The following is a critique of “The White House Task Force on Middle Class Working Families: Green Jobs Report,” convened by Vice President Joe Biden. It is an excellent document and in it are the words and conceptual models needed for the The Green Jobs Movement’s success. It also is missing some things.
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Critique of White House “Green Jobs Report”
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009Join Us: TFF and Greenway Head to DC Inauguration
Friday, January 2nd, 2009Greenway Transit will be offering a completely green tour package to Washington, DC for the January 20th Inauguration, as well as taking its fleet of people powered pedicabs to DC to help folks get around on the Mall for the week before the event.
Big Fall for Foundation and Friends
Wednesday, December 31st, 20082008 was a tough year for The Forest Foundation, Forests of the World, Carolina Biodiesel and Greenway Transit. Forests of the World sales dropped dramatically in 2008 and we decided to back out of Fall tradeshows because of the rising costs, slowing economy and inability to gain enough value in the products to cover [...]
Tale of Two Cities
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008Mary Katherine and Marc finally took a well-needed vacation at the end of November, visiting Prague and Bolzano in the Dolomites in northern Italy. There are a lot of cool things we can learn from our European neighbors, so read on.
Green Oil Campus/Ecolounge: Solar Hot Air Workshop
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008The Ecolounge hosted another successful workshop, attended by over 40 folks, presented by Rebekah and Stephen Hren.
Mary Katherine and Marc Receive Sustainability Champions Award
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Sustainable North Carolina Recognizes Five Individuals as “Sustainability Champions”
Raleigh, NC – October 28, 2008 – Sustainable North Carolina (SNC) has announced that it is honoring five individuals for outstanding achievements in promoting social responsibility and environmental stewardship in business.
While this is the 7th annual Sustainable North Carolina Awards program, this [...]
Climate Catastrophe: A Correspondence between the Entrenched Right and Bitter Left
Thursday, September 18th, 2008Hi Folks:
Here is an exchange I had with the COO of a right-wing think tank that promotes “free markets” and negates climate change. It’s a compelling read. I am not sure if the time spent made an impact. According to NY Times article citing psychological research on politics and climate change, humans tend to want [...]
Solar Hot Water System at Carolina Biodiesel Install Workshop
Thursday, September 18th, 2008I am writing to solicit your help to form a technical support team to assist
in installing a solar hot water system at Carolina Biodiesel in Durham,
which will heat the biodiesel during fuel production and will serve as a
demonstration project for yikes! (Youth Involved in Keeping Earth
Sustainable) and Ecolounge educational workshops we’re developing at the
site. We [...]
Green Event Planning Workshop Held at Ecolounge
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008With around a dozen in attendance, Lyndsay Gang, TFF’s student intern from the University of Vermont, led a spirited presentation and dialog on Green Event Planning. Lyndsay spent the summer researching Green Event Planning and helped TFF with collecting resources and communicating with clients. She prepared a great Powerpoint introduction, which will be the basis [...]
Foundation and Forests of the World hit the NY International Gift Show
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008The Foundation and Forests of the World exhibited again in the February International Gift Show in New York (15 years running), shaking up the world and engaging in debate while educating.