Title: Green group takes message to D.C. - The Green Alliance

Industry sector: Government

Green group takes message to D.C.

By JIM CAVAN
The Green Alliance
Sunday, July 25, 2010

KITTERY, Maine — Since its 2008 launch, the Green Alliance has made a name for itself on the Seacoast helping member firms increase their green profile.

Last week, group founder and director Sarah Brown took the message national. She joined Clean Energy Works in a "Clean Energy Fly-in" to Washington, D.C. For three days more than 200 residents, business owners and concerned citizens from 21 states descended on the capital to lobby the Senate to pass comprehensive clean energy legislation this year.

Brown said the trip painted a vibrant picture of how far the green movement has come.

"A few years ago this group would have been made up almost entirely of environmentalists. But you're seeing people from all across business and industry who have come to realize that the green movement is as much about creating jobs and stabilizing the economy as it is about the environment," said Brown.

Also included on the Granite State team were Allie Degan and Laura McKay, owners of Acorn Organic Salon in Dover and themselves Green Alliance business members. Other Granite Staters included Michal Bruss of Bruss Construction, and representatives from the state Department of Fish & Game and Mount Washington Auto Road.

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