Historic New Bedford (https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/africanamerican.htm) Frederick Douglass (https://www.nps.gov/nebe/learn/historyculture/frederickdouglass.htm) Cape Verdean Americans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Verdean_Americans) Revolution Leader Amílcar Cabral (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%ADlcar_Cabral) Portuguese Dictator DiAntonio de Oli veira Salazar (https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/28/archives/antonio-salazar-a-quiet-autocrat-who-held-power-in-portugal-for-40.html) Image Comics (https://imagecomics.com) Dark Horse Comics (https://www.darkhorse.com) *When you click and purchase books using the link(s) above, as an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Thank you for your support! Special Guest: Temistocles "Tem Blessed" Ferreira .

Phaedra Ellis Lamkins is the CEO of Promise, a payment technology platform that simplifies how people manage government payments like utilities, child support, parking tickets and more by offering customizable plans and providing digital payment options. The organization has secured funding from a wide array of investors including Roc Nation, Starbucks, Bumble, Kapor Capital, XYZ, First Round, and many more. Promise secured 20 million dollars in its Series A collectively raising  50 million dollars overall which is one of the largest funding rounds for a Black, women-led startup with investors like Kapor Capital, Bronze, First Round, and Y Combinator.Phaedra herself is a rockstar in the world of social justice and music: prior to starting Promise, she served as the Executive Officer of the South Bay AFL–CIO Labor Council, she served as the personal manager for legendary musician Prince, and helped procure Prince's ownership of his catalog, negotiating his deal with Warner Bros and co-founding NPG Music Publishing LLC. She also succeeded Van Jones as the CEO of Green For All, and worked with the Congressional Black Caucus to advocate for standards in environmental protection and spearheaded state, local and federal victories in creating solutions to both poverty and pollution.Her work and leadership has been recognized over the course of her career, including highlights like:the World Economic Forum as a Young Global LeaderEssence for their 25 Most Influential African AmericansEbony for their Power 150The Grio for their 100 History Makers in the MakingBlack Enterprise for their 40 Next: Emerging Leaders for our Future2018 SPUR Award from the San Francisco Urban

This week on the Nonprofit Build Up, Nic is talking with Sarah Shanley Hope. Sarah is the VP of Brand + Partnerships at The Solutions Project following seven years as the organization's first Executive Director. Under Sarah's leadership, the organization transformed its mission and culture to center racial and gender equity, launched the field's first and only award-winning intermediary climate and equity fund, and grew a celebratory, collaborative and inclusive movement for 100 percent clean energy.Sarah has held executive or leadership roles at the Alliance for Climate Education, Green For All, Cargill and Best Buy over her 15+ years of experience in brand strategy and social change.

“Everyone has the right to a healthy home.” – Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks This week on the Gooder Podcast I had the pleasure of talking with Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, the President and CEO at ECOS. We discuss the innovations in ECOS and how they ensure sustainability in the company. We also learn about the trends that have come up in the natural cleaning industry, accelerated due to the pandemic. Along the way we learn the story of the transformation of a family legacy into a category champion and hear about an innovative leader who advocates for corporate social responsibility and sustainable manufacturing. In this episode we learn: - About the family history and legacy of ECOS.  - How far green science has evolved and its impact on product efficacy in home cleaning and personal care. - Reasons why consumers resist switching from traditional industrial cleaners to more people/planet/pet friendly cleaning products. - About product innovation and trends in the natural cleaning industry. - The behind-the-scenes efforts of developing one of the most disruptive environmentally friendly supply chains and its net-positive impact for consumers pocketbooks. - How Kelly’s commitment to diversity, inclusion and love inspires a brand that continues to break all the rules on its way to saving the planet. About Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks: As President and CEO, Kelly Vlahakis-Hanks, leads the strategy and production environmentally friendly cleaning products at ECOS. She oversees four geographically diverse facilities across the U.S. as well as a European Manufacturing platform. She has been widely recognized for her highly effective movement, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable manufacturing. Vlahakis-Hanks has led ECOS to become a Climate Positive company and the first company in the world to achieve the sustainability trifecta of carbon neutrality, water neutrality, and TRUE Platinum Zero Waste certification. Her sustainable business   practice has made ECOS a model for green business in the U.S. ECOS is a primary manufacture that has received many awards for its innovations in safer green chemistry, including the U.S. EPA’s Safer Choice Partner of the Year four times. As an African American woman and the daughter of a Greek immigrant, Vlahakis-Hanks has made environmental and social justice a cornerstone of ECOS’s mission. She actively promotes a corporate culture of diversity and empowerment, ensuring that over 50% of her C-Suite and top executives are women. She supports a green economy by creating sustainable manufacturing jobs across the U.S. and offering strong employee benefits and a living minimum wage of $17 per hour, one of the highest in the industry.  She also offers financial incentives to employees who make sustainable living choices such as purchasing a low-emissions vehicle or solar panels. Vlahakis-Hanks received her undergraduate degree at UCLA and an MBA at Chapman University Argyros School of Business and Economics. She has been featured on CNN, CBS News, FOX News, NBC News, Bloomberg and Marketwatch and in publications such as Fortune, Entrepreneur and the Los Angeles Times. She has received many awards for her sustainable leadership, including Entrepreneur Magazine’s 100 Powerful Women in 2020 and Conscious Company’s World-Changing Women in Conscious Business Award. She is an active member of several boards, including the Environmental Media Association and the Chapman University Board of Governors, where she serves on the Diversity Task Force. She is active in industry councils and public policy advocacy, including the American Sustainable Business Council and the Companies for Safer Chemicals coalition, working to promote higher standards for consumer products to protect human health and the environment.  She is also a member of YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization) and Abundance 360, Peter Diamandis’ select community of executives and entrepreneurs using exponential technologies to transform their businesses. Vlahakis-Hanks resides in southern California with her husband, teenage daughter and rescue dog Mina. Guests Social Media Links: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kellyvlahakishanks/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/kvlahakis?lang=en Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kellyfromecos/?hl=en Website: https://www.ecos.com     Show Resources: ECOS’ One-Step Disinfectant - Fragrance Free. ECOSNEXT™ Liquidless Laundry Detergent - Free & Clear. The University of California, Los Angeles is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA traces its early origins back to 1882 as the southern branch of the California State Normal School. Brown + Dutch was founded in 1996 when Alyson Dutch and her chocolate Labrador Rocky Brown found themselves starting a PR agency, quite by accident.  Walmart Inc. is an American multinational retail corporation that operates a chain of hypermarkets, discount department stores, and grocery stores from the United States, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962 and incorporated on October 31, 1969.    Sam's West, Inc. is an American chain of membership-only retail warehouse clubs owned and operated by Walmart Inc., founded in 1983 and named after Walmart founder Sam Walton.  Costco Wholesale Corporation is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box retail stores. As of 2020, Costco was the fifth largest retailer in the world, and the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef, organic foods, rotisserie chicken, and wine as of 2016.  TerraCycle is a private U.S. recycling business headquartered in Trenton, New Jersey. It primarily runs a volunteer-based recycling platform to collect non-recyclable pre-consumer and post-consumer waste on behalf of corporate donors or municipalities to turn it into raw material to be used in new products.  Whole Foods Market, Inc. is an American multinational supermarket chain headquartered in Austin, Texas, which sells products free from hydrogenated fats and artificial colors, flavors, and preservatives. A USDA Certified Organic grocer in the United States, the chain is popularly known for its organic selections. The Environmental Protection Agency is an independent executive agency of the United States federal government tasked with environmental protection matters. President Richard Nixon proposed the establishment of EPA on July 9, 1970; it began operation on December 2, 1970, after Nixon signed an executive order. Safer Choice helps consumers, businesses, and purchasers find products that perform and contain ingredients that are safer for human health and the environment. Green For All is an organization whose stated goal is to build a green economy while simultaneously lifting citizens out of poverty. It is a DC-based group that brings unions and environmentalists together to push for anti-poverty measures and a clean-energy economy. The Environmental Media Awards have been awarded by the Environmental Media Association since 1991 to the best television episode or film with an environmental message. YPO is a global leadership community of chief executives with approximately 29,000 members in more than 130 countries, according to the organization's 2019 YPO international fact sheet. Women's History Month is an annual declared month that highlights the contributions of women to events in history and contemporary society. Daniel Pink’s Master Class: Teaches Sales and Persuasion. Kellogg Garden has operated as a family-owned and operated company. Established in 1925, they have remained a stable, steadfast family business guided by the core values of their founder, H. Clay Kellogg: integrity, innovation, loyalty, experience, commitment, and generosity. Beyond Green is a Certified B Corp making positive change easier by inspiring everyone to create a sustainable world. Rivian is an American automaker and automotive technology company founded in 2009. The company develops vehicles, products and services related to sustainable transportation. Publix was founded in 1930 in Winter Haven, Florida, by George W. Jenkins. Their mission is to be the premier quality food retailer in the world. Episode Sponsor - Retail Voodoo: A creative marketing firm specializing in growing, fixing and reinventing brands in the food, beverage, wellness and fitness industry. If your natural brand is in need of positioning, package design or marketing activation, we’re here to help. 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Ben Gilbarg and Angel Diaz are mobilizing youth through digital media, helping individuals explore career paths and ultimately find their voice in a noisy world. Big Picture Anthems was founded in 2016, but its model has been developed over the past two decades. Ben is a creative catalyst and communications visionary with a passion for social impact, and Angel has been engaging youth to pursue their passion in Southeast Mass. In 1998, Ben co-founded 3rd EyE Unlimited and for 13 years engaged young people through mentoring, community building, and hip hop cultural events such as the nationally recognized 3rd EyE Open Festival. From 1998-2010, Ben produced a TV show entitled “Put Out the Word,” which aired on the Dish Network and public access tv eclipsing a reach of twenty million homes. Ben has worked with thousands of youth since 1998 and therefore has the pulse on what young people respond to. Ben has produced dynamic projects for the National Park Service, Green For All, the University of Rhode Island, the Mass. Department of Public Health, Yes We Code, and many others. He is a graduate from UMass Amherst, and has a Master’s Degree in Media Ventures from Boston University’s College of Communication. Ben is a husband, father of three, and grandfather. Angel Diaz has worked with many youth community organizations in Southcoast Mass. for over a decade. Angel has found and developed his skill set for engaging youth to pursue their passion. With Big Picture Anthems and STEAM the Streets, Angel travels to schools to engage students in an interactive assembly including his turntables, profile videos, music video, and dynamic images. He showcases the many careers that involve STEAM and encourages students with motivational speaking to pursue these career paths. He currently serves as head of the music department and STEAM teacher at Our Sisters’ School, an independent non-profit, tuition-free school for low-income girls. Angel formerly served as Program Director for The Dream Out Loud Center for the Arts. Angel is a DJ/Producer while also being an educator. Using this medium of “Edutainment,” he engages all types of crowds and communities to help develop their greater potential. For more information and available downloads, go to http://arcaandassociates.com/ © 2021 Philip Arca

This month, Sean and Jules had an eye-opening conversation with Michelle Romero, National Director at Dream Corps, Green For All. The Green For All program fights for a world that is green for all, not green for some. Michelle shed light on the clean air crisis, the need for green jobs, and more.Dream Corps work at the intersection of the environmental, economic, and racial justice movements to advance solutions to poverty and pollution. Under Michelle’s leadership, Green For All has been a leading voice against efforts to dismantle climate and clean energy progress and is working to shift billions of dollars from polluter pockets to polluted communities through carbon pricing and inclusive financing strategies.LinksTo learn more about Dream Corps Green For All, and how to get involved, visit greenforall.org or text “GREEN” to 97483. For information on #FUELCHANGE, check out our blog!The Solar Disruption Theory would be nothing without our amazing guests. Want to join us on an episode? Drops us a line and let us know what you would like to talk about on the show. Include as much information as you would like! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Welcome back to Environmental Professionals Radio, Connecting the Environmental Professionals Community Through Conversation, with your hosts Laura Thorne and Nic Frederick! On today's episode, we talk with Asti Davis. Asti is a Baton Rouge native who works at the intersection of law and environmental justice with a focus on green economies, environmental justice, urban forestry and agriculture, and policy making.  Read her full bio below.Help us continue to great content! If you'd like to sponsor a future episode hit the support podcast button or visit www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form Showtimes: 0:31 - NAEP Member Shoutouts1:43 - We learn about Nic's job9:43 - Interview with Asti starts13:01 - What Asti likes to do for fun19:00 - How to get young people more engaged in environmental policyPlease be sure to subscribe, rate and review. This podcast is produced by the National Association of Environmental Professions (NAEP). Check out all the NAEP has to offer at NAEP.org.Asti Davis Bio - Baton Rouge native Asti Davis works at the intersection of law and environmental justice with a focus on green economies, environmental justice, urban forestry and agriculture, and policy making. She believes her work in environmental justice is an integral component of the continuing civil rights movement. Previously Asti served at the Arbor Day Foundation, Green For All, and WE Act. She earned a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Dillard University and a juris doctorate from Loyola University of New Orleans.You can find Asit on Instagram @environista and on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/astidavis/ Music CreditsIntro: Givin Me Eyes by Grace MesaOutro: Never Ending Soul Groove by Mattijs MullerSupport the show (https://www.environmentalprofessionalsradio.com/sponsor-form)

Sarah Shanley Hope is the VP of Brand + Partnerships at The Solutions Project following seven years as the organization’s first Executive Director. Under Sarah’s leadership, the organization transformed its mission and culture to center racial and gender equity, launched the field’s first and only award-winning intermediary climate and equity fund, and grew a celebratory, collaborative and inclusive movement for 100% clean energy. Sarah has held executive or leadership roles at the Alliance for Climate Education, Green For All, Cargill and Best Buy over her 15+ years of experience in brand strategy and social change. She has raised and helped deploy more than $50 million in support of a racial equity and climate solutions agenda over her tenure in the field. https://thesolutionsproject.org/ https://nexuspmg.com/

Michelle Romero, National Director of Green For All, is bringing together unlikely coalitions to find new solutions for reducing poverty while building a clean-energy economy. She's at the forefront of the environmental justice movement, the mastery of which is now essential for anyone wanting a career in sustainability.

Julian Mocine-McQueen is an Oakland Ca. native raised in rural Northern California. He brings years of organizing, facilitation and training experience to his role as the co-founder, Training Director and Lead Facilitator for the Million Person Project. The Million Person Project exists to support leaders to harness the power of personal narrative to serve the most important movements of our time. In addition to his work with the Million Person Project, Julian utilizes story to help organizations explore their relationship and commitment to justice and equity so that they may ensure their structures, norms, practices and culture are inclusive, safe and generative for all people. Prior to the Million Person Project Julian was a founding team member of Van Jone’s nationally renowned green economy organization Green For All. His career is fueled by a strong belief in authentic movements that are powered by people. To this end, he co-created Green For All’s College Ambassador program, which cultivates environmental leaders at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. And launched Green For All’s Fellowship program, working to weave together and support the leadership of 135 seasoned organizers from all over the United States. In 2015, Julian was recognized by Huffington Post as one of “10 Leaders reshaping the Environmental Movement.” In 2019, he co-wrote the book, “How Your Story Set You Free,” published by Chronicle Books.

Work. Shouldn't. Suck. LIVE: The Morning(ish) Show with special guests Ashara Ekundayo, Esteban Kelly & Syrus Marcus Ware. [Live show recorded: June 8, 2020.] ASHARA EKUNDAYO is a Detroit-born independent curator, creative industries entrepreneur, cultural strategist, and founder working across arts, community, government, and social innovation spaces. Through her consulting company AECreative Consulting Partners, LLC she designs and manages multidimensional international projects and fosters collaborative relationships through the use of mindfulness and permaculture principles to bring vision to life and create opportunities “in the deep end,” often with unlikely allies. Her creative arts practice epistemology requires an embodied commitment to recognizing joy in the midst of struggle. // In 2012 Ashara co-founded Impact Hub Oakland and Omi Arts and served as the Co-Director, Curator, and the Chief Creative Officer who designed and bottom-lined the brand messaging and creative practice programming of the entire company. In December 2017, she launched Ashara Ekundayo Gallery as a pilot-project social practice platform centering and exclusively exhibiting the artwork of Black womxn and women of the African Diaspora to investigate and inspire social and spiritual inquiry at the nexus of fact, the Black feminist imaginary, and Afrofuturism through visual and performance installation. // She currently holds Advisory Board positions with VSCO.co, Black Girls Code and the Oakland Public Conservatory of Music, and has served as a Fellow with the U.S. Dept. of State Bureau of Educational & Cultural Affairs, Green For All, Emerging Arts Professionals, Schools Without Borders, and Institute For The Future. Ashara is also a Certified Permaculture Designer, Certified Foresight Practitioner, and a Graduate of Thousand Currents Leadership Academy and Rockwood Leadership – LeadNOW: California. Additionally, she holds an “Embodied Justice” Residency at Auburn Seminary in NYC, and an M.A. in Gender & Social Change from the Korbel School of International Affairs at the University of Denver. // Ashara’s commitment to social transformation is informed by an intersectional framework that aims to expand the influence and impact of arts and culture on racial equity, gender + justice, and environmental literacy. She is a womanist, a meditator, a mentor, and the mother of two sons and three granddaughters. T/IG @blublakwomyn ESTEBAN KELLY is a visionary leader and compassionate strategist who inspires organizers by drawing on science fiction, social theory, and collective liberation. Uniting close friends and long-time co-organizers, Esteban was inspired to co-create AORTA culling together his creative energy and organizational skills for expanding food sovereignty, solidarity economy & cooperative business, gender justice & queer liberation, and movements for racial justice. // Esteban’s work is vast. In addition to working for AORTA, he is the Co-Executive Director for the US Federation of Worker Co-ops (USFWC), and a co-founder and current board President of the cross-sector Philadelphia Area Cooperative Alliance (PACA). // Internationally, Esteban has advocated for workplace democracy through the ICA (International Cooperative Alliance) and CICOPA (the international worker co-op federation), and for land reform and other social movements from Canada to Brazil. // After many years as a PhD student of Marxist Geographers at the CUNY Graduate Center, Esteban has left academia with a Masters in Anthropology. Most recently, Esteban worked as Development Director and then Staff Director for the New Economy Coalition. From 2009-2011, Esteban served as Vice President of the USFWC, and a board member of the Democracy At Work Institute (DAWI) and the US Solidarity Economy Network. He is also a previous Director of Education & Training and Board President of NASCO (North American Students for Cooperation) where he was...

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal.

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal.

Van Jones is a CNN political commentator, regularly appearing across the network's programming and special political coverage. The founder of Dream Corps, Rebuild The Dream, Green For All, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, and Color of Change, he is presently a fellow at the MIT Media Lab.A Yale-educated attorney, he is the author of two New York Times best-selling books, The Green Collar Economy (2008) and Rebuild the Dream (2012). The second book chronicles his journey as an environmental and human-rights activist who became a White House policy advisor.He delivered this speech at the 33rd Annual E.F. Schumacher Lectures on November 9th, 2013.If you would like a physical copy of this lecture or others like it, visit centerforneweconomics.org/order-pamphlets to purchase pamphlets of published works and transcripts.The Schumacher Center's applied work seeks to implement the principles described by these speakers within the context of the Berkshire hills of Massachusetts. Our work, both educational and applied, is supported by listeners like you. You can strengthen our mission by making a donation at centerforneweconomics.org/donate, or call us at (413) 528-1737 to make an appointment to visit our research library and office at 140 Jug End Road, Great Barrington, Massachusetts

K. Wyking Garrett is the President & CEO of Africatown Community Land Trust and chief strategist for the Africatown community development initiative in Seattle, WA. A third generation community builder and recognized change agent, Wyking designs programs and initiatives that catalyze, mobilize and activate communities for policy change and social impact. He has been a co-catalyst for several Seattle based initiatives including precedent-setting real estate development projects Liberty Bank Building and Africatown Plaza, Umoja PEACE Center, Hack The CD, Black Dot business incubator and Africatown Center for Education Innovation.  He was a founding director of the African American Heritage Museum & Cultural Center in Seattle, WA and for fifteen years he served in various leadership capacities including chair and managing director of the Umoja Fest Africatown Heritage Festival & Parade, the Pacific Northwest's longest running Pan African festival.   Wyking has been the recipient of several awards including 2014 Center for Ethical Leadership Legacy Leadership Award and the Tabor 100 2016 Crystal Eagle Award. He is also an inaugural member of the City of Seattle Music Commission and Alumni Fellow with Green For All, a leading U.S. environmental advocacy organization.

Episode 049: 2019 Earth Week Virtual Summit Overview Take a tour of the 2019 Earth Week Virtual Summit! www.EarthWeekSummit.com  What is it? Originally aired April 22 - 28, 2019, the Summit features a total of 24 interviews featuring community leaders and experts. Each session provides tips and actionable advice from people who are making a real eco-impact on the ground. Save yourself years of wasting time, by learning proven strategies that are working right now! Can I still access the Summit? Yes! The Summit is available on-demand. Purchase access for just $97. Download the audio. Get video access. You'll also get access to a valuable training how to host your own virtual summit.  Who are the speakers? What is the schedule? Visit www.EarthWeekSummit.com to view the entire schedule, read speaker bios and find out about the sessions. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Here's an overview of the line-up: Day 1: The Power of Music Michelle Romero, Green For All  Laurie Goldman, The ClimateMusic Project  Laurie Dameron, Spaceship Earth, What Can I Do? Day 2: Waste Not, Want Not Luke Stahmer, Arc Thrift Stores  Michael Forman, Pure Love Sustainability Inc Sandie Weathers & Andrea Guajardo, Zero Waste Services Day 3: Food, Health and Community Beverly Grant, Mo' Betta Green MarketPlace  Brad Allen Reubendale, SAME Cafe Scott Clobes, Roots In Nutrition and Highland United Neighbors Day 4: Climate Action Dann Diez, Sustainable Energy and Enterprise Development for Communities  Dr. Ingo Stuckmann, Zero- Footprint.com Helga Luest, Give a Shift, Climate Reality Steve Stevens, Personal Footprint Renovator, Golden, CO  Day 5: Youth & School Initiatives Leala Pourier, Earth Guardians & Stronghold Society  Mugisha Derrick Emmanuel, Fika Afrika Advocacy Foundation Lisa Dewil, Green Team Superheroes Barb Mills-Bria & Mary Gilkison, Sustainable Green Mountain  Day 6: The Work of Eco-Changemakers Deb Matlock, Wild Rhythms, LLC  Martin Ogle, Entrepreneurial Earth, LLC Lauren McNeil & Laura Charlier, Group14 Engineering  Day 7: Telling Our Stories, Building a Movement Ean Thomas Tafoya, Colorado Latino Forum  Joseph Kerski, ESRI Story Maps Beth Leeds, Lifelong Activist & Ocean Protector Joan Gregerson, Green Team Academy  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Your Podcast & Virtual Summit Host: Joan Gregerson, founder of Green Team Academy and owner of Positive Energy Works LLC. Having wasted decades doing ineffective stuff, then by trial and error, I finally figured out what works and what doesn't. I now mentor people who want to make a huge eco-impact fast. Through the Green Team Academy, I offer a podcast, free resources, online courses and coaching. www.GreenTeam Academy.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Get access to the Earth Week Virtual Summit: Upgrade to Premium now for just $97! www.EarthWeekSummit.com/premium The planet needs us to be effective! I'm bursting with gratitude for all the speakers and everyone who is stepping up to care for our lovely Mother Earth.

Trump attacks Fox News over Bernie Sanders. Should Republicans be afraid of Bernie Sanders? Alex Emmons LIVE on Yemen and Trump's veto. Tucker Carlson gets creepy discussing Pete Buttigieg. Mitch McConnell's Time 100 write up about Brett Kavanaugh is unbearable. Michelle Romero LIVE on Green For All's Fuel Change Campaign bringing attention to how low income communities are affected by climate change. Roy Moore leads Alabama polls again. Details on a massive opioid bust. Cohost: Brooke ThomasGuests: Alex Emmons & Michelle Romero See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins is an American social justice advocate and businesswoman. Prior to Co-Founding Promise, Phaedra ran revenue and operations at Honor. Before Honor, Phaedra worked with the musician Prince and led the effort to secure ownership of his masters. She is a labor and community organizer by trade who is committed to making measurable change. Ellis-Lamkins was the Executive Officer of the South Bay AFL-CIO Labor Council, an organized labor federation representing more than 100 unions and more than 110,000 members in California's Santa Clara and San Benito counties. She was also Executive Director of Working Partnerships USA, a coalition of community groups, and labor and faith organizations working to address economic disparities in California's Silicon Valley. She also served as the CEO of the anti-poverty organization Green For All. San Jose Magazine named Ellis-Lamkins one of the 100 most powerful people in Silicon Valley. She was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and one of the 25 most Powerful Americans by Ebony Magazine. She is currently a Board Member of Tipping Point.     What is your mental well being? How to deal with sadness and/or loss and how to then find hope Learn to put the mask on yourself before anyone else Why thinking of your life as an example for your kids, your family, and the generations after you is crucial How to shift from never feeling enough with what you do or who you are to finding joy and love in each moment  The power of presence and how it can shift your life How Phaedra used 6 months off to find herself and find her joy How deeply do you love yourself?  Through our own missteps we can then figure out what we actually want and what actually feels good for us  Taking it a step further and recognizing what actually feels good for us may not be what feels good for our ego Learn to let go of what you thought you wanted your life to look like Forgiveness Meditation practice and how it can teach you to live in the grey instead of in rigid black or white The challenges we face as women of color and how to process this story or belief and let the expectations we may have go to find freedom Learn about the new project she launched called Promise that expands the current bail system in areas where bail reform isn't up to par  

Cutting fossil fuel subsidies, updating building codes, offering electric vehicle ridesharing programs for farm workers, and more. In this show, we talk climate solutions.A new landmark United Nations climate report concluded that world leaders have just 12 years to fundamentally restructure society, including dramatic changes to the energy system, if we are to avoid the most disastrous impacts of climate change.That’s not a very sunny outlook. Particularly in today’s partisan political landscape.And yet, stakeholders continue to push for climate policy action.In this episode, we speak to experts at the clean economy group Green For All, the conservative think tank R Street Institute, and the policy firm Energy Innovation about the policies believe are necessary — and politically feasible — to implement.Recommended reading:Vox: A Green New Deal is on the ballot in Washington state this yearPortland Business Journal: Oregon cap-and-trade backers eye 2019 after failed short-session bidWashington Examiner: Confessions of a Former Carbon Tax SkepticBook: Designing Climate Solutions Subscribe to the Political Climate podcast via ApplePodcasts, GooglePlay, TuneIn, Overcast, Stitcher and Spotify.Follow Political Climate on Twitter @Poli_Climate.

Black Kids in Outer Space interviews Majora Carter. Carter is a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems. At Sustainable South Bronx, Carter deployed MIT’s first ever Mobile Fab-Lab (digital fabrication laboratory) to the South Bronx - where it served as an early iteration of the “Maker-Spaces” found elsewhere today. The project drew residents and visitors together for guided and creative collaborations. After establishing Sustainable South Bronx and Green For All (among other organizations) to carry on that work, she opened a private consulting firm to help spread the message and success of social enterprise and economic development in low-status communities - which was named Best for the World by B-Corp in 2014. Her work is characterized by an emphasis on talent-retentionon the corporate and community levels. Clients include industry leaders in many fields, municipal and federal government agencies, and leading educational institutions across the US. From this vantage point, Majora co-founded the now 750+ member Bronx Tech Meetup, as well as the StartUpBox Software Services company which is rebuilding the entry level tech job pipeline by using market forces and established business practices to help diversify the US tech sector. Clients include Digital.nyc, PlayDots, and GIPHY, among others. Majora Carter has helped connect tech industry pioneers such as Etsy, Gust, FreshDirect, Google, and Cisco to diverse communities at all levels, and she continues to drive resources that value diversity into the communities left out of previous economic growth trends. For more info please go to: http://www.majoracartergroup.com/

Important discussions about pollution, poverty and environmental equality with Van Jones, Reverend Yearwood, Vien Troung. And of course some silly science facts by GD Max. Please listen and share!

This week on FREEda's World, I have the pleasure of interviewing my dear friend/ fellow Johnnie (Shoutout to St. John's University) and radio personality Roxie Digital! Roxie has also been inducted into the FREEda Women hall of fame! On this episode we get into all things Roxie as she takes us through her journey of life and success. *We are proud to announce that our FREEda Woman of the week is the amazing Majora Carter! Majora Carter is a leading urban revitalization strategy consultant, real estate developer, and Peabody Award winning broadcaster. She is responsible for the creation & implementation of numerous green-infrastructure projects, policies, and job training & placement systems. At Sustainable South Bronx, Carter deployed MIT’s first ever Mobile Fab-Lab (digital fabrication laboratory) to the South Bronx - where it served as an early iteration of the “Maker-Spaces” found elsewhere today. The project drew residents and visitors together for guided and creative collaborations. After establishing Sustainable South Bronx and Green For All (among other organizations) to carry on that work, she opened a private consulting firm to help spread the message and success of social enterprise and economic development in low-status communities - which was named Best for the Worldby B-Corp. Her work is characterized by an emphasis on talent-retentionon the corporate and community levels. Clients include industry leaders in many fields, municipal and federal government agencies, and leading educational institutions across the US. Be sure to check out our website www.freedawomennyc.com to shop for the latest accessories and while you're there check out our blog to learn more about who we are, our social impact initiatives and upcoming events. To like, subscribe and comment, follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @freedawomennyc FREEda’s World podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Stitcher. Please leave us a review and tell us what you think! Music by: 3MBeatz References: www.majoracartergroup.com

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal.

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal.

Vien Truong is one of the country’s foremost policy experts and strategists on building an equitable green economy. She leads Green For All, a national initiative that puts communities of color at the forefront of the climate movement and equality at the center of environmental solutions.

SUBSCRIBE: WWW.EARTHREPAIRRADIO.COM In this episode we talk about Social Permaculture and how to cultivate the ecosystem of social connections and potentials in a system. Pandora has done amazing work, notably using Permaculture as a tool for transitioning people coming out of prison back into society in an uplifting way. Pandora's Link: www.pandorathomas.com Pandora Thomas full biography The earth is my employer Pandora Thomas is a passionate global citizen who works as a caregiver, teacher, writer, designer and speaker. Her work emphasizes the benefits of applying ecological principles to social design. She studied at Columbia and Tufts University and with several permaculture and ecological design programs. Her writing includes a children’s book, various curricula and a manual entitled "Shades of Green" for individuals wanting to teach green building to youth. She has keynoted and lectured both domestically and internationally on topics ranging from diversity, social justice, youth and women's leadership, social entrepreneurship permaculture and sustainability. She has designed curriculum for and taught groups all over the world as diverse as Iraqi and Indonesian youth to men serving in San Quentin and men and women returning home from incarceration. Her most recent projects include co-founding the Black Permaculture Network, working for 6 years with Toyota to design and serving as a coalition member of the Toyota Green Initiative, which supports African Americans in understanding the benefits of adopting sustainable lifestyles; co-designing, teaching with and directing Pathways to Resilience-a permaculture and social entrepreneur training program that worked with men and women returning home after incarceration, and co-founding Women Designing Resilience-a re-entry program for women returning home from prison. She has studied four languages and lived and worked in over twelve countries and her other achievements include being featured in the films The Future of Energy and Inhabit, presenting at Tedx Denver and SF, and being awarded internships and fellowships to the Center for the Study of Human Rights at Columbia University, Green For All, the Bronx Zoo and the Applied Research Center. When she is not working you can find her spending time with her beloved mother and cats or in the redwoods.

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal.

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal.

Van Jones host of CNN Crossfire is interviewed by David Cogan of Eliances Heroes radio show amfm. Jones has partnered with Newt Gingrich and Patrick Kennedy on Advocating for Opioid Recovery awareness. He is a lifelong activist for public and environmental improvement as founder of The Dream Corps, Rebuild The Dream, Green For All, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change.

How can we manifest the world we want, and who we want to be? Actor-activist Danny Glover and Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, former CEO of Green For All, show how one sure path to resilience is to build community and social movements. That requires learning how to reach out across our differences – and it gets really personal.

This show was so packed with great stuff, that we had to give up our awesome witty banter in the opening! Seriously. Van Jones! Van talks about Green For All, Obama's Clean Power Plan and more. A great report from Climate Mama, Harriet Shugarman on Paris COP21 and much more.

Yes, we are smitten with this green dude. Listen to Green Diva Meg chat with eco-superhero Van Jones as he talks about Obama's Clean Power Plan, how pollution impacts certain people more than others and why we need his new organization Green For All to help make climate change and cleaning up pollution an important mission for everyone.

The Silicon Valley VC talks artificial intelligence and sustainability, then Green For All chief Vien Truong details a game changer for clean energy.

Originally Aired September 2011 "It is the American Dream that the GOP's "slash and burn" agenda is killing off. We need a movement dedicated to renewing the idea that hard work pays in our country; that you can make it if you try; that America remains a land committed to dignity, justice and opportunity for all. Right now, this very idea is on the GOP chopping block. And we must rescue it now -- or risk losing it forever." Van Jones - Rebuild the Dream VAN JONES, a CNN political contributor, is Co-Founder and President of REBUILD THE DREAM, and a co-founder of three other successful non-profit organizations: the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change and Green For All. Formerly green jobs advisor to President Obama and currently a fellow at the MIT Media Lab, he is the author of The Green Collar Economy and Rebuild the Dream.

Mike Blake, former Deputy Associate Director, Office of Public Engagement, The White House Michael Blake often humbly refers to the words of his mother who remarked that the family had gone, “from no house to the White House.” His family emigrated to the U.S. from Jamaica seeking new opportunities. Blake is the director of Public Policy & External Affairs for Green For All, a national organization working to build an inclusive green economy strong enough to lift people out of poverty. He also is the senior advisor for Operation Hope. Michael served as the Senior Advisor for the Office of Public Engagement for President Obama’s 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee. Blake is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.

If you've ever stepped into a nail salon, you know the smell of a chemical cocktail that hits you like an invisible wall. While consumers may tolerate it during a short visit, the nail salon workers find themselves stewing in a toxic bubble for years. On this edition, we take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail salons.  Featuring: Alisha Nga Tran, Patient Leadership Council facilitator, Asian Health Services; Dr. Thu Quach, Epidemiologist, Cancer Prevention Institute of California; My Tong, translator, health advocate at Asian Health Services; Lam Le, former nail salon worker and cancer survivor; Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green For All; Jamie Silberberger, Director of Programs and Policy at Women's Voices for the Earth; Uyen Nguyen, Owner, Isabella Nail Salon; Sarah Vuong, employee at Isabella Nail Salon; Jill Adams, client, Isabella Nail Salon; David Chiu, President of San Francisco Board of Supervisors.  Thanks to all of our supporters, to As You Sow's Environmental Enforcement Fund and to Spot.us for helping to crowd fund this story. For More Information: Asian Health Services http://www.asianhealthservices.org/ Oakland, CA   California Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative http://www.cahealthynailsalons.org/ Oakland, CA   National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum http://napawf.org/ Washington, DC   National Healthy Nail Salon Alliance http://nailsalonalliance.org/ Washington, D.C.   Women's Voices for the Earth http://www.womensvoices.org/ Missoula, MT The post Making Contact – The Toxic Truth about Nail Salons (encore) appeared first on KPFA.

Aired 09/04/11 I am currently focusing the show on the breakdown and restoration of the American Dream. Recent guests include Rob Johnson, Richard Eskow, Drew Dellinger, Jacob Hacker, Paul Pierson, and David Cay Johnston. Today I'll be joined by VAN JONES, co-Founder and President of REBUILD THE DREAM. Learn more at rebuildthedream.com Introducing the American Dream Movement, Jones said, "It is the American Dream that the GOP's "slash and burn" agenda is killing off. We need a movement dedicated to renewing the idea that hard work pays in our country; that you can make it if you try; that America remains a land committed to dignity, justice and opportunity for all. Right now, this very idea is on the GOP chopping block. And we must rescue it now -- or risk losing it forever. America will not make it through this crisis healthy and whole if -- at the first sign of trouble -- we are willing to throw away our teachers, police officers, firefighters, nurses and others who make our communities and country strong. Their daily work is essential to the smooth functioning and long-term success of our nation. An attack on them is an attack on the backbone of America. Nobody objects to politicians cutting budgetary fat. But the GOP program everywhere is so reckless that it would actually cut muscle, bone and marrow, too. This approach is both shortsighted and immoral. We should rise up against it -- in our millions." VAN JONES is Co-Founder and President of REBUILD THE DREAM, and a co-founder of three other successful non-profit organizations: the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change and Green For All. Jones served as the green jobs advisor in the Obama White House in 2009, and is currently a senior fellow at the Center For American Progress and a senior policy advisor at Green For All. He holds a joint appointment at Princeton University, as a distinguished visiting fellow in both the Center for African American Studies and in the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. He is the author of The Green Collar Economy. http://ourfuture.org/conference 10 CRITICAL STEPS TO GET OUR ECONOMY BACK ON TRACK I. Invest in America's Infrastructure II. Create 21st Century Energy Jobs III. Invest in Public Education IV. Offer Medicare for All V. Make Work Pay VI. Secure Social Security VII. Return to Fairer Tax Rates VIII. End the Wars and Invest at Home IX. Tax Wall Street Speculation X. Strengthen Democracy

Cet atelier propose un éclairage détaillé sur les modalités de l’entrepreneuriat social, à travers les cas de la Green Team et de Green City Force. L’ESSEC est l’hôte d’un échange public avec deux entrepreneurs sociaux face à une audience active composée d’acteurs engagés dans l’innovation sociale et la préservation de l’environnement. Les deux invités sont des précurseurs en matière d’entrepreneuriat vert. Malgré des domaines d’activités différents, conseil pour l’un, mobilisation civile pour l’autre, tous deux partagent une approche commune du capital humain et une pratique qui relève avant tout de la compétence plutôt que de l’investissement. Tour à tour et face aux réactions du public présent, Cyril Jacque et Lisbeth Shepherd exposent en détail le champ d’action de l’entrepreneuriat social. Quelles transformations apportées en matière d’emploi ? Quel mode de gouvernance et de coopération en entreprise ? Quelles innovations juridiques nécessaires ? Ces deux invités apportent la preuve que les entrepreneurs sociaux peuvent jouer un rôle fondamental, aux côtés des grands acteurs financiers, dans la transition vers une économie verte. L’émission offre aussi l’opportunité de découvrir un panorama, dressé par Lisbeth Shepherd, des crises environnementale et sociale que connaissent les États-Unis ainsi que de l’évolution du cadre socio-politique en matière d’entrepreneuriat vert. Cyril Jacque est l’un des membres fondateurs de la Green Team, société coopérative de conseil en développement durable qui compte aujourd’hui plus de 20 consultants sociétaires. La Green Team propose un modèle innovant de gouvernance grâce à son statut de coopérative où les rôles de salarié et d’actionnaire sont étroitement liés. Avec l’ambition constante d’élargir son champ de compétences, la Green Team concilie des individualités multiples et opère la rencontre entre des personnes issues des Sciences Sociales ainsi que des acteurs opérationnels. L’équipe mélange ainsi des expertises diverses pour proposer des solutions sur des sujets tels que l’altérité, le modèle de distribution alimentaire biologique, la coopérative d’habitants à destination de personnes âgées, l’hospitalité hospitalière, l’insularité durable, l’efficience 21 (collectivité territoriale),… La Green Team est en soi un laboratoire qui fait entrevoir une nouvelle façon d’entreprendre et de penser les régulations qui accompagnent l’innovation sociale au sein d’une entreprise. Lisbeth Shepherd a joué un rôle important en matière d’entrepreneuriat social avec dix années en France où elle a été co-fondatrice de l’association Unis-Cité. Après quelques années en Californie marquées par la collaboration avec Van Jones, fondateur de “Green For All”, Lisbeth est depuis un an à New York où elle est à l’initiative de la création de Green City Force. Green City Force est spécialisée dans le secteur de l’efficacité énergétique. L’entreprise mobilise des jeunes en situation difficile avec pour missions de réduire les émissions carbones et d’améliorer les conditions de vie dans les quartiers. Sensibilisation des habitants et formation polyvalente des jeunes sont au cœur de la stratégie de cette entreprise. https://ssir.org/podcasts/entry/entrepreneurs_sociaux_roles_et_enjeux

If you've ever stepped into a nail salon, you know the smell of a chemical cocktail that hits you like an invisible wall. While consumers may tolerate it during a short visit, the nail salon workers find themselves stewing in a toxic bubble for years. On this edition, we take a look at the health impacts of chemical exposure, the shoddy regulation of cosmetics, and the movement towards greener nail salons. Featuring: Alisha Nga Tran, Patient Leadership Council facilitator, Asian Health Services; Dr. Thu Quach, Epidemiologist, Cancer Prevention Institute of California; My Tong, translator, health advocate at Asian Health Services; Lam Le, former nail salon worker and cancer survivor; Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, CEO, Green For All; Jamie Silberberger, Director of Programs and Policy at Women's Voices for the Earth; Uyen Nguyen, Owner, Isabella Nail Salon; Sarah Vuong, employee at Isabella Nail Salon; Jill Adams, client, Isabella Nail Salon; David Chiu, President of San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Thanks to all of our supporters, to As You Sow's Environmental Enforcement Fund and to Spot.us for helping to crowd fund this story.  Contributing Producer: Momo Chang Producer/Online Editor/Host: Pauline Bartolone Producer/Host: Andrew Stelzer Producer: Kyung Jin Lee Executive Director: Lisa Rudman Associate Director: Khanh Pham Production Interns:  Shaunnah Ray and Courtney Supple Organizational Volunteers: Dan Turner, Ron Rucker, Alton Byrd & Alfonso Hooker The post Making Contact – “The Toxic Truth About Nail Salons” appeared first on KPFA.

Van Jones explains the economy from June 14, 2010 New York Times best-selling author Van Jones provides a blueprint for re-tooling American industry to create pathways out of poverty and generate national economic recovery. He is an American environmentalist, civil rights activist and attorney, Jones formerly served as special advisor for green jobs for the White House's Council on Environmental Quality, and is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and senior policy advisor at Green For All. This about 59 minutes. Scott Horton Interviews Chris Hedges on May 16, 2010 Chris Hedges discusses the pros and cons of secession movements and the near-unanimous Congressional approval of the extrajudicial assassination of US citizens. Chris Hedges is a senior fellow at The Nation Institute. He spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He has reported from more than 50 countries and has worked for The Christian Science Monitor, National Public Radio, The Dallas Morning News and The New York Times, for which he was a foreign correspondent for 15 years. This is 24 minutes. Music includes Earth Anthem, It's the End of the World as we know it, Democracy Killed, Maltese Melody, War-What Is It Good For, Stop Global Warming, We'll Meet Againhttp://www.archive.org/details/VanJonesAndChrisHedgesExplainOurTimes

Van Jones is a globally recognized, award-winning pioneer in human rights and the clean-energy economy. Van is a co-founder of three successful non-profit organizations: the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change and Green For All. He is the best-selling author of the definitive book on green jobs: The Green-Collar Economy. He served […] The post Van Jones appeared first on Future Primitive Podcasts.

New York Times best-selling author Van Jones provides a blueprint for re-tooling American industry to create pathways out of poverty and generate national economic recovery in the “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.” An American environmental advocate, civil rights activist and attorney, Jones formerly served as special advisor for green jobs for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and senior policy advisor at Green For All. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 18343]

New York Times best-selling author Van Jones provides a blueprint for re-tooling American industry to create pathways out of poverty and generate national economic recovery in the “The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems.” An American environmental advocate, civil rights activist and attorney, Jones formerly served as special advisor for green jobs for the White House Council on Environmental Quality, and is now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress and senior policy advisor at Green For All. Series: "Helen Edison Lecture Series" [Public Affairs] [Show ID: 18343]

Emcees have a way with words that they use to drum up support. When the show is about raising environmental awareness, the master of ceremonies takes on the role of educator, catalyst, and organizer. Sharing the mic on Terra Verde today are Rosa Gonzalez, representing headRush and Green For All, Sirraum Nash with the Big Tadoo Puppet Crew and the Sustainable Living Roadshow, and Paul Friedman, founder of Rock the Bike. These three eco-emcees are performers who build movements by making even the most uphill battles seem manageable and worthwhile to their audiences, thereby translating interest into action. The post Terra Verde – June 11, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.

Caroline welcomes agent of Green For All and co-founder of Art in Action, Alli Chagi-Starr, and  Ashel Eldridge aka Seasunz, Hip Hop artist and Educator with the Alliance for Climate Education. They are two of the founders of the CommuniTree Project, and are promoting a cosmological tour with urban youth,  "From the Streets to the Stars."    The post The Visionary Activist – From the Streets to the Stars appeared first on KPFA.

What will jobs of the future look like? Many studying that question are seeing green -- green jobs. And with President Obama promising to create 5 million "green-collar" jobs over the next 10 years, some are predicting these new career paths in energy efficiency and clean power will transform the American economy. NOW on PBS talks with environmental activist Van Jones, founder of "Green For All," a group dedicated to bringing green jobs to disadvantaged Americans. In March, Jones was appointed Special Advisor on Green Jobs at the President's Council for Environmental Quality. Now that he has the President's ear, will Jones be creating a new career frontier for America?

As the Obama Administration directs billions of dollars toward reshaping America¹s economy and environment, millions of jobs are part of the plan.  But before the current employment shortage, there were many people who already couldn¹t find good work‹including women,people of color, immigrants and youth.  On this edition, we hear from community advocates in Portland, Oregon, who are working to make sure the money in the Green Jobs initiative ends up benefiting those who need it the most. This program contains segments of a panel discussion presented by the National Radio Project, April 2009, in Portland, Oregon. Featuring:Jeremy Hays, Green For All field director; Dawn Jones, journey level carpenter and Oregon tradeswomen instructor; Jo Ann Bowman, Oregon Action executive director; Francisco Lopez, CAUSA executive director; Alan Hipolito, Verde executive director; Joe Biden, United StatesVice-President.   The post Making Contact – Green Jobs, Race and the Economic Recovery appeared first on KPFA.

Crossposted at Green for All BlogIt's amazing what a little money can do. As soon as the Obama Billions from the stimulus package started to trickle down, community groups around the nation began to mobilize with a new found zeal. All of a sudden, programs parched by decades of under-funding are springing to life – the Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP), which has had an average yearly budget of roughly $200 million just received a whopping $5 billion. That money, however, isn’t flowing as freely as it needs to. In this case, state and local agencies which renovate the homes of families with low incomes to be more energy efficient and thus more affordable to live in, are simply overwhelmed.In Miami, Florida – my hometown – the local agency providing weatherization assistance employs two full-time employees and weatherized fewer than 100 homes last year. Now, they have the funds to retrofit 3,000-4,000 homes. This is going to require a new kind of organizing. State and local agencies are not used to having this much money and they’re not used to thinking outside the box in order to spend it. With the carrot of stimulus dollars dangling, the caveat is the money must be spent within two years – a requirement that, at current capacity, no agency in the country will be able to meet. We need to seize this moment and this opportunity – we’re no longer the powerless, moneyless minority and we need to be prepared and ready for our own success. The stimulus money sent a clear message – this is an administration that will serve the people and society first, but it's up to us on the ground to make sure that investment is spent in an equitable and just manner. Those of us working on behalf of the public’s highest interest, on behalf of those who have been left out, and on the side of equity and justice, must be at the table to define and create our collective future. Community groups should engage the local agencies that are tasked to spend stimulus dollars and create new collaborations and partnerships that will maximize our communities’ abilities to benefit from this new green wave. We need to bring together existing groups and programs doing job training, involve local contractors and other employers, and engage government officials to create robust and successful green jobs programs that will lay the foundation for future investments in the green economy.This is starting to take root here in Florida. I’m a proud member of a new coalition in Tampa called Green Jobs for the People – a collaborative of the local Community Development Corporation, the local agency in charge of the weatherization program, and other grassroots community groups. We are calling to incorporate green collar jobs training and pathways out of poverty programs into the city of Tampa’s plans to use stimulus dollars, and to plan for the long term development of an inclusive and equitable green economy. You can learn a little more about our work by reading this article and listening to this interview done by a local radio news program. (Click here to download the mp3 file of the interview) Green For All is right when they say that now is the time to move from hope to change, from inspiration to implementation. Let’s bring home a green recovery for all. This is just the beginning.

As climate chaos and soaring fuel costs batter the U.S. economy, Jones brings a unique perspective to the color green. Shifting the environmental discussion from green consumers to green workers, Jones argues that a green economy that rescues the polar bears can also rescue the U.S. economy. He envisions a society that has no throw-away species or resources and no throw-away kids or neighborhoods. Jones is the founder and president of Green For All, an environmental organization helping to build a green economy that lifts milliions out of poverty.

As climate chaos and soaring fuel costs batter the U.S. economy, Jones brings a unique perspective to the color green. Shifting the environmental discussion from green consumers to green workers, Jones argues that a green economy that rescues the polar bears can also rescue the U.S. economy. He envisions a society that has no throw-away species or resources and no throw-away kids or neighborhoods. Jones is the founder and president of Green For All, an environmental organization helping to build a green economy that lifts milliions out of poverty.

Author, activist and founder of Green For All, Van Jones talks to Melissa Mansfield about how to shift to a "green collar economy" that creates jobs and tackles environmental issues. With humor and optimism, Jones lays out a sensible plan for businesses and communities. To learn more, check out his new book, The Green Collar Economy.

Van Jones - author, activist and founder of Green For All - talks to Melissa Mansfield about how to shift to a "green collar economy" that creates jobs and tackles environmental issues. With humor and optimism, Jones lays out a sensible plan for businesses and communities. To learn more, check out his new book, The Green Collar Economy.

Aired 10/28/08 The economy is in crisis. Unemployment is rising. Families are hurting. Despite recent drops in oil prices, the days of cheap gas and oil are gone forever. Climate change calls for massive changes in the way we supply and use energy. Today’s guest sees that these crises are connected and believes that together they present an enormous opportunity. VAN JONES, a young, dynamic, charismatic, optimistic, solutions-oriented African American with an Ivy League law degree – boy that sounds familiar -- is the founder and president of GREEN FOR ALL and author of THE GREEN COLLAR ECONOMY A new report just released by the U.S. Conference of Mayors says that we can create over 4 million green jobs if we aggressively shift away from traditional fossil fuels toward alternative energy and a significant improvement in energy efficiency. Another report just released by the Political Economy Research Institute and the Center for American Progress shows that the U.S. can create two million jobs over two years by investing $100 billion in a green economic recovery plan. The report also shows that this investment would create four times more jobs than spending the same amount of money within the oil industry. Green For All and its partners are proposing a Clean Energy Corps that includes a revolving loan fund to finance the ambitious retrofitting of the nation's building stock. An investment of less than $3 billion per year would provide financing and can be expected to create close to 120,000 green jobs a year and 600,000 over five years, while also lowering home heating and electricity bills for homeowners and small businesses. VAN JONES is the founder and president of GREEN FOR ALL, a national advocacy organization based in Oakland, California, committed to building an inclusive, green economy - strong enough to lift millions of people out of poverty. Van also co-founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Color of Change, both committed to equal justice and opportunity for low-income people and people of color. Van has earned many honors, including the 1998 Reebok International Human Rights Award; the International Ashoka Fellowship; selection as a World Economic Forum “Young Global Leader;” the Rockefeller Foundation “Next Generation Leadership” Fellowship; and Campaign for America’s Future “Paul Well­stone Award 2008.” Van is a Senior Fellow with Center for American Progress. His first book, THE GREEN COLLAR ECONOMY is a New York Times best-seller.

For our final Biznik Live interview in the series "Surviving & Thriving Amidst Economic Uncertainty", I'll be interviewing Van Jones, author of the hot and crucially important book 'The Green Collar Economy'. Please join us in the 2nd half of the show by calling or text-chatting in your questions. "You couldn't create a better advocate for the green-collar movement than Van Jones."-Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine"More than any other single figure, [Van Jones] has ushered the phrase 'green-collar jobs' into the political lexicon -- and economic reality." - Linda Baker, FastCompany.comVan Jones is founding president of Green For All and a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress. He is also the author of The Green Collar Economy (Harper One 2008), which is e

For our final Biznik Live interview in the series "Surviving & Thriving Amidst Economic Uncertainty", I'll be interviewing Van Jones, author of the hot and crucially important book 'The Green Collar Economy'. Please join us in the 2nd half of the show by calling or text-chatting in your questions. "You couldn't create a better advocate for the green-collar movement than Van Jones."-Bryan Walsh, Time Magazine"More than any other single figure, [Van Jones] has ushered the phrase 'green-collar jobs' into the political lexicon -- and economic reality." - Linda Baker, FastCompany.comVan Jones is founding president of Green For All and a senior fellow with the Center for American Progress. He is also the author of The Green Collar Economy (Harper One 2008), which is e

In any other profession, Carl Pope might be considered a "company man." He has worked loyally and tirelessly in the name of the Sierra Club for thirty years, running the organization - the largest of its kind in the country - since 1992. Van Jones has founded several organizations within the last decade, including The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights and Green For All. They both live in the Bay Area. They both care intensely about saving the environment. The thing is, they use very distinct methods, although the lines differentiating those methods are blurring as we race further into the 21st century. From the environment to the economy, from old fashioned door-to-door fliers to streaming internet video, Pope and Jones discuss the myriad elements effecting our lives today and the many possible solutions that are nearly within reach.

Join us on this special episode EYL where we sit down with the renowned Van Jones. A beacon in social entrepreneurship, CNN commentator, co-founder of Reform, and an advocate for justice and empowerment, Van Jones dives deep into his journey of creating substantial change in society.In 2021, Jeff Bezos awarded Van with the Courage and Civility Award, accompanied by a whopping $100 million grant. In his first on-camera interview about this grant, Van shares his visionary plans to invest in projects aimed at disrupting poverty, transforming the prison industry, and uplifting marginalized communities. From innovations like "Beat The Block" to strategic alliances with public figures such as JAY-Z, Meek Mill, and Prince, his endeavors shine a light on pathways out of systemic disenfranchisement and toward collective prosperity.Apart from these ventures, Van's legacy includes pioneering projects like the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, Green For All, #YesWeCode, and more. His accolades range from the Lumiere Award to an Emmy, reflecting his dedicAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy