Greening Our Planet, One Bulb at a Time
by Mayor Antonio R. Villaraigosa
At 6,500 miles, Los Angeles has the largest network of streets and roads and the second largest number of street lights – 210,000 – to light the way. In 2009, the City of Los Angeles teamed up with the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to find out how much those lights were costing the City - and our climate.
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Fish Farms: Fighting Poverty in Haiti’s Rural Communities
Dr. Valentine Abe has been working in Haiti for over 15 years, focusing his work and the work of his Caribbean Harvest Foundation on building up Haiti’s aquaculture sector. With a PhD in Aquaculture from Auburn University, Valentine arrived in Haiti and recognized immediately the potential for fish farming...
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Academic Vibrancy: A New Way to Do School
One core belief Americans hold is academic opportunity and beyond that, academic excellence. Each year our educators aspire to instill knowledge and passion into our future generation with the hope of greater success than all the generations previously. With the rise of childhood obesity, our youngest citizens stand...
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Remembering 9/11
As we remember 9/11, we honor those who we lost and thank those who serve and protect our country. Last year, President Clinton joined President George W. Bush, Vice President Joe Biden, and Representative John Boehner at the Flight 93 Memorial Dedication in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Read the text of President Clinton's speech below. Before President Bush came up to speak, I asked...
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Celebrating Caribbean Harvest in Haiti
On Saturday, September 8, the Island Creek Oyster Foundation will be hosting a benefit in support of the Caribbean Harvest fish-farming program, "Friends for Haiti" in Duxbury, Massachusetts. The Clinton Foundation has been working with Dr. Valentine Abe and Caribbean Harvest to expand fish farming – powered by solar energy – as a sustainable and profitable industry in the Lake...
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From Idea to National Movement: Celebrating Twenty Years of Chartered Schools
Twenty years ago today, on September 7, 1992, the first chartered school – City Academy – opened its doors in St. Paul, Minnesota. Today, no fewer than two million students attend over 5,600 chartered schools in 41 states and the District of Columbia...
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