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  Beth Porter, Green America · [email protected]
May 11, 2021 at 9:21 PM

Vote to plug Walmart's super-polluting leaks!

  Take Action Now Friend, Are you a Walmart shareholder or do you work for one? If so, you can urge the company to make progress on eliminating super-polluting greenhouse gases leaking from its stores! We need you …
  Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
May 8, 2021 at 12:03 PM

Chocolate 🍫 is a great way to celebrate Fair Trade Day!

Check out green chocolate companies! Friend, Today is World Fair Trade Day, and it is a great opportunity to support companies making chocolate fairly. After decades of empty promises from the largest chocolate companies, th…
  Green America · [email protected]
May 7, 2021 at 4:03 PM

Garden sign or tote => Monthly donors

  Become a monthly donor today! Dear Friend, Climate Victory Gardens might seem like a backyard project, but Green America is working hard to make sure—collectively—they have a huge impact in the world.   Every …
  Green America · [email protected]
May 5, 2021 at 2:33 PM

Totes excited about our Market Bag

  Become a monthly donor today! Dear Friend, We’ve heard from hundreds of Green Americans excited to plant a garden this year. Are you one of them?  I hope so, because gardens have the power to change the world. …
  Kathy Harget, Green America · [email protected]
April 30, 2021 at 6:04 PM

Leave behind a legacy for the Earth

  Dear Green American, Last week, Green America shared a free resource to help you complete an important task during Earth Month that can help create a just and sustainable world: writing a legal will to protect what you love. …
  Fran Teplitz, Green America · [email protected]
April 27, 2021 at 8:20 PM

Act Now to Stop Corporate Irresponsibility

  Take Action Dear Green American, We have an important opportunity to restore corporate accountability that was undercut last fall by the past Administration. Please take action today urging your members of Congre…
  Green America · [email protected]
April 22, 2021 at 9:07 PM

This Earth Day, we're moving forward

  On this Earth Day, we hope Green Americans like you are celebrating our nation's steps forward. You and I know that we cannot preserve this precious planet without also making sure all its people are healthy and safe.  The verdict to convict Dere…
  Emma Kriss, Green America · [email protected]
April 19, 2021 at 7:54 PM

5 steps to garden 🌱 for the climate

Dear Friend, Have you started your Climate Victory Garden yet? Whether or not your plants are in the ground, you can add your current or planned garden to our map of over 8,000 gardens worldwide that are working to build a better planet…
  Kathy Harget, Green America · [email protected]
April 18, 2021 at 3:03 PM

A new way to celebrate Earth Day with us!

  Dear Green American, This Earth Day, Green America is honoring Mother Earth by building a future powered by clean energy, regenerative agriculture, responsible banks and finance systems, and labor justice.  We are working fo…
  Todd Larsen, Green America · [email protected]
April 13, 2021 at 8:13 PM

Take Action: No More Pipelines

  Take Action Now Friend, The infamous Keystone XL pipeline. The Mountain Valley pipeline. The Alaska LNG pipeline. The Atlantic Coast Pipeline. All these pipelines were approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory C…
  Fran Teplitz, Green America · [email protected]
April 7, 2021 at 9:04 PM

Align Your Money With Your Values

    Dear Friend, Green America is pleased to share the following from Amalgamated Investment Services™, a trade name of Amalgamated Bank™, a certified Green Business Network member that can help you wi…
  Alisa Gravitz, Green America · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 8:32 PM

Just 5 minutes can make the difference.

  TRIPLE your Impact! Dear Friend, Time is running out! We hope there's one more thing you'll do before the day ends — please make a donation to protect people and the planet. When you give now, your donation will…
  Alisa Gravitz · [email protected]
March 31, 2021 at 4:06 PM

Last Chance!

  Join Today! Dear Friend, Perhaps you thought to yourself, "Again, Alisa!?!" when you saw this email in your inbox; I know I have been emailing a lot… but with a new administration in place and vaccines helping to c…
  Green America · [email protected]
March 30, 2021 at 6:03 PM

36 hours and $12,150 to go

  3x the IMPACT! Dear Friend, What keeps you going when times are tough, like a year into this pandemic? Or when you read about hate crimes, government corruption, corporate greed, economic injustice, and the clima…
  Fran Teplitz, Green America · [email protected]
March 29, 2021 at 9:02 PM

Your Vote: Pandemic, Racial Justice, Climate, & More

  View Resolutions to Vote your Values Dear Friend, For years to come, we will be grappling with “all that was 2020,” including a global pandemic, escalation of the climate crisis, racial injustice and mass mobilization…
  Green America · [email protected]
March 28, 2021 at 2:33 PM

The Climate Solution Begins with You!

  Join Today! Dear Friend, It’s been so heartening and encouraging to experience! In just the last two days, despite all the challenges we’re all facing and the anxiety we’re all feeling, Green Americans like you h…
  Green America · [email protected]
March 26, 2021 at 8:23 PM

Have you seen our guide to green your life?

Get our Guide! Dear Friend, A year into the pandemic do you need a little inspiration? We've adapted our annual guide, Your Green Life — helping you make greener, smarter, and safer choices, to address this extraordinary mom…
  Jes Walton, Green America · [email protected]
March 24, 2021 at 9:03 PM

Spring is here! Plant your Climate Victory Garden

Dear Friend, Springtime is here! That means it’s time to plan and plant your Climate Victory Garden.  The first step is to add your current or planned garden as a Climate Victory Garden to our map of over 8,000 gardens worldwide that…
  Green America · [email protected]
March 20, 2021 at 6:06 PM

Celebrating 👩🏽 Women 👩

  We are celebrating Women's History Month with ways to support women and inspiration from female leaders growing a green and just economy.  If you like these resources, forward to a friend.   Supporting women-owned, g…
  Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
March 18, 2021 at 10:03 PM

Amazon: time to share the profits

Tell Amazon & Nike to #PayYourWorkers Friend, 60 million people sew our clothes, and they are paid some of the lowest wages in the world. In the year since the COVID-19 pandemic began, garment workers have lost at least $3…
  Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
March 16, 2021 at 8:05 PM

How do chocolate companies stack up?

  Check out our new Scorecard! Friend, Wondering how the largest chocolate companies stack up? Check out our new chocolate scorecard!  Green America teamed up with Mighty Earth, Be Slavery Free, INKOTA, and Nationa…
  Kathy Harget, Green America · [email protected]
March 10, 2021 at 10:19 PM

Happening Now! 🎥 One Earth Film Festival

  Dear Green American, Are you missing it? One Earth Film Festival is happening now! This year the festival is virtual so no matter where you are, you can attend. Green America has been a Festival Action Partner for the past f…
  Beth Porter and Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
February 25, 2021 at 10:10 PM

What’s Trader Joe’s hiding?

  Take Action Now Dear Friend, We believe that customers deserve to know how companies operate and make their products.  But companies like Trader Joe’s seem committed to keeping us in the dark on how its practices…
  Green America · [email protected]
February 23, 2021 at 11:07 PM

Shop 🛍️ sustainably + Support our communities 🌎

  We are ending Black History Month with ways to support Black communities and grow a green and just economy. Plus, check out our green living tips for clothing shopping and reducing our use of plastic and packaging. If you like these resources, forw…
  Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
February 10, 2021 at 7:38 PM

Chocolate with child labor?

Sign the petition today! Dear Green American, Valentine's Day chocolate with child labor, deforestation, and toxic pesticides? No, thanks! Take a pass on big name chocolate and take action instead. After decades of corporate…
  Jes Walton, Green America · [email protected]
February 8, 2021 at 10:42 PM

Reject RoundUp ☠️ at Home Depot & Lowe's

  Friend, Glyphosate, the main ingredient in Monsanto's Roundup, is increasingly linked to cancer. Yet, major stores still sell this toxic herbicide. Join us in this week of action to tell Home Depot and Lowe's to Reject Roun…
  Kathy Harget, Green America · [email protected]
January 30, 2021 at 5:03 PM

Have you finished that resolution?

  Dear Green American, If you’re like me, New Year’s resolutions are extremely hard to maintain. I start out strong, and then within a few weeks, I often return to my old habits. That’s why I reached out last week to share the…
  Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
January 28, 2021 at 10:03 PM

You’ll ❤️ these chocolates🍫

Dear Green American, Boxes of Valentine's Day chocolate should be full of delicious treats, not child labor, deforestation, or pesticides. Despite decades of commitments from big-chocolate companies to end child labor in cocoa, there a…
  Green America · [email protected]
January 28, 2021 at 12:04 AM

3 COVID lessons

  The last few months show us how important it is for each of us to take action to ensure we have a democracy that works for all people and the planet. Check out resources from our most recent magazine to find out how you can act at the local and national…
  Kathy Harget, Green America · [email protected]
January 24, 2021 at 8:03 PM

What’s your resolution?

  Dear Green American, I know there is a lot to think about and wish for in this coming year, and that 2021 is off to a tumultuous start for our nation. But I still set some personal resolutions this year, and perhaps you have, …
  Fran Teplitz, Green America · [email protected]
January 20, 2021 at 1:32 AM

Take action for a fossil-free administration

  Sign The Petition Dear Green American, The inauguration of the Biden-Harris Administration creates an opportunity to rapidly ramp down fossil fuels. But they are more likely to take the bold action we need to prote…
  Fran Teplitz, Green America · [email protected]
January 12, 2021 at 10:03 PM

Support Environmental Justice with the Power of Your Savings

  Green America brings you the following from Self-Help Credit Union, a certified member of Green America’s Green Business Network. Dear Green American: Do you want to make a lasting difference in 2021? Place your savings at Self…
  Alisa Gravitz, Green America · [email protected]
January 11, 2021 at 5:35 PM

Thanks to you!

Friend, From everyone at Green America, thank you! Because you voted for Green America in CREDO's December donation program, CREDO Mobile is granting us $60,000. We are so grateful that you supported us and voted for us to receive this …
  Todd Larsen, Green America · [email protected]
January 7, 2021 at 10:24 PM

Call for Justice

  Friend, Green America condemns the violent assault on the US Capitol yesterday by rioters. We also condemn the rhetoric of the US President and his enablers in Congress that incited his supporters to engage in an aborted coup.…
  Green America · [email protected]
December 31, 2020 at 10:03 PM

Just 5 mins can make all the difference.

Donate Today Dear Friend, Time is running out! There is just one more thing to do before the clock strikes midnight — make a tax-deductible donation to protect people and the planet. When you give now, your donation will be …
  Green America · [email protected]
December 31, 2020 at 4:02 PM

Today's the day.

Donate Today Dear Friend, We're down to the wire and still shy of our goal—we have $45,450 to raise before midnight. With your help, I know we can make it! Today is the very last chance to make your tax-deductible year-end g…
  Green America · [email protected]
December 30, 2020 at 11:03 PM

Spicy, brief, and to the point.

Donate Today Dear Friend, For just one more day, a generous group of donors will match your tax-deductible year-end gift so you can have TWICE the impact for all the world's people and our precious planet. With your help, I …
  Alisa Gravitz, Green America · [email protected]
December 30, 2020 at 3:22 PM

With deep sincerity, I am asking you to please donate.

Donate Today Dear Friend, There is only one day left in 2020 — and we still have a long way to go to make our matching gift challenge. Your choice now could make all the difference for our success in 2021.  With deep since…
  Beth Porter, Green America · [email protected]
December 28, 2020 at 10:04 PM

Tell Walmart to stop emitting climate-damaging gases!

  Take Action Now Friend, Communities across the world are facing the dangerous effects of the climate crisis. Record-breaking temperatures, ravaging wildfires, catastrophic storms and flooding are devastating signs …
  Green America · [email protected]
December 28, 2020 at 9:05 PM

We were made for this moment.

Donate Today Dear Friend, If you are like me, the climate emergency has you on red alert. But please do not despair. In this pivotal moment, Green America is standing up to the wealthiest and dirtiest corporations and saying…
  Green America · [email protected]
December 27, 2020 at 3:05 PM

Your Support => Victory!

  Donate Today Dear Friend, No matter who has the majority in Washington, we need to keep pressure on large corporations to protect people and the planet … you can use your power as a consumer and investor as a power…
  Beth Porter and Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
December 22, 2020 at 11:03 PM

Where is Trader Joe's sustainability report?

  Take Action Now Friend, Trader Joe’s is a laggard on transparency. At the bare minimum, Trader Joe's should issue a public sustainability report on its practices - but it fails to even meet this mark. Massive pub…
  Green America · [email protected]
December 21, 2020 at 8:01 PM

Today's the day.

Donate Today Dear Friend, Have you ever wondered why Green America focuses so much on your support this time of year? The truth is, as a member-funded organization, Green America receives 50% of our member contributions in D…
  Green America · [email protected]
December 19, 2020 at 7:03 PM

Your Green Life: our Guide to make choosing green easier.

  Get our Guide! Dear Friend, This year has been anything but ordinary, so we adapted our annual guide, Your Green Life — helping you make greener, smarter, and safer choices — to address this extraordinary moment.…
  Green America · [email protected]
December 15, 2020 at 4:36 PM

Legit green thank you gifts! Ends Today.

  Join for Socks and Chocs OR the Winter Care Package  Dear Friend, Today is the last day to join for one of our amazing thank you gifts—choose between Snuggle Socks and a bar of organic, fair trade choco…
  Charlotte Tate, Green America · [email protected]
December 14, 2020 at 9:05 PM

Before you buy another piece of clothing

Tell Carter's to end Toxic Textiles! Friend, The apparel industry uses 43 MILLION tons of chemicals every year. What’s the human impact look like? Every 30 seconds a worker dies from exposure to toxic industrial chemicals, pes…
  Green America · [email protected]
December 11, 2020 at 4:04 PM

Rapidly, radically changing business for the better!

  Join Today Dear Friend, When you make a first-time donation of $25 today through Tuesday, and we’ll send you a pair of organic Snuggle socks and a bar of organic chocolate. Offers end December 15th—so please don’…
  Charlotte Tate & Beth Porter, Green America · [email protected]
December 10, 2020 at 11:03 PM

What is Trader Joe’s hiding?

Take action on climate & labor justice! Friend, Trader Joe's "sustainability report" is just a measly blog post. It doesn't mention anything about Trader Joe’s history of leaking climate super-pollutant gases or what it is…
  Alisa Gravitz, Green America · [email protected]
December 9, 2020 at 11:02 PM

30 seconds = $$$ for us

Vote for us to win a grant! Friend, Good news!  We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been selected as one of CREDO Mobile’s grant recipients this month. CREDO Mobile will be giving out $150,000, split between three nonprofi…
  Green America, Alisa Gravitz · [email protected]
December 7, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Make a Difference From Where You Are

  Get this Issue. Donate Today! Dear Friend, Did you know Green America publishes a magazine? Our supporters say it's their #1 favorite member benefit. And we think you'll love the Green American magazine too! …