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8 Nonprofits Championing Environmental Sustainability on Earth Day

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The outdoors became our main source of activity and entertainment, reminding us that we’re surrounded by life even in isolation. Volkswagen, GM, Amazon, and the USPS pledged a commitment to green vehicles. Additionally, SELC offers year-long learning with a podcast where people can learn from women fighting environmental injustices.

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Van Jones Testifies Before Congress on Green Collar Jobs

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Over the past month, many of you have posted comments or sent me emails about my interview with Van Jones, the President and Co-founder of Oakland's Ella Baker Center , that I posted here, and on the Big Vision Podcast. I just finished listening to your podcast interview of Van Jones. Van Jones green economy in Lansing, MI.

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Bay Localize & Green Roofs: An Interview with Ingrid Severson

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You can listen to my interview with Ingrid on the Big Vision Podcast , or read a transcript here. So that requires a massive shift, and we're working towards building a more local economy in the Bay Area on a policy level by working to galvanize municipal response and developing models of localization that can be replicated by other regions.

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What's Your Moment of Obligation?

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While re-reading Echoing Green's book, Be Bold: Create a Career with Impact , I've been thinking about one of its main ideas--that people have moments of obligation. Moments of obligation are described as: "At certain moments in your life, you may find yourself pulled toward a path leading to work that will benefit others.

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Women's Global Green Action Network: An Interview with Melinda Kramer

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She is the co-founder and co-director of Women's Global Green Action Network , a nonprofit that cultivates global partnerships of grassroots women environmental leaders by providing access to communication tools, support services and networking capabilities. Below is a transcript of an interview with her from the Big Vision Podcast.

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Interview with Temra Costa, Author of Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat

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Temra Costa's book, Farmer Jane: Women Changing the Way We Eat features the stories of over 30 women and how they are changing our food system for the better as farmers, educators, mothers, chefs, businesswomen, and policy wonks. Sometimes I'll be eating, and I'll ask, "Are there organic greens?" Tags: interview podcast.

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How Are Your 2008 Activist Resolutions Going?

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Interview more activists/visionaries of color for the Big Vision Podcast. Made some changes in my work life to give me more space for creative projects and down time. Challenge for the rest of 2008: I'm feeling a bit discouraged about what feels like a lack of progress in the situation. What I've done: I've done so-so with this so far.

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