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Green Works In The Press
Below are articles, events and publications featuring Green Works. If you would like more information about a particular feature, please contact us.
 
Green Works featured as the cover story on Mo. Dept. of Conservation newsletter.


January, 2012
Green Works programming is highlighted in the cover story of the Jan/Feb 2012 Missouri Department of Conservation newsletter. 

To see the newsletter click here.


   
     
National LISC highlights the work of Green Works!

June 20, 2011
Green Works and the internship program are featured in the 2010 national LISC annual report.  To read the feature,
click here and then scroll down the page and select Kansas City, MO. 
   
     
Green Works begins major habitat restoration on Brush Creek.


June 4, 2011
To read the Kansas City star article about this project, click here.

With funding from an EPA 5-Star grant, and assistance from partners Mo. Dept. of Conservation, KCMO Parks & Rec., and Burns & McDonnell Engineering, Green Works students and volunteers began the first phase of a two-year....

More info click here.
   
     
Green Works featured in latest Greenability magazine


September 20, 2010
Green Works was featured in Greenability magazine in an article about Project Living Proof. To read the article, click here. To read more about our work this spring with Project Living Proof, click here.
   
 
Green Works Featured In The Kansas City Star


September 15, 2010
Green Works was featured in the Kansas City Star and their story about Project Living Progg....

More info here.
   
 
Spaces Magazine features Green works


March 1, 2010
Spaces magazine features Green Works in their March issue...

More info here.
   
 
Green Works featured in KCP&L newsletter


November 23, 2009
KCP&L features Green Works in their employee newsletter.  The November issue of The Source, KCP&L's employee publication featured an article on Kate Corwin and Green Works.  To read the article click here
   
     
Green Works president named "Eco Activist of the Year" by The Pitch magazine


September, 2009
The Pitch magazine annually publishes their best-of-Kansas City listing that features everything from the best restaurants to the best media personalities to the best goods and services. This year Green Works president Kate Corwin was named the "Best Eco Activist".
To read the brief Pitch article on Kate, click here.
   
     
Green Works participates in discussion with White House, federal and local officials on the Green Impact Zone

September 1st, 2009
Green Works founder and board members took part in a discussion on the Green Impact Zone with several federal officials. In attendance were U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, Adolfo Carrion, director of the White House Office of Urban Affairs, Shaun Donovan, secretary of housing and urban development; John Porcari, deputy secretary of transportation, and Van Jones, special advisor for green jobs with the White House Council for Environmental Quality. To read more about the Green Impact Zone, click here.
   
     
Green Works featured on KKFI radio

May 14, 2009
KKFI community radio featured Green Works on the Heartland Labor Forum radio show. Green Works board members, an ECOS student and founder Kate Corwin discuss the history of Green Works and the importance of including everyone in the environmental movement. More info and streaming audio...
   
     
Green Works is featured in Greenability magazine

  May-June, 2009 Issue
Green Works students are highlighted in an article on the growth of green jobs in the Kansas City area. More...
   
     
Green Works featured on the front page of the Kansas City Star

  February 23 , 2009
A front page article highlights two students and their internship experiences. Click here to read the article...
   
 
Kate Corwin speaks at the Sierra Club
  January 6, 2009
Kate Corwin, president of Green Works, was the speaker at the January 2009 meeting of the Sierra Club in Kansas City, MO.
   
     
Green Works founder featured in Greenability magazine
 

January 1, 2009
Kate Corwin wrote a guest commentary for the January/February issue of Greenability magazine. Her commentary was on the importance of training urban youth for green jobs.
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Green Works featured in Greenability magazine
  September '08
Green Works is featured in the September/October issue of Greenability magazine.
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Green Works President speaks at All Souls Forum
 
Apr '08
Kate Corwin, President and founder of Green Works in Kansas City, speaks at the Forum Series at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church on April 27.
 
     
Green Works featured in Kansas City Star
 
Apr '08
Green Works & ECOS students are featured on the front page of the Sunday KC Star MoneyWise section.

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Green Works featured In Kansas City Star
 
Feb '08
Green Works is featured in the Kansas City Star's green living column.

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Kate Corwin receives an environmental excellence award
 
Oct '07
Kate Corwin, founder of Green Works in Kansas City is an Honorable Mention recipient of a Bridging The Gap Environmental Excellence Award for Individuals. 
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