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The 99% Are Not For Sale – AmpedStatus Stays True to Its Roots, 100% United to Get Money Out, March 1 Relaunch

Mar 1

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March 1, 2012 – AmpedStatus celebrates its relaunch today, March 1st, reaffirming a commitment to end the corrupting influence of money in the political system.

From Ampedstatus.com:

As you have noticed, we have not been making many posts to our site over the past several months. We have been fully dedicated to organizing and networking offline. Given our role in building the 99% Movement, A99 and Occupy, we have had several offers from people who are interested in buying the site from us. While we believe some of the people making offers have the best intentions and want to help keep our “readers” engaged, selling the site would ultimately make us feel like sellouts. So… we are going back to our roots and will start posting here on a regular basis again.

The past six months have been an intense battle and wild ride, to say the least. We have been hard at work launching many projects and campaigns. We have built up a large network and formed alliances with incredibly talented people. As we resume featuring the most hard-hitting news and extensive investigative reports, we will also amplify the work that our partners are doing.

Looking back over the past three years, it’s inspiring to see how far we’ve come. As we have done since March 2009, we will continue to provide the in-depth information that engaged citizens need to understand the complex economic and political environment. And, as we have done since February 2010, we will use that information to grow the 99% Movement as a force for economic justice.

Knowing that we still have far to go, we are now focusing our efforts on ONE GOAL and launching a new 100% United campaign:

 

We Are 100% United to Get Money Out of Politics!
 

We Are 100% United to End the System of Political Bribery!
#OccupyEconomicJustice
#GetMoneyOut
#ExpectUs
Join this decentralized non-violent movement
100% United to get money out of politics.

The 99% Are Not For Sale – AmpedStatus Stays True to Its Roots, 100% United to Get Money Out, March 1 Relaunch via AmpedStatus

*Investigative journalist and AmpedStatus founder David Degraw will be speaking at New York Green Festival Sunday April 22 at 3pm on the Main Stage. David will be joining fellow keynotes, Russell Simmons, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, Dylan Ratigan, and Josh Silver for a panel discussion entitled, “Occupy The Dream presents: Corporations are not people, Money is not speech!”

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NEW YORK CITY WELCOMES LARGEST GREEN CONSUMER EVENT, GREEN FESTIVAL, APRIL 21 & 22

Mar 1

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The inaugural New York Green Festival launches April 21-22 at Javits Center North

In Its First New York Appearance and In Time to Celebrate Earth Day, Green Festival Will Showcase 300 Exhibitors, Offer Ford Ride-and-Drives of New Hybrid, Present a Green Economy Expo.

 Featuring:  Guest Speakers Russell Simmons, Dylan Ratigan and Amy Goodman

 

New York, NY (February 28, 2012) – Move over St. Patrick’s Day, Earth Day weekend will be awash with green in New York City as the nation’s premier eco-living event, Green Festival, makes its Big Apple debut April 21-22, 2012. The new LEED-certified Javits Center North Wing will host the event, which will feature hundreds of eco-innovators, guest speakers including author, Van Jones, entrepreneurs, Russell Simmons, Dylan Ratigan and Chris Yura, as well as activist, Amy Goodman, Ford’s latest hybrid vehicle, a Green Economy Expo sponsored through UrbanGoGreen, an organic beer and wine pavilion and the Green Marketplace featuring vendors from across the country, delicious gourmet vegan and vegetarian food, innovative workshops, and cultural programming.

A joint project of Green America and Global Exchange, Green Festival is a non-profit event that celebrates a ten-year milestone with over one million attendees in eight cities. The NYC event is expected to draw more than 20,000 people whose passion for green living and enthusiasm for learning new sustainability tools are matched by the exhibitors’ commitment to environmental sustainability and social justice using Green America’s green business standards.

“We affectionately refer to Green Festival as the largest party with a purpose,” said Denise Hamler, Green Festival Director “Whether you come to shop, learn, network or experience art and music, Green Festival has it all; it’s a great place to celebrate what’s working in our communities and find the sustainable solutions that fit your lifestyle. This unique experience celebrates positive solutions that work on the community level as well as national and global solutions.”

Green Festival is the largest sustainability event in the US with over 125 national and local speakers presenting keynotes, workshops, and cultural programming. The Green Kids Pavilion offers play and learning for the under 12 set who want to grow as green individuals. The Green Marketplace features 300 green and socially responsible businesses and organizations. Attendees browse everything from green, non-toxic home furnishings to eco-clothing to Fair Trade gifts, children’s toys and much more.

Attendees of all ages can learn at the hands-on DIY workshops and gain practical green tips to apply to everyday life. Networking opportunities throughout the weekend will allow attendees to experience what’s trending in green jobs and green businesses at the Green Business and Urban Go Green Pavilions.

On Saturday, April 21, Green Festival will host a bike tour of the Old Croton Aqueduct from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. Participants will meet at the Green Festival Bike Valet and join aqueduct expert, Matthew Malina of NYC H2O, for a guided tour of NYC’s historic waterworks and a scenic seven-mile bike ride. The aqueduct is an incredible work of engineering that delivered 40 million gallons of clean drinking water daily to a city that hosted epidemics of disease and devastating fires.

Additional highlights include:

  • Ford Ride and Drive opportunities
  • Good Food Stage with hands-on cooking demos, featuring Pooja Mottl, Leslie Durso and Tanya Fields
  • Do-It-Yourself Workshops
  • Green Kid’s Zone
  • Fair Trade and Green Business
  • Green Jobs and Careers
  • Green Investing
  • Renewable Energy
  • Beer and Wine Garden
  • Organic Local Food
  • Community Action
  • Green Films
  • Youth Programs
  • Roving acoustic musicians
  • Keynote speakers include: Russell Simmons, Van Jones, Amy Goodman, Dylan Ratigan, Francis Moore Lappe, John Perkins, Katrina vanden Heuvel, Josh Silver, Dr. Benjamin Chavis, David DeGraw and more tba

New York City Green Festival will be held on April 21-22, 2012. Doors open Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.and Sunday, April 22, 2012 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Javits Center is located at 655 West 34th Street, New York, NY.

Free admission for anyone who rides a bike to the event and parks with the bike valet, youth under eighteen, adults over sixty five, union members, volunteers and Green America and Global Exchange members.

Key partners and sponsors include: Ford, Clif Bar, Earth Balance, Nature’s Path, Calvert, Manitoba Harvest, The New York Times and Repax.

 

For more information about Green Festival NYC, please visit www.GreenFestivals.org. To exhibit:

828-333-9403 x 300. Apply to speak:  www.greenfestivals.org/apply-to-speak.   For partnerships:  www.greenfestivals.org/become-a-partner

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About Green America

Green America is a national nonprofit organization founded in 1982, providing the economic strategies, organizing power and practicing tools for businesses and individuals to address today’s social and environmental problems. Its Green Business Network is the largest national network of businesses screened for their social and environmental responsibility.

About Global Exchange

Global Exchange is a membership-based international human rights organization dedicated to promoting social, economic and environmental justice around the world. Since its founding in 1988, Global Exchange has successfully increased public awareness of root causes of injustice while building international partnerships and mobilizing for change.

About Seven-Star, Inc.
Seven-Star, Inc. is the nation’s premier green full-service event company focusing exclusively on green events. Since 1999, Seven-Star has provided turn-key green event services for environmentally responsible and socially respectful (eR/sR) festivals, trade and consumer expositions, conferences and concerts. Events include the greening of the 2007 International Live Earth events, 2008 Democratic National Convention events, and Green Festivals. Seven-Star is the first event company to win the EPA’s Gold Waste Wise Award for Excellence in recognition for their proprietary system of event waste diversion, which has consistently achieved greater than 92%.

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Event: Gadgets & Gizmos Get You Drinks, Wednesday February 29, 2012 at Brother Jimmy's in Union Square, NYC

Feb 15

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Gadgets & Gizmos Get You Drinks

E-Cycling Happy Hour at Brother Jimmy’s

What: Don’t throwaway your throwback electronics! New York based electronics recycling program, Guzu, is encouraging you to go green with your gadgets by giving you an opportunity to let your old Blackberry, T-9 calculator or laptop buy you a drink! Bring in any old working or non-working electronic to recycle as your ticket in for an exclusive happy hour at Brother Jimmy’s in Union Square on Wednesday, February 29th. Dig through your old junk drawer and join us as we toast to the old junk in your trunk and properly recycle abandoned electronics.

The guest who recycles the oldest, throwback electronic (i.e. Zack Morris cell phone, or beeper) will be awarded Brother Jimmy’s signature fishbowl, Swamp Water. Happy hour specials include:

  • $3.00: PBR, Bud/Bud Light Drafts, Nattys, Well Drinks, Frozen Margaritas
  • $5.00: Heinekens, Frickles appetizer

Who: Guzu, launched by three New York eco-preneurs, pays consumers cash for their old electronics and then recycles them to the highest extent possible; helping to keep electronics out of landfills. On top of putting green in consumers’ wallets, Guzu also plants a tree for every transaction completed through their partner American Forests, a nonprofit organization that seeks to protect the natural capital of trees and forests.

Why Guzu: Often times retired or broken electronics are tossed into landfills as they are not disposed of or recycled properly, adding to the millions of tons of “e-waste” produced every year. There are presently over 3 billion consumer electronics in homes all across America and over 500 million consumer electronics sold annually. Currently, only 25% of e-waste is properly recycled, with the vast majority ending up in landfills or consumers’ “junk drawers.”

When: Wednesday February 29, 2012; 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Where: Brother Jimmy’s; Union Square; 116 East 16th Street (between Park Ave South & Irving Place) New York, NY 10003; www.brotherjimmys.com; (212) 673-6465; Closets subways top to location is Union Sq (N,Q,R,L,4,5,6)

Tickets: Bring any old working or non-working gadget (cell phone, calculator, gaming unit, etc) and drop it into the Guzu e-cycling bin in exchange for your happy hour ticket.

About Guzu, Inc. At Guzu, “eco-friendly” comes in many shades of green – green for your wallet, green for industry, and green for the environment. Our unique value proposition allows consumers to sell their used electronics for cash, while supplying the Consumer Electronics Industry with recycled parts, which help to sustain the secondary market.  Through our partnership with American Forests, we also reduce the industry’s carbon footprint by planting one tree for every order completed.  For complete instructions on how to recycle, please visit www.guzu.com

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2012 Greening the Culture Campaign Convenes at the Brooklyn Borough Hall February 28, 2012; Discussion of "Jobs and Entrepreneurial Creation in the Urban Market"

Feb 13

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Contact: Shermaine Sacasa

Phone: (786) 355-4855

Greening the Culture Campaign PRESS CONFERENCE

NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 6, 2012 In its fifth year, The Greening the Culture Campaign continues to grow in scope, reach and purpose. With a timely and relevant theme of “Jobs and Entrepreneurship Creation in the Urban Market”, the 2012 NYC campaign events, including the Churches Go Green Initiative and the NYC Green Festival, is convening this press conference at The Brooklyn Borough Hall, at 10am on Feburary 28th 2012 to discuss this auspicious partnership intended to bring green jobs to the community. The pinnacle of this campaign, the UrbanGoGreen Green Economy Expo will be at the New York City Green Festival on April 21- 22, 2012 at the Javits Center North. This is made possible by a partnership with Green Festival, a project of Green America and Global Exchange.
The “Greening the Culture” campaign is an ongoing response-driven marketing initiative that uses social media, traditional marketing and special events to effectively educate the urban market about the opportunities and benefits of professional and personal engagement in the green economy. The 2012 “Greening the Culture” campaign is a collaborative partnership between UrbanGoGreen; The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA); The Economic Literacy Coalition and the 2012 NYC Green Festival.

The 2012 “Greening the Culture” campaign seeks to ambitiously tackle unemployment. “said Rev. Dennis Dillon, campaign supporter and one of New York’s leading voices on issues of Black economic empowerment, labor and consumer spending.

Founder and CEO of UrbanGoGreen, Duval Osiris James states, “Green service providers need to market their products and services to reach new communities. Individuals and businesses need to save money and want to upgrade to green products and services. And there are a lot of unemployed people all over New York City that we can put to work right now, helping these green service providers to grow and reach this untapped market.”

In addition to promoting green and clean tech career opportunities and raising public awareness about the personal and community benefits of upgrading to green products and services, the campaign provides green and environmentally friendly companies with effective and affordable opportunities to reach a growing urban eco-conscious community.

A partner in this effort is the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA). NYSERDA ’s role in this partnership will be to introduce its energy efficiency programs that help residential owners, renters, the low-income as well as small businesses reduce their energy use. By providing incentives to encourage participation in these programs, end users of NYSERDA’s programs not only reduce their carbon footprint but eventually produce a positive cash flow with work that ends up paying for itself through energy savings. NYSERDA also has a broad network of contracting companies that actually do the work, providing job opportunities as well as business growth. In addition, NYSERDA provides workforce development training on various aspects of the energy efficiency field.
The “Greening the Culture” campaign New York Church launch will bring together public private churches, community based organizations and seasoned environmental professionals.
Guests will include representatives from the fashion, banking, eco-arts, legal, real estate,
telecommunications, nonprofit, and entertainment industries. In addition to providing an
amazing event and serving as a fund-raiser for the organization, this event will showcase the
products and services of local green companies, entrepreneurs and artists.  The Churches Go Green speaking tour and seminar series challenges churches to save money by becoming more energy efficient and encourages their congregations to reduce their carbon footprint. The exhibitions will focus on the economic opportunities in the green economy and how churches can help members of their congregations to tap into the jobs and business opportunities.

UrbanGoGreen will partner with Green America to host the New York City Green Festival and present the UrbanGoGreen 2011 Green Economy Expo at the Jacob Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan.  At NYC Green Festival, attendees learn how to green their homes, find a green job, hear inspiring speakers, participate in DIY workshops, see the latest in eco-fashion, taste delicious local foods, enjoy family activities, see a film festival and shop at the nation’s largest green marketplace with over 250 businesses committed to sustainable practices. UrbanGoGreen’s Green Economy Jobs and Opportunity Expo presents programming for entrepreneurs and citizens seeking
 to understand and benefit from sustainable economics and the opportunities of the green economy.

Contact:
To request information about the 2012 Greening the Culture Campaign contact: Shermaine Sacasa at 786-355-4855, premiumsn@gmail.com or info@urbangogreen.com
To learn how to sponsor or purchase vendor space contact:sponsor@urbangogreen.com.

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Stalled NYC construction sites repurposed with gardens, temporary stores

Dec 8

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“A remnant of the Great Recession is hiding behind a paint-splattered wall in Chinatown, in an empty lot where a building was supposed to rise into the sky.

The plywood barely conceals the mess behind it: a pile of cement blocks and tangled metal and empty bottles of beer. It is, in short, exactly the sort of place that draws the ire of Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

“There’s a lot of bad things that happen in stalled construction sites,” says Stringer, whose office issued a report earlier this year cataloguing the more than 600 stalled sites that are scattered throughout New York City. “Especially if everybody sort of ignores the site and lets it grow in a very unpleasing way.”

Instead of allowing these lots to become eyesores, some developers are coming up with creative ways to use them temporarily until construction can begin. Grow vegetables in milk crates? Sure. Sell doughnuts out of a shipping container? In New York City, where open space is a precious commodity, just about anything goes.”

Stalled NYC construction sites repurposed with gardens, temporary stores via NY Daily News Best Places

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Sow seeds, not greed: Farmers gather on Wall Street

Dec 7

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“It’s been a long time since farmers congregated in downtown Manhattan — around 350 years, to be exact. The folks who populate Wall Street and rural America don’t cross paths much these days. It’s easy to forget that Wall Street used to be rural America; in 1644, the area contained so many cows that the Dutch colonists had to erect a cattle guard to keep them from straying. Livestock farmers literally established the boundaries of Wall Street.

Today, the bronze bull — that icon of the OWS movement — is the lone farm animal you’ll find in the financial district. And the barricades are back, but only to keep Zuccotti Park’s mic checkers in check. That surprisingly fertile concrete plaza has yielded a bumper crop of grassroots activists, to the discomfort of (most of) the 1% and the shills who bill them. But the voices of farmers — a.k.a. the 1% that grows the food that 100% of us eat — have been largely missing from this movement to reclaim our democracy, despite the fact that food has become a commodity that enriches a few at the expense of the many.

That all changed this past Sunday, though, when a group of farmers from around the country marched to Zuccotti Park accompanied by their allies: food justice activists, community gardeners, and other advocates for a more equitable, ecologically sound, re-localized food system.

The march, organized by Occupy Wall Street’s food justice committee and Food Democracy Now, began with a rally at La Plaza Cultural Community Garden in the East Village, where hundreds of folks gathered to hear fiddlers and drummers give the event a festive kickoff, followed by a panel of urban and rural farmers.”

Sow seeds, not greed: Farmers gather on Wall Street Via Kerry Trueman – Grist

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The San Francisco 10th Annual Green Festival a huge success

Nov 29

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“It would be impossible to attend this festival and not leave with the feeling that action needs to be taken.  Whether your battle is to recycle and compost your waste, combat the 1%, or pledge to help the people of Africa, the Green Festival left visitors feeling moved.  Once you’ve been, you cannot stop going back and loyal festival goers who have attended for the last 10 years say the festival ‘just getting bigger and better’!

Who knows what the keynote speakers will be talking about in another 10 years, but we do know that the Green Festival is going to hit the east coast next. New York City will play host to the next set of inspiring keynote speakers on the 21-22nd April 2012 at Javits North.”

The San Francisco 10th Annual Green Festival a huge success via Emma Parker – Conference Hound

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The First Global Revolution Has Begun

Nov 15

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“If you rely on the corporate media for your news, you may not be aware that this is the most significant revolutionary period in human history. Previous revolutions were national in scope: the revolutionaries sought control of a capital city in order to change the politics and economics of that nation. Now we are in the early stages of the first-ever global revolution. It is not about seizing power in capital cities; it is a values revolution that is demanding a transition from the current system where money values rule over the life cycle, to a new system where life values will rule over the money cycle.”

The First Global Revolution Has Begun via Kevin Danaher – Global Exchange – Triple Pundit

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Naturepedic Shows Award-Winning Baby & Kids Organic Mattresses and Bedding at L.A. Green Festival October 29-30

Oct 24

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Cleveland, Ohio (October 24, 2011) – Chagrin Falls, Ohio-based Naturepedic, the only baby and children’s bed and bedding company in the U.S. certified to the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), is proudly exhibiting at the Green Festival in Los Angeles, CA, October 29-30. The company will display its award-winning certified organic cotton mattresses for babies and children, mattress pads, sheets, pillows and changing pads in booth 669 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. GOTS certification requires the use of organic fibers, and prohibits use of hazardous materials.

“Californians lead the way in searching out the most environmentally-friendly products and Naturepedic offers the most environmentally-friendly baby bed and bedding products in the U.S., so we wanted to be sure to be at this event,” said Barry A. Cik, Naturepedic Technical Director.

Naturepedic uses organic cotton filling grown in Texas, and manufactures all its mattress and bedding products at its facility in Chagrin Falls, just outside Cleveland. Consumers can be assured that the primarily Amish staff is meticulous in providing the utmost in quality.

In addition to organic cotton quilted mattress surfaces, Naturepedic offers waterproofing on their children’s mattresses using food-grade polyethylene (which meets FDA food-contact standards).

Baby Bargains, the best-selling guide to baby products, rated Naturepedic’s Lightweight Mattresses the “#1 Top Pick” of all crib mattresses on the market in its most recent edition. In addition, Naturepedic has won numerous awards for its wide range of high quality products .The mattresses and mattress accessories are available not only online at www.naturepedic.com, but also from mainstream retailers as well as numerous baby boutiques.

Los Angeles is Naturepedic’s third largest hub in terms of sales after New York and Boston, with retailers including Beginnings, Jenny Bec’s, Sid & Me, The Little Seed, Tiny World, Wonderland and others.

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*Visit Naturepedic at booth #669 at Los Angeles Green Festival! To keep up with Naturepedic news, visit https://www.facebook.com/naturepediccribmattress

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Documentary – "Revenge of the Electric Car" – Premiers this Weekend in LA & NY

Oct 18

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"Revenge of the Electric Car" premieres this weekend in Los Angeles and New York

From the director of Who Killed the Electric Car? a brand new documentary – Revenge of the Electric Car, begins its national theatrical rollout next week starting October 21 in LA and NY and then in 20+ cities over the next month (see list below).

If you’re in Los Angeles, attend the opening week launch at Landmark’s NuArt and the Opening Weekend Airstream Lounge Party!

Opening Week Screenings
11272 Santa Monica Blvd, West LA, CA 90025

Fri–Sat-Sun: 12:30 PM, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 (Oct. 21-23)
Mon-Thurs: 5:10 PM, 7:30, 9:50 (Oct. 24-27)

Tickets available now via this site:
http://revengeoftheelectriccar.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=094f2b34316e08f2846844561&id=6f749a0071&e=495d666b4a

Opening Weekend Airstream Lounge Party
Sat-Sun: 2PM – 10PM

To support Revenge of the Electric Car in its opening weekend in LA on October 22-23, electric cars from the movie will be setting up shop in a vintage Airstream around the corner from the NuArt Theater at 11323 Idaho Avenue. The Airstream Lounge is the all weekend drop-in cast and crew party for friends, media makers and well-wishers. Come on by anytime from 2:30PM to 9:30PM to say hello to Gadget, Scarlett and other stars from the team, check out the EVs (Tesla, Leaf, Volt and Porsche), and hang out between screenings

 So far, screenings will occur with Causecast, Bioneers, GADA, LA Burning Man, the Black Rock Yearbook, Plugin America and Global Green.  If your group would like to co-host a public screening at the NuArt (or anywhere else during run of theater),  sign up via the Revenge of the Electric Car Facebook Page.

Also, Revenge of the Electric Car was recipient of an award for best documentary at the 21st annual Environmental Media Awards this past weekend!

For sneak peaks, commentary, reviews, screenings and more, visit http://www.revengeoftheelectriccar.com/

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