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Yes, New Bedford IS READY for Green Solutions. New Bedford's Green
Solutions Day of Action took place on Sunday Oct. 5, 2008 at New Wave
Café, 143 N. Front St. from 1-5 pm. There was excitement in the air
throughout the day as people heard about sustainable best practices
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We had a great time educating grassroots style! For a conservative, non-green area, we had quite the community turnout!
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It was an awesome event, everyone did a great job, and it was great seeing so many people there. When I was a child it was already evident that our planet was in trouble and I knew that I would witness something incredible in my lifetime... people fighting to save the Earth. N...
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We had discussions of why we need a sustainable economy, how we can have a stable economy, & that we can do this now. No more worrying how to bring in new jobs but lets get on it! Assemblyman Tim Gordon came, Alex Betke of the Coxsackie chairman with lots of affiliated groups ...
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The Green Jobs Now day coincidentally was the same day as the senior class picnic. We set up a little side table and put out petitions and half-way through the picnic we asked everyone, parents and seniors, to gather for a photo
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It was a busy day in downtown Stuart Florida so the group of us that showed up fro the event walked around and talked with dozens of people about calling on congress to support Green Jobs. We got nearly 100 people to sign up to send a postcard to their congressman Tim Mahoney...
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In Las Vegas, Democracia U.S.A., 1Sky Nevada, Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada, and the Nevada Conservation League partnered together to bring a Green Jobs Now Forum, a panel-style discussion of green jobs and the green economy with guest speakers local elected offici...
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I preached a sermon using the theme of our District Conference - Common Ground, Solid Ground - and the illustration of the Green Jobs movement.
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On Saturday October 4th and October 11th the Western New York Apollo Alliance helped lower income home owners weatherize their homes. We had 70 volunteers and several area elected officials help reduce the energy use in older homes in Buffalo. Volunteers included students from...
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Latinos Go Green (or "Latinos Por La Tierra") is a project of Democracia U.S.A. to focus on environmental voter education and community organizing focusing on Hispanics through days of action on September 27, 2008 in Las Vegas, Miami, and Philadelphia. Together with the natio...
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The event was a huge success. A coalition of organizations, led by Courtney Brigham, helped to put on a very powerful display and program. Not only did we have a huge blow up globe on fire, but we also had our green hardhats, petitions, and one attendee brought a pole to sho...
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We set up a table at the Last Thursday Arts Walk on Alberta Street in NE Portland. We had green hardhats, goggles, gloves, and vests available and took photos of people holding our "I'm Ready" sign. We also collecting Power Vote pledges. A lot of people didn't know what gre...
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On October 11th the City of Newark along with a group of 12 local young men came together to install 2,500 SQ FT of a reflective/ cool roof to show that they are ready for GREEN JOBS NOW. These young men volunteered to receive training to install this roof after realizing tha...
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A new coalition is coming together to promote green jobs in the Worcester area!
The mission of the Worcester Green Jobs Coalition is to organize a local movement for green collar jobs for all. It will work for resources to create sustainable jobs that are in sync with our cul...
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Carmel Green Initiative recognizes that green jobs are the solution to climate change and national security.
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The community service project day was fantastic. The weather was picture-perfect with blue skies and the Aspen trees were are their peak of their Fall colors. We had about 65 sixth-graders and 20 adults show up to plant cottonwood trees in Rotary Park. The park is situated on ...
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GREAT! I went around to classes and informed my fellow peers what was going on and what was happening, alot of them seemed really concerned and genuinely interested, while other, of course didnt really care. Mostly all signed the petition and took pictures.
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To view all the videos taken at the conference visit: http://www.youtube.com/greenjobs08
The “Growing A Just, Green Economy” conference was held at NC Central University in Durham by over thirty North Carolina-based organizations and businesses to investigate the future of ...
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The Sustainable Living Roadshow's event at University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN was an amazing success and celebrated Green for All's Green Jobs Now! initiative. With a solar powered stage hosting amazing local live music and speakers for two days, a 30' dome with educati...
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