The 2013 Dream Reborn Song Competition finished STRONG! With over 50 song submissions from all over the country and 5,278 total votes cast for the songs, it is clear that music moves our movement! We’re sending a BIG thank you to everyone who voted to support the amazing artists, who ...
We were thrilled this week to hear that the U.S. Department of Housing Development is investing in a program to make affordable housing more energy efficient—something that will create good local jobs, slash air pollution, and shrink energy bills for low-income Americans, who are alre...
America is not used to playing catch-up, not since World War II. We’ve built a massive, unparalleled economy through an always-evolving blend of entrepreneurship, public and private investment, and innovation. We still lead the rest of the world, but we’ve slowed. Stumbled. Meanwhile ...
In 1969, a river caught fire. People of a certain age probably remember when it happened. The Cuyahoga, which runs through northeastern Ohio and outlets into Lake Erie in Cleveland, was heavily contaminated – so much so that stretches of the waterway contained no life at all. It was t...
Howard University held a Green Opportunities symposium on Thursday February 23rd titled, "Green is the New Black". The event was the result of a partnership between Black Enterprise Magazine, Howard University's office of sustainability, and our Howard College Ambassadors, Brittany St...
Want to create nearly 1.9 million American jobs and add $265 billion to the economy? Upgrade our water and wastewater infrastructure. That’s the message of a new report released today by Green For All, in partnership with American Rivers , the Economic Policy Institute and the Pacific...
I didn’t realize when Rosa Gonzalez invited me to join the Fourth Class of Green For All Fellows that it would help catalyze my life’s work. What started out as a project to document stories in South Africa in January 2011 morphed into a story-centered advocacy project that helped pre...
I can confidently say the green movement is fully underway at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)! This is a big deal because most HBCUs are located in communities disproportionately impacted by climate change and poverty. And in the past, HBCU students have been unde...
