http://theforestfoundation.org promoting sustainable livelihoods Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:46:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the Obama Admin. budget policies make a number of basic, false assumptions, which are reflected in the “Green Jobs Report”: One, that the economy will tank so badly that people will forget the need to transition to a “green economy,” shifting into ... http://theforestfoundation.org/uncategorized/2009/03/18/critique-of-white-house-%e2%80%9cgreen-jobs-report%e2%80%9d/ Dear Professor Feinstein, Our community in the Triangle is probably one of the more progressive communities in the nation with regards to "education for sustainable development."  Focus is on localism, small scale, distributed, appropriate technology, closed loop engineering, synergistic, socio-economic sustainable livelihood interactions. Most activities are outside the traditional academic realm ... http://theforestfoundation.org/local-area/2009/02/20/education-for-sustainable-development/ Green 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 ... http://theforestfoundation.org/local-area/2009/02/03/internships-and-volunteers-needed-for-2009/ Our 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, ... http://theforestfoundation.org/local-area/2009/01/30/triangle-green-fund-a-community-carbon-catalog/ I am such a sucker for responding to the right wing blitz that seems to be occurring right now. I assume that they are trying to influence action with the upcoming Administration's attempt to address a range of market failures that have resulted in the wholesale destruction of our ... http://theforestfoundation.org/uncategorized/2009/01/14/right-wingers-on-the-attack-fearing-socialism-of-environemntal-policies/ The Forest Foundation does not subscribe to a “triple bottom line” approach as we feel this model is superficial. We prefer to follow the concept and understanding of natural capital and the philosophy of the great North Carolinian theologian, Thomas Berry, who has written extensively on our cosmology in ... http://theforestfoundation.org/newprojects/2009/01/06/triple-bottom-line-a-false-model/ Green Bus Inauguration Tour Greenway will be offering a complete transportation package for The Inauguration, including a 100% biodiesel powered bus for up to 47 passengers, catered lunch, drinks, and dinner on the return at famous Bottoms Up Pizza in Richmond.  We will be leaving from Durham and its Green Oil ... http://theforestfoundation.org/uncategorized/2009/01/02/join-us-tff-and-greenway-head-to-dc-inauguration/ Having just finished Jeffrey Sach's Book, Common Wealth, I was impressed in his articulate and concise understanding of the world's current problems. I know of no better identification and articulation.  In fact, it (along with Lester Brown's Plan 3.0)  made me want a prescription for anti-depressants.  However, Sach's analysis of ... http://theforestfoundation.org/newprojects/2009/01/01/new-research-disputing-connection-between-health-and-development/ 2008 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 ... http://theforestfoundation.org/events/2008/12/31/big-fall-for-foundation-and-friends/ Mary Katherine and Marc finally took a well-needed vacation (thanks to our parents support) at the end of November, visiting Prague and Bolzano in the Dolomites in northern Italy. Two of our friends’ decided to get married in Prague, MK had been before and Marc had heard of Prague’s ... http://theforestfoundation.org/uncategorized/2008/12/30/tale-of-two-cities/