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Emergency Response Studio (ERS) exhibited at Global Green's Holy Cross Project Visitor Center

Emergency Response Studio, by Paul Villinski, is a solar-powered, mobile artist's studio, repurposed from a salvaged FEMA-style trailer. This sustainably re-built, off-the-grid living and work space is designed to enable artists to "embed" in post-disaster settings, and respond and contribute creatively. Villinski conceived the project in response to the devastation of post-Katrina New Orleans as "a symbol of transformation and possibility for the communities of the Gulf Coast." ERS will be exhibited in Prospect .1 New Orleans, the largest exhibition of international contemporary art ever organized in the United States, which opens throughout the Cresent City November first, 2008.

Villinski's vision for ERS was realized through vital funding and in-kind donations from generous supporters, including Global Green USA.

GLOBAL GREEN USA CONGRATULATES SOUTH KOREA FOR ABOLISHING CHEMICAL WEAPONS

Calls for North Korea to Reciprocate and Join the Chemical Weapons Convention

Washington, DC - Oct 17, 2008 - In an unannounced step forward in global elimination of chemical weapons, the Republic of Korea (South Korea) has recently become the second country to complete the destruction of its declared chemical weapons stockpile. Dr. Paul Walker, Director of Global Green USA’s Security and Sustainability Program, stated that “the elimination of several thousand tons of deadly nerve agents in South Korea marks a major historic initiative in global abolition of chemical weapons, in implementation of the international Chemical Weapons Convention, and in demilitarizing the Korean Peninsula. South Korea deserves our sincere congratulations in destroying its entire chemical weapons arsenal and making the Korean Peninsula a more stable and peaceful region.”

GLOBAL GREEN PRESENTS INITIAL SOLAR REPORT CARD AT SOLAR POWER INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Inadequate Global Investment in Solar Technology Impedes Ability to Combat Climate Change and Provide Sustainable Energy Future

Final Grades and Full Report to be Released in Advance of The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Posnan

San Diego, CA - October 14, 2008 - Global Green USA President Matt Petersen unveiled the organization’s first annual Global Solar Report Card at the Solar Power International Conference in San Diego. The first of its kind report compares the solar energy policies of 14 countries and the state of California.

“Solar power has a tremendous potential to deliver substantial amounts of clean electricity while creating new jobs in manufacturing and solar installation,” said Matt Petersen. “Solar power will only become competitive once government incentives and policies help advance the market—something that could easily be achieved by eliminating subsidies for polluting oil and gas and investing them in solar.”

GLOBAL GREEN USA LAUNCHES BUILD IT BACK GREEN

Initiative to Help NOLA Residents Save Money on High Utility Bills and Improve Health; Two Year Program to help thousands of Road Home Recipient Families Rebuild Green

New Orleans, LA - October 8, 2008 - As fuel adjustments drive energy bills sky-high in Louisiana, Global Green USA is offering a new program for the public to get information and advice on how to significantly reduce their energy use and improve their health with energy-efficient, non-toxic green building products and materials. Global Green’s “Build it Back Green” is a new initiative that will make it easier for Louisiana residents to learn how to find and install simple, cost-effective green products into their homes.

Through a dedicated website www.globalgreen.org/bibg, Global Green is now offering a comprehensive directory of green products and where to find them, information on how to take advantage of some of the statewide and federal incentives for green building, and other useful green building tips and advice. The program will also launch city-wide workshops tailored to specific neighborhood needs, and encourage community use of both the Global Green Resource Center on Carondelet Street and the Holy Cross Project¹s entirely sustainable Global Green House in the Lower 9th ward. Global Green hopes to educate and motivate those looking to not just rebuild their homes to be more energy-efficient, but to also be more storm resistant.