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Co-op America

Economic Action for a Just Planet

About Me

Co-op America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982.
Our mission is to harness economic power—the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the marketplace—to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
Our Vision
We work for a world where all people have enough, where all communities are healthy and safe, and where the bounty of the Earth is preserved for all the generations to come.
What Makes Co-op America Unique
- We focus on economic strategies—economic action to solve social and environmental problems.
- We mobilize people in their economic roles—as consumers, investors, workers, business leaders.
- We empower people to take personal and collective action
- We work on issues of social justice and environmental responsibility. We see these issues as completely linked in the quest for a sustainable world. It’s what we mean when we say “green.”
- We work to stop abusive practices and to create healthy, just and sustainable practices.
We hope you'll join us and become part of our work for a green future.
- Become a member: click here to join
- Visit our website: www.coopamerica.org
- Sign up for our email newsletter: subscribe here
- Find screened and approved green businesses: greenpages.org
- Green businesses: Join our business network
- Be our friend on MySpace: add to friends
- Join us on Facebook

My Interests

green business, Fair Trade, forest protection, recycled paper, social justice, sweatshops, living green, climate action, environmental protection, green energy, responsible shopper, social investing, community investing, shareholder action, unshopping, National Green Pages, Green Business Network, Green Festival

I'd like to meet:

Current and future Co-op America individual members, Co-op America Green Business Network TM members, and our fellow non-profits.

Please Note

Co-op America has strict and specific standards for its business members. In fairness to our business members - and to prevent misleading people - we will only add businesses as Myspace friends if they are screened and approved members of our Green Business Network TM .

To see if a business is a Co-op America screened and approved green business, search Co-op America's National Green Pages TM online.

We will remove comments promoting businesses that have not been screened. For more information on our Green Business Network, please visit our website .

Co-op America is not responsible for any content that appears on any of its Friends' pages.

My Blog

Chicago Green Festival: May 17-18, 2008!!!

Green roofs galore, 12,000 acres devoted to public parks and waterfront space, four city projects rated "Platinum" (the highest rating) by the U.S. Green Building Council...wow!  It's been a...
Posted by Co-op America on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:03:00 PST

Bill passed to protect Mariana Islands workers!!!

Here's an excerpt from our latest e-newsletter (which you can subscribe to here) about our recent victory in the Mariana Islands: "Great news:  For more than a decade Co-op America and our member...
Posted by Co-op America on Tue, 06 May 2008 11:33:00 PST

HELP us prevent 7 new coal-fired power plants!!!

THE PROBLEM:American coal-fired power plants......pollute our air and water with mercury....destroy Appalachian communities through mountaintop removal mining....contribute more carbon dioxide to ...
Posted by Co-op America on Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:41:00 PST

Announcing our new Heal Your Home Center!

Ready for this?  It's a fact that fewer than 20% of the industrial chemicals used for products we eat, touch, wear and use in our homes here in the US have been tested for their impact on human h...
Posted by Co-op America on Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:23:00 PST

Fossil Fools Awards 2008: The results are in!

Thanks to all of the voters who raised their voice in our recent Fossil Fools Awards (along with co-sponsors Rainforest Action Network and Energy Action Coalition), which were handed out on April 1  ...
Posted by Co-op America on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:25:00 PST

Seattle Green Fest 08: THIS WEEKEND!!!

Seattle Green Festival 2008 is this weekend and we want YOU, YOUR FRIENDS and YOUR FAMILY to be there! :) Named one of the top 10 green cities in the U.S. in 2005 by National ...
Posted by Co-op America on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 01:05:00 PST

Who sewed your jeans???

Co-op America has launched our newest Guide to Ending Sweatshops (our sixth!) and this one’s the most informative yet.    We want to make it easier for you to avoid the worst com...
Posted by Co-op America on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 01:48:00 PST

Tell Mutual Funds to Take Action on Climate Change!

Ten of the largest mutual fund families in the country are acting like climate change won’t affect our planet, the economy, and their investors. They invest in some of the worst climate-change-c...
Posted by Co-op America on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:58:00 PST

Whos the Biggest Fossil Fool?

Vote for the 2008 Fossil Fool of the Year now and be entered to receive a whole year’s worth of free renewable energy credits!  The nominees are CEOs of companies which are especially...
Posted by Co-op America on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:24:00 PST

Tell Americas Banks: Clean Energy Now

Three of America’s biggest investment banks have adopted new "Carbon Principles" which call for more investment in energy efficiency and renewable energy and less investment in coal.&n...
Posted by Co-op America on Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:33:00 PST