Archive for December 2014

Estudio revela falta de diversidad en sector medioambiental Los efectos del cambio climático afectan principalmente a poblaciones de minorías; sin embargo, las personas a cargo de enfrentar estos problemas son casi todas de raza blanca. Por Giomar Silva Resultados del estudio muestran una preocupante falta de diversidad en un sector crítico como es medio ambiente.…

For Green Groups, Police-Shooting Protests Are a Path to Diversity By Jason Plautz Monday, December 15, 2014 | 8:23 p.m. Green groups know they have a diversity problem. Less than a fifth of the staff at the major environmental lobbies are minorities, a figure that critics and insiders admit can skew their priorities. With minority…

Do #blacklivesmatter to greens? By Jon Christensen and Mark Gold | December 14, 2014 2:32 PM Jon Christensen writes: A dramatic, wrenching, and potentially pivotal story is unfolding in the environmental movement right now. It is a test of whether the movement–and particularly its most powerful organizations–can really represent the interests and concerns of diverse…

New Data Initiative A Step Towards Diversifying Green Movement Posted by: Asian Fortune on December 11, 2014 The environmental movement has a diversity problem. Despite increasing racial diversity in the United States, the racial composition in environmental organizations and agencies has not broken the 12% to 16% “green ceiling” that has been in place for…

Dispatch from the middle of the pack: EPA struggles with morale and ‘green ceiling’ Wednesday – 12/10/2014, 5:57am EST By Emily Kopp Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy admits she hears grumblings among employees these days. The agency ranks at 16 out of 19 large agencies in the 2014 Best Places to Work in the…

On diversity & inclusion: Starting to break the “green ceiling” December 11, 2014 There’s been a lot of discussion recently of the stubbornly homogenous composition of the mainstream environmental movement. This summer, a comprehensive report found that environmental organizations and agencies have yet to break down the 12-16% “green ceiling” for recruiting and retaining people…

Green groups have one less excuse for being so white By Brentin Mock on 11 Dec 2014 6 comments Every few months, “diversity” becomes all the rage, often the result of someone exposing the demographic numbers of some industry, company, nonprofit, or government department. It doesn’t matter where you look, the picture too often shows staffing,…