by Nada Khader | Aug 12, 2021 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
Sustainable Westchester (www.sustainablewestchester.org) is looking for an individual to take up our Westchester Power Operations Manager position. It’s a great opportunity for someone who has skills in organizing, communicating and intra/extra collaboration as...
by Nada Khader | Jul 19, 2021 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
From our friends at Stop the Algonquin Pipeline: Dear Friends, We need ALL HANDS ON DECK NOW to tell the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to strengthen their proposed oil and gas air emissions regulations for fossil fuel infrastructure in New York...
by Nada Khader | Feb 3, 2021 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
Dear Nada, Following up from our conversation, I would appreciate your forwarding this summary to potentially interested people / organizations. Thank you. I am on the Steering Committee of the Clean Water is Good for Business campaign, run by the American...
by Nada Khader | Dec 9, 2020 | Blogs, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice
Big news today! New York State just became the largest pension fund in the world to take comprehensive climate action, including fossil fuel divestment. The $226 billion state pension fund will review and divest from the riskiest oil and gas companies within 4 years...
by Nada Khader | Nov 17, 2020 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Frontpage, Shop Fair Trade
Join us on Thursday, November 19th at noon for an interactive conversation where we learn about the challenges and joys of being a cacao grower in today’s world. Lalatiana Andrianarison, one of the Beyond Growers, will join us after a two day drive from his...
by Nada Khader | Aug 18, 2020 | Blogs, Communities & Focus Areas, Director's Blog, Environmental and Food Justice, Frontpage, Movement Building
This was a fabulous presentation today by Evan Pritchards and very well attended: White Plains, formerly known as Quarropus, was once well known as a fossil-free transportation hub; the meeting place of three important watersheds connecting the mid-Hudson with the...
