June 29, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Grind for the Green Presents Eco-Music Conference: -- On Saturday, July 18th, the urban green movement takes a conscious step forward into the future with Grind for the Green’s Eco-Music conference.
June 05, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Residents of Mt. Shasta draft an ordinance to assert community rights to water -- Local concern has been growing about corporate control of local water though groundwater withdrawl and chemical weather manipulation more commonly known as cloud seeding. Following a series of well attended public events, a group of concerned Mount Shasta residents began to examine strategies to ensure that local residents — not corporations — make the policy decisions around local water resources.
April 14, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	MICHIGAN STUDENTS WANT GREEN JOBS, CLEAN ENERGY FOR BAY CITY -- 100 Central Michigan students are having a rally in Bay City Wednesday, April 15 at 5:00 pm to urge Consumers Energy to invest in Renewable Energy for Manufacturing Jobs in MI and to ask the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality to deny an air permit for the proposed expansion on the Karn Weadock coal plant.
March 25, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Every Bunny loves Fair Trade Easter Chocolate -- This Easter, everybody will be hopping to Fair Trade for socially conscious, eco-friendly Easter gifts. With Cadbury’s recent announcement to achieve Fair Trade certification this summer for its Dairy Milk bar—England’s top selling chocolate bar—pressure has been mounting on U.S. chocolate companies to do the same.
March 18, 2009 For Immediate Release:
	BOTH CLINTON AND OBAMA Will VISIT MEXICO TO DISCUSS DRUG-RELATED VIOLENCE, ECONOMY -- This March 25th and 26th Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will make her first official visit to Mexico. Then, on April 16th and 17th President Barack Obama will follow up with a visit to “discuss issues ranging from immigration and security to the global financial crisis” with Mexican president, Felipe Calderón.
March 06, 2009 Global Exchange International Labor Rights Forum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
	US ADVOCATES CONGRATULATE CADBURY ON FAIR TRADE CHOCOLATE ANNOUNCEMENT -- Global Exchange and the International Labor Rights Forum, two organizations leading campaign efforts in the US to improve living and working standards for cocoa farmers around the world, welcome Cadbury’s plans to achieve Fair Trade certification for Cadbury Dairy Milk by the end of summer 2009.
March 03, 2009 Global Exchange FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
	NW YOUTH TURN OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO DEMAND A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE -- Twelve thousand young leaders converged on Washington, D.C. to participate in Power Shift 09 over the weekend to demand that the President and Congress pass bold, just climate and energy policy in 2009 that dramatically reduces emissions, creates millions of green job and repowers America with 100% clean energy.
March 03, 2009 Global Exchange FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
	CA YOUTH TURN OUT IN RECORD NUMBERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. TO DEMAND A CLEAN ENERGY FUTURE -- Twelve thousand young leaders converged on Washington, D.C. to participate in Power Shift 09 over the weekend to demand that the President and Congress pass bold, just climate and energy policy in 2009 that dramatically reduces emissions, creates millions of green job and repowers America with 100% clean energy.
February 24, 2009 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	400 CALIFORNIA YOUTH JOIN 10,000 IN D.C. TO DEMAND URGENT ACTION ON CLIMATE, ENERGY AND THE ECONOMY -- California— Over 400 student leaders from across the state of California will join 10,000 youth Feb. 27 – March 2 in Washington, D.C. for Power Shift ’09. They will demand that the President and Congress pass bold climate and energy policies that dramatically reduce carbon emissions, create millions of green jobs, transition the nation towards a clean energy future and reengage it as a leader in the global community.
February 20, 2009 For Immediate Release:
	BREAKING NEWS: -- “This is a huge victory for the Michigan student sustainability movement. When we heard about the coal plant being proposed at Northern Michigan University, we demanded clean energy alternatives. The EPA's rejection of the NMU coal plant sets the precedent that coal is no longer a viable option for our schools and for the state...
February 18, 2009 Global Exchange FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
	James Hansen and Coalition to Protest Congressional Power Plant -- Washington—In a public service announcement released today, Dr. James Hansen, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, calls on Americans to join him on March 2nd at the Capitol Power Plant in the largest display of civil disobedience in U.S. history to demand national action on global warming (see: http://vimeo.com/3268481).
January 21, 2009 Global Exchange
	Post-Inauguration: Michigan students, community push solutions for clean energy economy -- The Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition in conjunction with human rights group Global Exchange and the Grand Valley State University Sustainable Community Development Initiative will host the third annual Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition Summit.
January 20, 2009 Global Exchange
	Bay Area Students Bike their Generation into the New Clean Energy Economy -- Students from Lincoln and Lowell high schools will participate in a “Rock the Bike Workshop” sponsored through the Environmental Service Learning Initiative (ESLI), on Thursday, January 22, 2009, from 2pm - 7pm at Rock the Bike in Berkeley.
December 15, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Human Rights Group Demands Due Process and Transparency in Judicial Response to Iraqi Journalist -- U.S. Human Rights Group calls for due process and transparency in the treatment of journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi, who was detained after hurling his shoes at President Bush and verbally repudiating his Iraq war policies.
November 24, 2008 Global Exchange For Immediate Release
	“Fair Trade All The Way”, Ho, Ho, Ho -- This holiday season your annual carolers may catch you by surprise. The words of Jingle Bells may have the same ring, but the words will be packed with a different message. Through songs like “My Favorite Fair-traded Things,” carolers throughout the U.S. will be calling on their neighbors to make "Peace on Earth!" and "Joy to the World!" a reality by taking the Fair Trade pledge.
November 20, 2008 Global Exchange For Immediate Release
	Freedom from Oil Campaign Applauds Bay Area Mayors $1 Billion Commitment To Electric Vehicles -- Campaign Statement Says: “Innovation and determination trump inaction. Ford, GM, and Chrysler hit the breaks and plead for taxpayer help, while the Bay Area accelerates towards breaking oil addiction and jumpstarting the green economy."
November 20, 2008 Global Exchange
	Freedom from Oil Campaign Calls on Auto Industry To Bailout the Climate -- The United States is ushering in a new era of combating climate change and creating a green economy. The auto industry is a day late and a dollar, or billions, short in producing zero emission, oil free automobiles that people now see are a necessary reality.
November 10, 2008 Global Exchange
	SF High School Students Seek Role in Green Economy -- This Friday Nov, 14, 2008, 100 students from the new SF Environmental Service Learning Initiative (ESLI) will gather at the 7th Annual Green Festival for a comprehensive day of hands-on experience featuring a variety of lectures, activities, workshops, music, dance and art focused on the important role of youth in the emerging green economy.
October 15, 2008 Global Exchange FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Reverse-Trick-or-Treating: Trick or Treaters Give Back on Halloween to Their Neighborhoods and the World -- Thousands of costumed trick-or-treaters across all fifty states in the US, as well as Canada, are turning the traditional Halloween ritual on its head; for the second year in a row, it is the trick-or-treaters who are handing out chocolate…hundreds of thousands of Fair Trade Certified™ chocolate samples to raise awareness of: the persistent problems of poverty in cocoa-growing communities; the use of exploited child labor in the cocoa fields of countries like Cote D’Ivoire, which produces 40 percent of the world’s cocoa; and environmental damage from unsustainable farming practices.
September 28, 2008 Global Exchange FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Ecuador Constitutional Assembly Approves Rights of Nature In New Constitution -- California—Today, the people of Ecuador voted to recognize the inalienable rights belonging to ecosystems in their new constitution. A set of groundbreaking articles that transform the status of nature from mere property to a rights-bearing entity are now incorporated into the national charter.
September 15, 2008 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
	Humanitarian Aid Workers Release Abuse Report before Congress -- A delegation of volunteers from No More Deaths, a humanitarian aid group based in Tucson, Arizona, will participate in a Congressional briefing in Washington, D.C., on September 17, 1:00 PM. Their new report, "Human Rights Abuses of Migrants in Short-Term Custody on the Arizona/Sonora Border," will be released at that time.
September 10, 2008 For Immediate Release
	Power Vote Kicks Off Nationwide Effort To Mobilize One Million Young -- Spearheaded by the Energy Action Coalition, "Power Vote" is a national non-partisan initiative to elevate the issue of the climate crisis this election season. Power Vote aims to unite one million young "climate voters" behind a platform centered on...
August 11, 2008 Global Exchange
	We Want More from Our S’mores! -- This Wednesday, San Francisco—now a Fair Trade Town—will be declaring We Want More from Our S’mores! by making S’mores with Fair Trade chocolate. Fans of this summery treat will unite in support of Fair Trade Certified™ farmers while condoning the persistent problems of chronic poverty in cocoa-growing communities, abysmal working conditions, and the use of exploited child labor in countries like the Ivory Coast, which produces 40% of the world’s cocoa.
July 01, 2008 Global Exchange Online Fair Trade Store
	SPREADING GOOD CHEER ACROSS THE WORLD AND HERE -- More and more people are celebrating the holidays with sustainable gifts; Socially responsible, organic, and fair trade products that look good and do good. Having just returned from South Africa and Swaziland, this holiday season Global Exchange brings you new Fair Trade items that will be offered for the first time ever to U.S. consumers.
June 27, 2008 Global Exchange Online Fair Trade Store
	It's back to school for big kids and small! -- This season, as students return to their classrooms, be on the look-out for products that empower the less advantaged throughout the world. As demand for fair trade continues to pick up speed, the Global Exchange Fair Trade Online Store offers a wide range of handcrafted, socially conscious items.
May 01, 2008 Global Exchange
	Freedom From Oil Campaigners Crash GM CEO’s Speech at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club -- SAN FRANCISCO–Activists with the Freedom From Oil Campaign interrupted General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner’s speech on green cars today at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club, urging him to sign a pledge to make his company the auto industry’s fuel efficiency leader by 2012. Wagoner refused, just as he did at the 2006 Los Angeles auto show when asked to sign a similar fuel efficiency pledge.
April 22, 2008 Global Exchange
	Earth Day Filled with Carbon Emissions Thanks to Bush and Auto Industry -- Let's be clear: with this proposal, the Bush Administration is cowing to the influence of the auto industry rather than protecting the interests and health of the American people.
April 22, 2008 Global Exchange
	With Abusive Child Labor Still a Threat to Shareholder Value -- San Francisco-based human rights organization Global Exchange and Harrington Investments, today presented a resolution to create a board-level human rights committee at the Hershey’s Corporation.
April 21, 2008 Global Exchange
	Statement on the Security & Prosperity Summit in New Orleans -- President Bush is meeting this week with his Mexican and Canadian counterparts for the fourth summit of the North American Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP), which has become known as ‘NAFTA-plus’. Rather than tackle problems that have roots in the NAFTA model—including growing income gaps and worker insecurity in all three countries, as well as dramatically accelerated migration from Mexico to the United States—these leaders hope to quietly extend its reach.
April 17, 2008 Global Exchange
	The Future's Getting Restless: -- Lansing, Mi – On Thursday, April 17, 2008, the Michigan Student Sustainability Coalition and Global Exchange held a day of action at the state capitol in Lansing, Mi to push for strong renewable energy and energy efficiency legislation.