Posts by Green 2.0 Team
Meeting Communities Where They Are – The Importance of Community-Based Solutions
Caylee Chan is a junior at The George Washington University double majoring in Public Health and Environmental & Sustainability Science with a minor in Geographic Information Systems. She also works as a GW Sustainability Research Fellow to increase composting access and education on campus. To mark the end of her fellowship she discusses her efforts to make composting more widespread on campus while highlighting the need for community-based solutions.
Read MoreAdvancing Racial Justice from Within
Liz Gilchrist sits as the Greenpeace Fund Board Chair and has served across Greenpeace USA’s various boards for the past 17 years. In this blog piece, she reflects on her career and how Greenpeace has worked internally to advance diversity and racial justice, most recently marked by the appointment of Ebony Twilley as sole Executive Director of the organization.
Read MoreJustice Outside
Justice Outside advances racial justice and equity in the outdoor and environmental movement. We shift resources to, build power with, and center the voices and leadership of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color because the health of current and future generations demands it.
Read MoreRethinking Schoolyards with Tribal Communities
Diane Regas is the president and CEO of Trust for Public Land (TPL), a national nonprofit that works to connect everyone to the benefits and joys of the outdoors. As a leader in equitable access to the outdoors, TPL works with communities to create parks and protect public land where they are needed most. In this blog, Diane discusses the recent opening of the Chiloquin Elementary schoolyard and how a new pilot program is leading the way for more community schoolyards around the country.
Read MoreCommunity Leaders of Color on Supporting Environmental Justice Organizations Social Media Toolkit
Small environmental justice groups are the leaders of the environmental movement. However, they do not receive the resources needed to sustain their organizations and communities. Everyday environmental justice groups led by people of color are fighting environmental hazards and power structures to achieve equity. Join Green 2.0 and the Partnership for Southern Equity (PSE) for a discussion with leaders of color who are running environmental justice organizations, strengthening their communities, and protecting our environment.
Read MoreThe Critical Importance of Inclusive Environmental Sustainability Initiatives for a Participatory and Fair Blue Economy in Puerto Rico
In this blog, Angel and Edwin discuss how Puerto Rico’s recent bankruptcy, hurricanes, earthquakes, and socioeconomic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic have provided a unique opportunity to comprehensively incorporate these issues into the formulation of a new economic model that prioritizes sustainable economic growth, climate change, natural disaster risks, and public health issues: the blue economy.
Read MoreWho is Leading the Way to a Better Future?
Who is Leading the Way to a Better Future? By Cynthia Hoyle In this blog Cynthia Hoyle, Sierra Club Board Member, shares her journey to a leadership role in the environmental movement and how it ties into advancing racial equity. She also explores the importance of diverse organizations and what the appointment of Sierra Club’s new…
Read MoreDecolonizing Power and Rebuilding Trust
In the film Manzanar, Diverted: When Water Becomes Dust, intergenerational women from Native American, Japanese American, and rancher communities form an unexpected alliance to defend their land and water. In this blog we hear from Ann Kaneko, Director and Producer of Manzanar, Diverted, and Impact Producer Jin Yoo-Kim on how they centered community and consent in their filmmaking process
Read MoreEnvironmental Grantmakers on Diversity in Philanthropy Social Media Toolkit
Join Green 2.0 and Energy Allies to learn from the expertise of women of color leading the clean energy transition. We need to center diverse perspectives in the just transition to clean energy to rebuild connections, create accountability, and prioritize accessibility to all our communities. Alongside our communities, we’re working to build a new path for renewables that creates a more equitable energy future.
Read MoreRevolutionizing the Environmental Movement by Centering Communities
Yesenia Rivera is the Executive Director of Energy Allies. As ED, Yesenia centers climate-impacted communities in clean energy projects, policy advocacy, and education. Yesenia has been a community organizer from the start, working alongside climate-impacted communities. Her first-hand experiences of energy insecurity mobilized her to advocate for eliminating barriers to solar for all. In this post, Yesenia shares how her grounding in community activism has informed the brand and programmatic transformation of the NGO she leads to create true allyship with local climate-impacted communities.
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