- Growing Home: Fresh Farms Provide a Fresh Start
- If home is where the heart is, then Growing Home is the beating heart of Chicago’s burgeoning urban agricultural movement. For the past ten years, Growing Home has filled the minds—and stomachs—of its formerly criminal and transitional workforce. By offering training in organic farming practices, sustainable living, and practical business skills, the organization gives people a fresh start and a chance to leave their troubled pasts behind.
- Pioneering Change on Campus
- My name is Brianna Ford and I am a Junior Art/Architecture major at Clark Atlanta University. Serving as a Green For All College Ambassador has been a privilege – and an eye-opening experience. Not only am I honored to be a GFA Ambassador, but also I serve as the president and founder of CAU’s Recycling Club.
- As Global Leaders Stall, Business Can Lead the Way
- As world leaders met in Rio last week for the UN conference on sustainable development, they drew widespread criticism. Leaders from developing countries argued that the wealthiest countries aren't doing enough to fund environmental protection. And activists argued that agreements forged in Rio are too weak and watered down to create real change. But for all the strife and disappointments coming out of Rio, our world leaders can still come home and take concrete steps to promote sustainable development and to wipe out poverty.
- Building the Mosaic Movement
- Solar Mosaic doesn't have a marketing team. We don't have a sales team either, and that's not because we're a startup. Instead, we have a movement team. Having been a part of our movement team since the early days, I can say with all honesty that building a Mosaic movement is not a gimmick. It's our business.
- Saving Energy Creates Jobs
- Bring up any policy idea in D.C. and the conversation always reverts to jobs and the economy. Rightfully so. Our nation’s unemployment continues to hover just above 8% and cities and states continue to struggle to create economic growth and jobs that can last. But a look around the country will show you that innovative partnerships are forming to address our nation’s unemployment epidemic and get Americans back to work.