It's time for community action

Posted by Julian Mocine-McQueen at Apr 08, 2009 08:10 PM | Permalink

Filed under: recovery

Rally at City Hall

Between now and June, your Mayor and local officials must come up with a plan to secure and implement President Obama's Economic Recovery funds.

Does your Mayor have a plan yet? Do you know what that plan is?

This may be the most important opportunity you'll ever have to bring green-collar jobs to your community. But the planning process will be over in the blink of an eye, and your community could miss out.

That's why we're calling on you to take action now: Ask your Mayor to sign a Commitment to a Green Recovery For All. Organize a rally or a press conference to drive your message home.

Get started by registering your local action.

The Recovery funds can build pathways out of poverty through green-collar job training and employment. But we cannot leave it up to our elected officials and the big developers who have their ear.

That's why you need to get involved in the recovery implementation process where you live. Ask your Mayor and local elected officials to commit to a Green Recovery For All. We've prepared all sorts of tools and resources to help you take action.

Get started by registering your local action.

You can also help by spreading the word about this opportunity.

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Let's bring home a Green Recovery For All!

P.S. This morning Green For All, the NAACP, SEIU, and more than two dozen other civil rights, faith-based, and economic justice organizations announced their membership in the Climate Equity Alliance. Green For All is proud to be a founding member of the national Alliance. Read more.

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Packaging laws must change

Posted by Kelly Rubottom at Apr 09, 2009 07:33 AM

I want to get people to write their Congressional leaders to convince them of the need to change packaging laws in this country to reduce all product packaging to the minimum required to contain the product and no more. This would reduce energy and material usage and costs as well as landfill space for the waste. It also reduces the space needs required to display and sell the products which reduces the overall size of the retail stores, warehouses and transportation resources required to move the goods from manufacturer to end user. Smaller stores and warehouses mean less land development and less energy to operate these businesses. It goes on and on. Why is no one talking about this idea? Please help me spread the word. It has been done in Germany for years and has had to have made a difference.