by admin | Oct 30, 2014 | Announcements, Press Coverage
The three-day SXSW Eco Conference, which happened earlier this month, brought together representatives from science, industry, education, NGOs, policy and business to “explore, engage and co-create solutions for a sustainable world.” During the conference Angela...
by admin | Jun 17, 2014 | Press Coverage, Program News, Uncategorized
This guest post originally appeared on the Sustainability in Prisons Project Blog (June 17, 2014) and was written by By Amory Ballantine, Roots of Success Coordinator and Sustainability in Prisons Project Graduate Research Assistant. All photos were taken by Joslyn...
by admin | Sep 17, 2013 | Press Coverage, Program News
The Walla Walla Union-Bulletin — a daily newspaper serving the Walla Walla Valley area of Washington state — recently published two in-depth articles praising the impact of Roots of Success on the Washington State Department of Corrections, and profiling...
by admin | Jun 14, 2013 | Announcements, Press Coverage
“Roots of Success is the missing ingredient in the green collar jobs landscape: an accessible curriculum that helps people break the cycle of poverty by providing needed job and academic skills while empowering them to improve environmental and public health...
by admin | May 2, 2013 | Press Coverage, Program News
Since the first Earth Day in 1970, people from all walks of life have used the holiday as an opportunity to come together and pay special attention to their local environments. While communities around the world participate in activities to help protect the natural...
by admin | Dec 21, 2012 | Announcements, Press Coverage, Program News
Roots of Success’s partner in South Africa, Green Talent, has signed on as a Flagship Project to ‘110% Green’ — an initiative of the Western Cape Government that is bringing together a total of 61 projects to mobilize citizens of the province...
by admin | Dec 19, 2012 | Press Coverage
Roots of Success Instructor Markese Bryant was recently profiled as part of grist.org’s ongoing series on People ‘Changing the World.’ Bryant, an Oakland, Calif. native who was thrust “from the mean streets to the green economy” after an...
by admin | Nov 29, 2012 | Press Coverage
A case study describing how the Arturo Velasquez Institute, Chicago Botanic Garden, Windy City Harvest, and Cook County Sheriff’s Boot Camp are using Roots of Success to prepare youth and adults with barriers to employment for jobs in the green economy was recently...
