Posts by Green 2.0 Team
Green Space for Teens: Thrive DC’s Vision for Local Underserved YouthÂ
Working with the National Park Service, Friends of Anacostia Park (FoAP) turns the challenge of revitalization into an opportunity for community uplift. We connect residents with meaningful, green employment and activate Anacostia Park as a vibrant convening point for all visitors. In this blog, FoAP highlights the history of the park and Thrive DC, an after-school program providing local teens the opportunity to connect with nature and build community.
Read More2023 NGO & Foundation Transparency Report Card Social Media Toolkit
The seventh annual Green 2.0 NGO & Foundation Transparency Report Card is here! This report serves as a key mechanism to hold organizations, and the environmental movement at large, accountable for commitments made to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.Â
Read More2023 NGO & Foundation Transparency Report Card Release Social Media Toolkit
On December 14th, Green 2.0 will release its latest NGO & Foundation Transparency Report Card. The report will include updated data about the racial and ethnic diversity of environmental organizations’ key decision-makers and staff, and contains new indicators of diversity and inclusion including gender identity, gender identity for staff of color, and disability status.
Read MoreThe Need for Nuance and Systemic Change in Plant-Based Diet Culture
Green 2.0’s Fall Fellow Michelle Gin dissects White-dominated plant-based diet culture and proposes flexitarianism as a more nuanced diet alternative and ideological framework to affect change at both an individual and systemic level.
Read MoreIn Canada, Indigenous Leaders Take Mantle of Longtime Boreal Forest Stewardship Effort
Tom Dillon is a senior vice president at The Pew Charitable Trusts, leading the organization’s work on conservation and environment initiatives in the United States and around the world. Valérie Courtois is the executive director for the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, which supports Indigenous Nations in honouring the responsibility to care for lands and waters. She is a member of the Innu community of Mashteuiatsch, located on the shore of Peikuakami, or Lac-St-Jean and lives in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Labrador.
Read MoreIndigenous Women Leaders Shaping Environmental Justice Social Media Toolkit
From leading conservation projects that protect their ancestral land to advocating for sustainable practices and environmental justice, Indigenous women have long been at the forefront of shaping the environmental movement. However, recognition of their leadership and their representation in decision-making roles within environmental organizations is lacking.Â
Read MoreBeyond 30×30: What the future of conservation should look like
Kat So is a campaign manager in the Energy & Environment Department at the Center for American Progress, a multi-issue policy think tank based in Washington DC. She is also the project coordinator for the Ocean Justice Forum. In this blog she discusses how we should measure conservation success and implement equitable 30×30 policies.
Read MoreGoing Beyond Making a Difference
Mujeres de la Tierra is an environmental equity nonprofit founded with the guiding principles of respect, advocacy, self-determination, bravery, and creativity. Mujeres inspires the healing of La Madre Tierra by working to build grassroots community leadership and capacity among historically unrecognized communities, especially among those who are low-income, immigrant, and/or communities of color.
Read MoreEnvironmental Experts of Color Database Launch Social Media Toolkit
The Green 2.0 Environmental Experts of Color Database addresses a pressing issue–the lack of diversity in experts providing testimony in the policymaking process nationally and locally. The database provides policymakers, organizations, and individuals with an expansive set of environmental and environmental justice leaders, and offers a more representative perspective on these issues.Â
Read MoreWorking with Communities to Increase Glass Recycling
Green 2.0 Summer Fellow Andres Vivero is owner and founder of LB Glass Pickup, a curbside glass recycling company operating in Northern Virginia. In this blog, Andres discusses the complications of glass recycling and how his business works to increase recycling accessibility within his community and beyond.
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