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, 2009Education for Sustainable Development
Friday, February 20th, 2009This is a correspondence between Marc Dreyfors, President of The Forest Foundation, and a research professor in the field of educational systems/curriculum for sustainable development, a relatively recent division of environmental education.
Internships and Volunteers needed for 2009
Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009Green Events
Grow TFF’s service of Green Event Planning through development and implementation of a marketing plan. Help Greenway Transit expand it’s green transportation service to area businesses, universities and organization’s. Develop marketing, advertising materials and workshop schedule. Arrange meetings, and collect and maintain a resource list. A small stipend is available as well as [...]
Triangle Green Fund: A Community Carbon Catalog
Friday, January 30th, 2009Our goal will be to develop a new financing model, attracting private sector investment to create and operate a local, voluntary carbon mitigation fund, the Triangle Green Fund (TGF). The Fund will provide both micro-lending and grants to community-based, green businesses and projects. Additionally, working with partner organizations, The Fund will leverage funding [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Campaign to Reduce Exposure from Bus Emissions
Monday, January 14th, 2008The Following is a letter from EPA on resources for beginning a campaign to reduce emissions from and exposure to bus fumes that Durham needs to rally behind. Increasing the use of biodiesel and idle reduction are easy first starts.
Grand Opening Party
Saturday, September 1st, 2007Help us celebrate the opening of Bull City Biodiesel’s new card swipe biodiesel tank and
Carolina Biodiesel’s new “Green Oil” Site!
Foundation and friends move into new site in East Durham
Monday, August 20th, 2007The Forest Foundation, Forests of the World, Carolina Biodiesel and Greenway Transit moved to its new location, the old, Exxon-Mobil/Standard Oil terminal on Angier and Alston Aves.(about a mile closer to downtown Durham), in March of 2007 and the transition took nearly 2 months