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Voting With Your Dollars
Monday, November 1 2010 | by jkay
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GoodGuide provides the world’s largest and most reliable source of information on the health, environmental, and social impacts of consumer products. Dara O'Rourke, Switzer Fellow and Co-Founder of GoodGuide, believes that GoodGuide is responsible for changing the balance of power from manufacturing to the consumers.
Where has California's renewable energy policy been, and where it is going? What role have California's utilities played in promoting the development of clean electricity? What must utilities and state policy makers do to ensure California continues to lead on clean energy policies? Switzer Fellow Laura Wisland works on these issues every day in her role as Senior Energy Analyst for the Union of Concerned Scientists.
How does urban sprawl and highway expansion impact the environment and the quality of life? That question is being addressed by TransForm, a coalition of environmental, social justice and public health groups in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Housing developers are always looking to improve their bottom line. Homeowner's Rehab, a small nonprofit that owns over 1,000 units of affordable housing in Cambridge, Massachusetts, goes about this in a unique and sustainable way. They "green" their portfolio by installing energy efficient devices in their properties, which helps them meet both financial and social goals.