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Did Big Green Groups Fumble Their George Floyd Moment?
Four years ago on Saturday, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, was murdered by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The aftermath took the country by storm. Protestors flooded the streets. They demanded racial justice not only in law enforcement but across every sector and industry. Environmental groups, which have struggled with histories of racism for decades, were no exception.
Read MoreWhy more than 50 environmental justice organizations are conducting pay audits
Pay equity problems in a social justice movement may seem counterintuitive, but the environmental justice movement, according to internal critics, has long been whitewashed. As a former research associate wrote for the Environmental Law Institute, eugenics and Indigenous exclusion along with other forms of racism have kept people of color from advancing in the movement.
Read MoreGreen nonprofits are scouting for new bosses
A wave of executive resignations has spurred recruitment at nonprofits that work on climate, conservation and endangered species.
Read MoreOcean Justice Leaders Issue Statement on the First-Ever White House Ocean Justice Strategy
The Ocean Policy Committee, chaired by the Council on Environmental Quality and Office of Science and Technology Policy, released the first-ever White House Ocean Justice Strategy today in Dubai at the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference. According to the Biden-Harris Administration, the Ocean Justice Strategy is intended to build upon the White House Ocean Climate Action Plan, released in March 2023, to further the vision, goals, and high-level objectives for coordinating and guiding ocean justice activities across the Federal Government while minimizing the impacts of ocean climate inaction to ocean justice communities and those on the frontline of climate change.
Read MoreProgress on Diversity in the Green Workforce May Be Stalling, Annual Report Shows
By Kayla Benjamin. Read at The Washington Informer. Speaking on a panel with other environmental activists, nature education advocate Pinar Ateş Sinopoulos-Lloyd talked about the process of familiarizing oneself with a natural setting’s “baseline.” The environmental educator and activist offered an exercise: simply sit in a park or forest, and watch and listen to find out…
Read MoreCBF Issues Statement on Green 2.0 Report Card
The Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is one of the organizations that provided data for the Green 2.0 Survey based on 2022 data.
Read MoreAnti-DEI efforts apparently hurting environmental sector
Green 2.0, a watchdog organization that tracks diversity in the environmental sector, published its annual report based on data from 73 NGOs and 25 foundations on Wednesday.
Read MoreGreen groups’ diversity push stalls in key areas — report
Green 2.0, a group that promotes diversity in environmental organizations and foundations, issues an annual report card tracking groups’ efforts to boost diversity on their staffs. This year’s report — the seventh consecutive analysis — includes data from 73 nonprofit groups and 25 foundations.
Read MoreGreen group to launch ‘experts of color’ database
Green 2.0 is rolling out a new “experts of color database” Thursday, featuring more than 150 people of color who can testify before Congress on environmental issues including coral reefs and climate change.
Read MoreThe Sierra Club hired its first Black CEO. Turmoil over racial equity followed.
Sierra Club Executive Director Ben Jealous speaks during a protest of big banks financing fossil fuels on When Ben Jealous became the first person of color to lead the Sierra Club, the prominent civil rights leader promised to create more inclusive working conditions at the nation’s oldest environmental group.
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