Posts by Green 2.0 Team

  No es fácil ser latino y verde posted on February 12, 2015 Por: Mark Magaña, Director Ejecutivo de la Coalición Latina sobre el Cambio Climático y GreenLatinos, e integrante del Grupo de Trabajo de Green 2.0 “Hay una gran población de ambientalistas natos que se puede involucrar” Soy un ecologista cultural. Yo no crecí…

How Can Philanthropy Support Leaders of Color in the Environmental Movement? By: Caitlin Duffy posted on: February 10, 2015 Even those outside the nonprofit sector are starting to notice the glaring lack of racial and ethnic diversity in the environmental movement’s leadership. In fact, one recent headline from The Guardian asked, “Why are so many…

It Isn’t Easy Being Green” and a Person of Color. A perspective on self-accountability and the environmental movement’s diversity binge. By Dorien Paul While it may come as a surprise to those entranced by the powerful images of Lisa Jackson, Van Jones, and Majora Carter in mass media, it seems the lack of black and…

Black, brown want green jobs, too By Carlton E. Brown The lack of racial and ethnic diversity in most mainstream environmental groups and government agencies is no revelation; for decades, it’s been a hushed issue that’s fractured the green movement and kept minorities out of the insider’s club. But we now have empirical evidence of…

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…