Posts by Green 2.0 Team
Protected: Rethinking Schoolyards with Tribal Communities
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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.
Read MoreReflections on TWS in Color
In November of 2022, staff of color at The Wilderness Society (TWS) gathered for a retreat named TWS in Color. In this blog, TWS’s Vice President of Equity, Culture, and Learning Wordna Meskheniten reflects on the experiences and learnings of their convening and provides advice for other groups looking to better support their staff of color.
Read MoreThe “War” on Climate Change Does Not Inspire Confidence or Success
Coming from a tradition of resilience through humor expertly modeled by her family, Jasmine grew up surrounded by wordplay, a love for the environment, and parents that could have been authors. Early on, this piqued her interest in how we talk and, later, how we talk about climate change. In this blog, Jasmine explores the current rhetoric employed when discussing climate change, its history and implications, and alternative approaches we can adopt moving forward.
Read MoreWomen of Color Revolutionizing the Energy System with their Careers 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.
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