Ecopreneurist » Activism

The Green Festival is coming to Portland this weekend, and with it, a new batch of Community Award nominees. Learn a bit about each organization, and come to the festival to vote Dec 9-11, 2016. ...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2016/12/06/green-festival-portland-community-award-the-finalists-are/

Home Care Assistance, in cooperation with the Arbor Day Foundation plans to plant 5,000 trees in 2017 to promote a healthy environment and honor its present and former clients. Trees will be plan...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2016/11/29/home-care-assistance-promotes-carbon-sequestration-by-planting-5000-trees/

WindAid Institute helps bring clean wind energy to rural areas of Peru. It also focuses on education and micro-enterprise support. The post WindAid Fund Raising Campaign Ending Soon appeared f...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2016/06/28/windaid-fund-raising-campaign-ending/

Planting Justice is a non-profit in Oakland, California that brings nutritious, sustainably grown food to inner city neighborhoods. It teaches people how to grow their own food and provides job t...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2016/05/02/planting-justice-brings-nutritious-food-and-jobs-to-oakland/

WeCycle Atlanta uses donated bicycles to reward students who complete a 4 week educational program that teaches them about growing their own food, recycling and sustainability. The post WeCycle...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2016/03/26/wecycle-atlanta-teaches-cycling-recycling-and-sustainability/

As it becomes increasingly clear that traditional investments and holdings in fossil fuel companies are going nowhere fast, smart investors and companies are divesting from fossil fuels and putti...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2015/10/29/sustainable-investment-is-better-for-the-planet-and-your-portfolio/

We’re losing forests at a staggering rate, with a forest area the size of New York City disappearing every two days, and because of that deforestation, we’re slowly losing one of our greatest...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2015/02/16/crowdfunding-carbon-credits-for-a-grassroots-deforestation-intervention/

Many of us are willing to regularly give from our own pockets to a worthy nonprofit or cause, but sometimes we may refrain from doing so, in part because we just don’t know which organizations ...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2014/10/01/micro-philanthropy-discover-and-support-nonprofits-with-a-dollar-a-day/

A lot of shopping that we do is all about me. Or about you, if you prefer. We shop for the products that we want, solely for the purpose of meeting our own needs, with little thought given to the...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2014/09/23/yoobi-the-school-supplies-with-a-charitable-mission/

At a time when we’re well aware of the benefits of living forest ecosystems, in terms of not only mitigating the effects of air and water pollution, but also in recharging groundwater, storing ...

https://www.ecopreneurist.com/2014/08/13/eu-appetite-for-wood-pellets-leading-to-deforestation-in-southern-us/