Green Corps in Action

With over 400 graduates, Green Corps has been the country’s most respected training program for environmental organizers for over 30 years. Below are updates and field notes from the current class of Green Corps organizers:

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A win for Texas renewables

This spring we had two organizers working with Environment Texas on the Save Texas Renewables Campaign.

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City campaigns to save the bees

Ashley works in Newark, New Jersey with NJPIRG Students to build public support for city resolutions to save the bees.

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Tackling waste in the fashion industry

Alexandria and the Student PIRGs team at Georgia State University coordinated the Sustainable Fashion Show with more than 200 attendees as part of their ongoing effort to reduce waste in the textile industry.

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Launching spring 2025 campaigns

Green Corps organizers work alongside PennEnvironment and coordinate tours of churches, schools and breweries to highlight clean energy and electrification projects across the state for the Clean Energy for Pennsylvania campaign.

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2024 Year in Review

Green Corps Organizers built public support across 10 states to advance critical clean energy and conservation campaigns.

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Building public support to save the whales

Green Corps organizers meet with the staff of Representative Keating on Cape Cod after our August Practicum Campaign with MASSPIRG Students.

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Flora Cardoni leads citizen lobby day on clean energy

PennEnvironment’s deputy director Flora Cardoni (GC 2017) is leading a clean energy transition in Pennsylvania by building a bipartisan movement for change.