Environmental Justice and the Green Economy
This report describes a shared vision for a just and sustainable economy, and highlights grassroots environmental justice successes in our communities. We hope to stimulate discussion and build consensus around the idea that sustainability and justice must be simultaneous results; that one simply cannot happen without the other. As this report demonstrates, although environmental justice communities may have emerged from a shared opposition to unjust and polluting practices, many have moved into proactively exploring alternative energy solutions, community driven decision making, and urban design discussions with partners in the public and private sectors. These solutionbased approaches are aimed not only at minimizing environmental degradation, but also building community political power and enhancing overall quality of life.
The New Energy Economy: Putting America on the Path to Solving Global Warming
This report discusses the serious and urgent challenges rooted in the way that the US, and the world, fuel and power their economies. It discusses the threats arising from global warming and 6 big opportunities to transform the US energy sector. Finally, the report lays out three NRDC policy recommendations to curb global warming.
Green Cities: How Urban Sustainability Efforts Can and Must Drive America’s Climate Change Policies
This report is Living Cities’ effort to showcase and support the innovative ways in which cities are creating an equitable green economy. In an effort to inform and shape the coming wave of investment in sustainability, Living Cities conducted a thorough survey of programs and policies in 40 of the nation’s largest cities, spoke to dozens of experts in the field and studied a series of initiatives at the local level. They found that cities did not wait for action from the federal government or even their state governments to begin to turn themselves into green “laboratories,” testing ways to lower greenhouse gas emissions, and to build healthier, cleaner, more sustainable environments.
Local Living Economies: The New Movement for Responsible Business
This paper discusses the necessity for sustainable local economies throughout the world, and how corporate globalization is causing the decline of local communities, local businesses, family farms, and natural habitats. It talks about how Progressive business leaders are uniquely positioned to articulate a new vision for business and direct the energy of concerned consumers, entrepreneurs and young people toward creating a positive future for our world.
