Posts by Green 2.0 Team
We need stakeholders at the table to raise ambition
Citizens’ Climate International is a US-based non-profit organization whose mission is to empower citizen volunteers to exercise personal and political power in the shaping of effective climate policy. In this guest blog post, Executive Director Joseph Robertson discusses his experience at COP26, held earlier this month, and why we need all stakeholders at convenings on climate change and the environment.
Read MoreThe Importance of Green Space in Our Cities
Chante Lee is a 2021 fall fellow at Green 2.0. She is currently a senior at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington where she is finishing her last quarter as an Urban Planning and Sustainable Development major with a focus in Environmental Justice. She has also been extremely involved in the Ethnic Student Center on campus. In addition, Chante has worked at Starbucks part-time as a barista since high school and throughout college. She loves collecting houseplants and cooking new recipes. In this blog post, Chante discusses the importance of green space accessibility and her interest in pursuing urban planning as a career.
Read MoreQ+A with COMPASS on Inclusive Hiring Practices
COMPASS champions, connects, and supports diverse science leaders to improve the well-being of people and nature. In this Q+A for Green 2.0, Amanda Stanley, COMPASS’s Executive Director, discusses the updates the organization made to its hiring and onboarding practices to better reflect its strong commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.
Read MoreEnvironmental NGOs inch forward on racial and ethnic diversity
Green 2.0 was established in 2014 as a watchdog on diversity in the environmental sector. The organization works to diversify the racial and ethnic face of the movement by providing research, data and education to environmental organizations, foundations and other stakeholders.
Read MoreGreen 2.0 Diversity Data Reveals Slight Progress with Staff of Color at NGOs while Foundations Disproportionately Fund White-Led Groups
Today Green 2.0 released new diversity and inclusion data from environmental NGOs and foundations, indicating slight progress with staff of color represented at NGOs while foundations are disproportionately funding more white-led organizations than groups led by people of color.
Read MoreEnviro groups slowly diversify; funding gaps remain
The environmental movement has made some progress in diversifying its ranks, a watchdog group said today, but much more work needs to be done.
Read MoreEnvironmental Groups Showing Steady Diversity Gains, Group Says
Environmental groups are showing slow but steady progress in hiring people of color as full-time staff—though increasing diversity among board members and senior positions has been more modest, according to a report released Wednesday.
Read MoreEPA Cleanup Needed in Baltimore to Address Legacy Pollution Near Former Steel Mill Site
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is an independent conservation organization that uses advocacy, education, environmental restoration, and litigation to protect and improve the health of the Chesapeake Bay. In this guest blog post, the foundation examines a case of long-term environmental injustice near Baltimore, Maryland, and how the wrongs of the past could be addressed.
Read MoreA Q+A with UNDP’s Cassie Flynn on the Climate Crisis and Upcoming COP26
Change at the United Nations Development Programme. In this Q+A, she discusses with Green 2.0 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, the goal for the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference happening next month in November, and how to have hope amid the climate crisis.
Read MoreBuilding Power in the Environmental Movement
The State Energy and Environmental Impact Center is an independent non-partisan academic center that supports state attorneys general in their environmental work. In this guest blog post, the Center highlights the perspectives of attorneys of color from the Building Power in the Environmental Movement series, and looks ahead to the next event in the series, which will focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, and anti-racism in the environmental public sector.
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