Earlier this month, My Get Fresh*, an online campaign of the Bay Area-based youth program Grind 4 The Green, hosted an all day solar-powered hip hop concert at Mosswood Park in Oakland, California called FRESH FEST.

Read more for artist highlights, video and photos!

Former White House Green Jobs Advisor and leading environmental advocate Van Jones recently addressed incoming freshman at Howard University in Washington, DC. Click on the link below to read Hilltop Contributor Derrick Haynes article on the visit and why Jones believes the class of 2014 should be thinking green now rather than later.
The Hilltop – Van Jones Brings Clean Energy Revolution to Howard.
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The Mobilization for Climate Justice West, in solidarity with actions happening across the country to honor the 5th Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, is hosting a day of training and a day of direct action this Sunday and Monday to MAKE BIG OIL PAY. Come out!

Here’s the scenario. You just got a new phone (Exciting!). The only thing now is what to do with the old phone. Well don’t just throw it away!

Because it just might end up here:

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In order to avoid this situation Zd.net’s Heather Clancy offers some insight on what you should know before you finally throw away that zack phone you keep trying to pass over as vintage.

So technically the oil has stopped leaking but that doesn’t mean we need to forget! Click on the link below to Check out this timeline and photo gallery of the BP oil spill. Also shout out to Lindsey from CaptainsofIndustry.com for the link!
BP In Deep Water: A Birds-Eye View Of The Oil Spill | SoulCulture.