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Clean Energy Field Organizer

Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

Clean Energy Field Organizer | Iowa Environmental Council | Des Moines. The Iowa Environmental Council is a 501(c)3 nonprofit environmental law and policy organization that educates, advocates, and builds coalitions to make Iowa a better place to live, work and explore. Set up and staff tables at community events.

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Discrimination in our food system is everybody's problem

GreenBiz

We’ve seen this happen in housing, education, criminal justice and so many other areas of our society where people of color are marginalized or punished. Food deserts — or "food swamps," which one researcher argues is a better term — are linked to obesity and other health problems. . Systems can evolve and remain discriminatory.

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5 steps boards can take to be ESG-ready for 2021

GreenBiz

Despite years of progress by leading corporations toward ESG, corporate social responsibility (CSR), environmental health and safety (EHS) and sustainability goals, the reality is that board members overseeing these companies are still trying to discern how all of this applies to them. Get educated.

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Meat Industry Using ‘Misinformation’ to Block Dietary Change, Report Finds

DeSmogBlog

The report, published by the consumer advocacy organisation Freedom Food Alliance on Thursday (29 February), found that multinational meat companies and lobby groups were using industry-funded research, public ad campaigns and educational materials to sway public opinion on meat and dairy. In the U.S.

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Why We Need to, Have to, Want to Act on Climate Change

Andrew Winston

Even in the face of the “anti-ESG” movement — a very American phenomenon — there are vanishingly few large organizations around the world that really question the need to address environmental and social issues. I struggle to find the right metaphors to make this real, but let’s think in terms of medical health. degrees Celsius (2.7

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Roundup: Fellows in the Field

Defend Our Future

Catching up with the Community Organizing Fellows While Defend Our Future’s campus ambassadors are enjoying a well-deserved summer break, our community organizing fellows have been hard at work with our partners to engage community members to build a future free from fossil fuels. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to!

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Roundup: Fellows in the Field

Defend Our Future

Catching up with the Community Organizing Fellows While Defend Our Future’s campus ambassadors are enjoying a well-deserved summer break, our community organizing fellows have been hard at work with our partners to engage community members to build a future free from fossil fuels. Let’s take a look at what they’ve been up to!