A Brief Overview of the Blue Green Alliance
The Blue Green alliance is an essential part of the environmental movement. With a primary focus on global warming, fair trade, clean energy and reducing toxins, the blue green alliance has had a significant influence on the environmental movement today. The blue green alliance works closely with many industries in an attempt to create a cleaner environment and a safer world.
Formed between The United Steelworkers a union with 850,000 members and the Sierra Club a large grassroots environmental organization with 750,000 members, the alliance was created specifically to address the need for a cleaner environment and safer world. The blue green alliance in the United States is predominately an alliance between labor unions and environmentalist. The blue green alliance attempts to rid the country of the belief that being environmentally sound and friendly will have a negative impact on industry and labor. The idea behind the alliance essentially is to jointly promote a labor friendly strategy to aid in the fight against global warming. This unlikely alliance between blue-collar labor activist and green environmentalist has shaken up politics and presidential campaigns.
Executive director David Foster headquarters the blue green alliance in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The alliance also plans to have several branch offices located in united steel workers offices through out the country. The intention is to have close and direct contact between the two organizations. With heavy support by many politicians who feel that the alliance is exactly what our nation needs to move in the right direction, the alliance is off to a running start with action spreading through out the country and industries joining the movement at a rapid pace. With a primary focus on Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wisconsin, this group is heavily focused on the creating a secure job market that utilizes energy efficiency and renewable energy sources the efforts of the blue green alliance are focused on these states currently the plans for expansion to additional states are already underway.
With 17 campaigns currently spread out through out the nation, the blue green alliance is hard at work. In California, they have formed a coalition that is fighting hard to clean up drinking water tainted by toxic chemicals. After hurricanes Katrina and Rita the coalition has focused its efforts on cleaning up the extremely toxic soil that has made it impossible for some resident s to return to their homes. In Utah the alliance paired with other groups to successfully stop the dumping of toxic chemicals into the Jordan River. These and several other initiatives nationwide have proven that this alliance is and will continue to be successful for years to come. It is these types of clean up efforts that make the blue-green alliance more and more appealing not only to government offices, but also to regular people like you and me. When they take the initiative to help regular people, we listen to them and see their efforts. We want to get involved and help. We want to learn more. This is one of the primary ways that the blue-green alliance is growing by leaps and bounds.
With important initiatives and strong alliances, the blue green alliance is no doubt a force to be reckoned with. Dispelling the misnomers that have plagued industry and blue-collar workers for years, the alliance is lifting the veil on corporate America and making the public aware that they absolutely have the ability to enjoy both job security and a better quality a life. We the people thank the blue green alliance for being on our side and helping us to see things for what they really are as well as helping the public in times of natural disaster.
Profiling the Typical Environmentalist
Environmentalists tend to be similar in belief and lifestyle. When you have strong beliefs as most environmentalists do, it is hard not to lead a certain type of existence. Whether they belong to a political or activist group, environmentalists are very outspoken and passionate about their cause. Most are peaceful advocates and do their best to educate and inform the public about their cause.
Often environmentalists are categorized as being extremist or anti- business. Although this is not true in most cases, it is perceived by many to be the case because of their level of intensity and passion for their causes. They will protest, debate and go with out for the betterment of mankind. To say that there is a typical environmentalist is a bit presumptuous. One might conjure up the image of a hippie or bohemian type when they first hear the word environmentalist. However, in today’s modern society that image is absolutely untrue. Many of those who consider themselves “environmentalist” are just like you and me, and one would probably have a hard time picking them out of a group. Politicians, celebrities and everyday average citizens make up this diverse group of passionate individuals.
The only thing that you might classify as typical when referring to an environmentalist is their beliefs. They believe in protecting the environment and always adjust their lifestyle according to those beliefs. Many environmentalists do not drive cars. They prefer to get from place to place on foot or by using carpool or mass transit. Those who do drive try to minimize their impact on the environment by either driving hybrid cars or using alternative fuel. Many are conscientious around their home as well, using alternative energy sources and energy efficient appliances. Additionally, they may compost, grow their own food, and recycle more conscientiously than the average citizen. However, each person is different and may even call themselves and environmentalist if they do the simplest things like recycling or using low wattage light bulbs!
Environmentalist tends to be more active in displaying and discussing their beliefs as well. Many campaign and advertise on behalf of their chosen organizations. They also tend to want to be influential on others habits as well and make an effort to educate the general public on the effects of global warming and the impacts modern society has on the climate. They take great pride in their lifestyle choices and want very much for others to join them. Naturally environmentalist tends to be lovers of nature and wildlife. They tend to have hobbies an interest that relate to nature and usually love animals.
Many people view environmentalism as crazy or even call it and “alternative” lifestyle. This is simply untrue, of course, as with any group, there are some who go overboard. This does not pertain to the group as a whole. Most environmentalists live average lives in regular neighborhoods and dress and look like normal people. Environmentalists get a bad rap from extremists who resort to false statements and scare tactics rather than relying on the truth. Most environmentalist only desire to make a difference in this world and have no desire to do that under false pretenses. Environmentalists are moral, conscientious, good responsible citizens. Their movement focuses on the greater good. While some of them may seem eccentric and appear to be going overboard, they are normal people with an above average awareness of the planet and its needs and are, at times, making up for the short comings of those who do nothing to help the environment or those who don’t do nearly enough. Profiling anyone is hard to do, but an environmentalist can be summed up by simply saying that it is “one who does their part to protect the environment.