http://www.greenforall.org daily 1 2008-04-30T17:56:36Z http://www.greenforall.org/blog/crosspost-oakland-green-jobs-corps-to-be-a-model-for-cities Crossposted from The Apollo Alliance Blog. by Lillian Wilson After studying to become a nurse, Olivia Caldwell (see pic with Mayor Dellums) discovered that hospitals and health care organizations have restrictions on hiring formerly incarcerated people. Construction companies have no such restrictions, so she decided to join Cypress Mandela where she learned about the Oakland Green Jobs Corps. Olivia, mother to one-year-old Summer, is now a trainee in the Oakland Green Jobs Corps program. No publisher ada 2009-01-07T02:36:55Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/partners-update-training-the-next-generation-of-green-collar-workers This letter from Miquela Craytor, the Executive Director of Sustainable South Bronx, illustrates, through the story of Penny, what we mean when we talk about "pathways out of poverty." No publisher ada 2009-01-07T02:07:41Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/new-video-from-currenttv-oakland-green-biz No publisher ada 2009-01-06T01:37:16Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/its-time-for-kansas-to-get-serious-about-wind-power Kansas was once known as a wheat state, and for years a stalk of wheat could be seen on our license tags. But last year something big happen in Kansas, and suddenly the average citizen started fighting back. Hi my name is Richard Mabion, and I live in Kansas City, Kansas, in a county that has 3 (I repeat) 3 coal fired plants. Enough said! Last year the governor of the state put her political career on the line and vetoed three bills that would have forced the permitting of the construction of a proposed new coal fired plant in western Kansas. Her behavior moved the discussion of coal-fired plants from the overworked environmental community to the kitchen tables all over the state. No publisher Richard Mabion 2009-01-07T02:14:17Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/communities-in-appalachia-taking-a-stand-for-a-greener-energy-economy In the coalfields of central and southern Appalachia, there is a falsehood being perpetuated by big coal companies: Coal is the only economic future. States like West Virginia and Kentucky have a long history of coal mining, and residents have a huge sense of pride in the fact that they have provided electricity to this country for almost 150 years. But coal mining has grown even shadier, even as it brings the miner to the surface of the earth. There is relatively new form of coal mining called mountaintop removal. In one of most destructive acts ever witnessed, coal companies strip a mountain of its forest, plant explosives into the mountaintop, and blast the top off the mountain to get to thin seams of coal. There can be 25 times more dirt than coal retrieved in this process. No publisher Sandra Diaz 2009-01-05T21:44:02Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/send-a-holiday-card-from-1sky-and-more-partner-updates No publisher ada 2008-12-20T01:43:29Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/new-labor-secretary-is-brown-and-green Crossposted from The Huffington Post President-elect Barack Obama got it right when he announced Representative Hilda Solis as his pick for the next secretary of labor. Headlines are heralding her as the first Latino to hold the post. But the green jobs movement is jumping for joy not only because she's brown. It's because she's green. Through Solis, Obama makes clear his commitment to creating green jobs to lift the nation out of its current economic crisis. We're thrilled that Hilda Solis shares the green jobs vision. In fact, she's already helped make it real. Rep. Solis was the original author of the Green Jobs Act, and our Green For All team worked closely with her in 2007. No publisher Van Jones 2008-12-22T22:57:47Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/from-the-nation-juan-reynosas-environmental-mission Juan Reynosa, who has worked closely with Green For All as he organizes for green jobs to New Mexico, was just profiled in The Nation. Congratulations Juan, your work certainly deserves to be highlighted and shared. Juan Reynosa's Environmental Mission You Voted: Now What? By Kristina Rizga December 15, 2008 This article was jointly published by The Nation and WireTap magazine. If you talk to the 27-year-old community organizer Juan Reynosa, it becomes obvious why the rhetoric of President-elect Obama mobilized a record number of young voters. Similar to many of his peers, Juan is tired of hearing what he calls the "endless gloom-and-doom scenarios." When he organizes young people in Albuquerque or in his native rural town of Habbs, New Mexico, he wants to talk about solutions and hope. He doesn't dwell on polar bears drowning--he wants to talk about how young people around the country are retrofitting old, polluting buildings, putting on biodiesel-powered concerts and pushing their cities to support municipal green jobs programs. No publisher ada 2008-12-19T01:54:54Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/dreaming-of-a-green-christmas For many, this holiday season will be tough. But Congress could give a terrific present to thousands who desperately need work - by fully funding the Green Jobs Act. Congress is deciding right now what to include in the economic "stimulus and recovery" package it will pass in the new year. This stimulus has the potential to create good, green jobs for America - but only if Congress includes full funding for the Green Jobs Act. Yesterday, Green For All initiated a letter-writing campaign, asking supporters to urge Congress to fund the Green Jobs Act as part of America's rescue package No publisher Van Jones 2008-12-17T21:44:47Z Blog Entry http://www.greenforall.org/blog/memo-on-a-green-and-equitable-stimulus-sent-to-obama-team Stimulating the struggling economy will likely be Obama's first move once he takes office in January. In an effort to make sure that this stimulus is good for working people and our environment, Green For All and a number of ally organizations sent this letter to key members of Obama's transition team yesterday. The memo calls for an economic stimulus package that is green and equitable. No publisher ada 2008-12-16T03:02:12Z Blog Entry