Posts by Green 2.0 Team
Funding a Better, Broader Environmental Movement
By Arturo Garcia-Costas and Michele Kumi Baer Climate change and pollution affects us all, but some more than others. The poor, the infirm, and the elderly are particularly vulnerable to temperature extremes and violent storms. Low-income communities of color often bear the brunt of our civilization’s legacy of pollution: from the noxious facilities in their…
Read MoreOp-Ed: How Better Data Can Lead Nonprofits to Greater Diversity
How Better Data Can Lead Nonprofits to Greater Diversity By Kelly Brown, Jacob Harold, and Robert Raben Over the last several years, we have had a front-row seat to philanthropy’s growing interest in advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. More foundations, grant-making associations, and nonprofits are grappling with how to make these goals a priority in…
Read MoreRELEASE: 70 Leaders Across the Environmental Movement Call on Congress to Diversify Key Government Agencies
70 Leaders Across the Environmental Movement Call on Congress to Diversify Key Government Agencies WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green 2.0, an initiative dedicated to increasing racial diversity across mainstream environmental NGOs and foundations, today joined with members of the Green Leadership Trust – fiduciaries of America’s largest environmental non-profits – and leaders of the several major…
Read MorePress Release: Ahead of Earth Day, Green 2.0 Calls for Leading Environmental Organizations to Renew Commitment to Diversity Data Transparency
For Immediate Release: April 21, 2016 Contact: Erika West, ewest@rabengroup.com, (202) 930-6808 Ahead of Earth Day, Green 2.0 Calls for Leading Environmental Organizations to Renew Commitment to Diversity Data Transparency WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green 2.0, an initiative dedicated to increasing racial diversity across mainstream environmental NGOs and foundations, today marked the one-year anniversary of the first unveiling of…
Read MorePress Release: Green 2.0 Announces Whitney Tome as New Executive Director
For Immediate Release: April 7, 2016 Contact: Erika West, ewest@rabengroup.com, (202) 930-6808 Green 2.0 Announces Whitney Tome as New Executive Director WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green 2.0, an initiative dedicated to increasing racial diversity across mainstream environmental NGOs and foundations, today announced that Whitney Tome has joined the organization as its new executive director. “We are delighted to have Whitney Tome, who has…
Read MorePress Release: Environmental Leader and Oscar-Nominated Actor, Mark Ruffalo, Endorses Green 2.0’s Call for A Diverse Mainstream Environmental Movement
PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: December 2, 2015 Contact: Erika West, ewest@rabengroup.com, (202) 930-6808 Environmental Leader and Oscar-Nominated Actor, Mark Ruffalo, Endorses Green 2.0’s Call for A Diverse Mainstream Environmental Movement WASHINGTON, D.C. – Green 2.0 announced today that leading environmental advocate and Oscar-nominated actor, Mark Ruffalo has endorsed the initiative to increase diversity across the mainstream…
Read MoreEnvironmental Funders Slow to Cooperate on Diversity Data
Environmental Funders Slow to Cooperate on Diversity Data By Ruth McCambridge As a lack of diversity and inclusion persists in a field of nonprofit practice despite a lot of politically correct discussion on the matter, one has to wonder what is holding things up. According to Green 2.0, which has done groundbreaking research documenting the…
Read MorePress Release: Green 2.0 Reports Lack of Transparency about Diversity by Major Environmental Funders, While Many Smaller Foundations Disclosed Data
For Immediate Release: November 9, 2015 Contact: Erika West, ewest@rabengroup.com, (202) 930-6808 Green 2.0 Reports Lack of Transparency about Diversity by Major Environmental Funders, While Many Smaller Foundations Disclosed Data WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green 2.0 announced that one year from their initial call for transparent diversity data – and months after the Presidents of the Bullitt,…
Read MoreEnvironmental movement’s growth stunted by ‘green ceiling’
Environmental movement’s growth stunted by ‘green ceiling’ By Rip Rapson November 6, 2015 Updated: November 6, 2015 5:12pm Groucho Marx is remembered for his quip that he would never join a club that would have him as a member. We’ve got a different problem when it comes to our nation’s environmental movement. Although many clamor…
Read MoreFoundation Heads Call on Peers to Publicize Diversity Data
By Alex Daniels Responding to an effort to encourage diversity among environmental nonprofits, the leaders of six major foundations called on their peers to share the racial and gender make-up of their boards and staff. The heads of the Bullitt, Ford, William and Flora Hewlett, Kresge and Wilburforce foundations and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund said…
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