What's New

bga-epi-report-medThe BlueGreen Alliance and the Economic Policy Institute released a new report, Rebuilding Green: The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Green Economy.  The report details how the Recovery Act's green investments committed through the end of 2010 created or saved nearly 1 million jobs. It provides evidence that the Recovery Act succeeded in responding to the nation's economic crisis and that green investments create jobs while laying a foundation for the development of a 21st century green economy in the United States.

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Sustainable Environments Spotlight

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How do you get local and national funders and city sustainability officials to collaborate on community-based sustainability initiatives? One promising answer is the "Local Sustainability Matching Fund" (LSMF), which is a collaborative effort of the Funders’ Network and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network (USDN).