Tom over at The 501(c) Files sent over a meme about the upcoming federal rebates with a couple of interesting questions:

If you could do whatever you wanted, how would YOU spend your $600?
Is that the same or different from how you actually plan spend it?

If I could do anything I wanted to do with an extra $600, there are two places I would put it. First, I’d give to at least a portion of it to Green For All. This is one of the most important initiatives in the US right now with its mission to help build a green …read more

Green For All is an incredibly important part of the emerging green economy and lifting people out of poverty, the growing movement for “green-collar jobs.”
In April, Green For All is bringing organizations and leaders from communities across the nation together to produce The Dream Reborn, an event aimed at solving two of the world’s most severe crises – global warming and deepening poverty.
This conference will celebrate the life of Dr. King and present positive solutions for social and environmental justice – ecological solutions that can heal the Earth while bringing jobs, justice, wealth and health to all communities.
Among the presenters: …read more

Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?’ – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today is Martin Luther King, Jr., Day in the United States, a national holiday commemorating Dr. King’s birthday (Jan 15) and his leadership as a civil rights activist.
What you might not be aware of is that more than a holiday, today is also a day of service. The King Holiday and Service Act federal legislation honors MLK, Jr. and “challenges Americans to transform the King Holiday into a day of citizen action through volunteer service in honor of Dr. King.”
While this blog …read more

A little while back I mentioned Van Jones in Green is Good Business. Mr. Jones is a civil-rights lawyer and activist whose initiatives hold the combined promise of solving social inequality and environmental problems. They are intertwined or share, in the words of Anne Fahey, roots in “kitchen table issues: jobs, industry, manufacturing, health, education.”
Fahey’s recent article, A Wave of Green Jobs can Lift All Boats, delves into Mr. Jones’ social and environmental leadership in, what she calls, his “moment in history.” If you haven’t met Jones yet, this is a good place to get to know him.
And you …read more