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The Earth Thrives Team

The Earth Thrives Team

Earth Thrives is Run and Managed by Advocates of Green and Sustainable Action In the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, Where We Live!!   Here are some of the valuable supporting staff and contributors: Rich RothGreenfield, MAPresident/CTO Rich has been interested in Biology and ecology since early school and grew up exploring the woods of Long Island, NY and sailing her waters. Entering RPI to study engineering the year of the first Earth Day, Rich focused his work in a variety of environmental...

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Massachusetts Green Justice Coalition Makes Green Waves!

Big Breakthrough for Green Justice in Massachusetts! Dear Community Labor United Allies and Friends — The Massachusetts Green Justice Coalition won a victory for social justice and the environment yesterday when the state Energy Efficiency Advisory Council (EEAC) told the state’s utilities to add equity to their efficiency plans. The EEAC must approve the utilities’ programs, which collect $210 million annually from Massachusetts ratepayers for building energy efficiency. ...

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Job Opening at Nuestras Raices

JOB TITLE: Nuestras Raíces Energy Enterprises President and CEO REPORTS TO: Board of Directors POSITION CONTINGENT UPON SECURING FINANCING AND CONTRACT FOR INITIAL PROJECT IN FALL 2009 COMPENSATION: Base: $50,000 Performance Bonus: up to $20,000 (includes commission pay tied to performance) plus benefits FSLA DESIGNATION Exempt DUTIES Oversees all day-to-day operations for the ESCO, with primary responsibility for project management, financial management and quality assurance. Secures...

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Share Your Story

EarthThrives was built upon the idea of sharing our stories. Won’t you join us? Guidelines for Story Submission: Your story should be no more than 750 words long or 3 minutes of video. Writing should be well-written.  Both writing and videos should be interesting and relevant to our mission: following the lives of everyday people as they go green. Please do not include a phone number or email within your story.  There is a spot on the submission form for you to enter your email. Your...

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Meltdown- Voices from Chernobyl

Shantigar Foundation and Western MA Coalition for a Nuclear-Free Future PresentMELTDOWN  – VOICES FROM CHERNOBYLThe Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster A dramatic adaptation by Spencer Smith of the book by Svetlana AlexeivichReading directed by Ronald Rand MELTDOWN is a dramatic presentation that asks the question, “What if it happened here?”  The voices in the play are those of Chernobyl survivors but the readers are local, from Western Massachusetts.  So are the dangers of a...

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Posting a Press Release

As a member, you can make your event public knowledge with EarthThrives press release features.  If you are not a member, please visit our membership page for more information. When you are ready to submit, please include the following information: Business/Organization Name and Address Contact Name and Number Event Title A short, one paragraph description of the event Any costs or requirements for attendance A brief statement acknowledging Earth Thrives as a supporting organization. Please...

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Posting a Calendar Event

EarthThrives will help you spread the word about your green and sustainable events.  As a member, you or your group will be able to post all of your events to our calendar.  As a bonus feature, we use Google Calendars, which means anyone else who uses Google Calendars can subscribe directly to all the events we publish; they will show up automatically in their own daily-use calendar.  With the growing readership at EarthThrives, your event attendance will grow right along with us. Please use...

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Students Learn about Climate Change Solutions And work with Greening Greenfield Energy Committee

Students Learn about Climate Change Solutions And work with Greening Greenfield Energy Committee

GREENFIELD, MA – Earlier this year a dozen middle school students worked with volunteers from the Greening Greenfield Energy Committee (GGEC) and learned about climate change solutions during the Expanded Learning Time program at the Greenfield Middle School. The students did hands-on experiments to better understand how global warming works, how to do more with less, and how to make energy that does not emit carbon dioxide, the major source of global warming and climate change. “I am...

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Carbon Offset Conundrum

If you are reading this, you probably have already heard about carbon offsets. Chances are you have seen a car in front of you on the highway with one of those nifty little stickers proclaiming the car as “carbon neutral” courtesy of TerraPass. That might even be your car. Sorry for flashing my high beams. It was an accident. There are many companies offering carbon offsets, all based on the concept of giving them money – the amount is based on the level of carbon dioxide emissions...

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