Next 10 in the News

The Alameda Budget Challenge, launched in partnership with Next 10, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, is live online now. Use it to cut or increase spending to key departments including police, fire, recreation and parks, public works and library. Raise taxes: sales, utility or hotel.

Alameda Patch

City Treasurer Kevin Kennedy and Deputy City Manager Lisa Goldman came up with the idea to put the challenge to the test here in Alameda after seeing a similar presentation that a company called Next 10 put on the table for California.

Alameda Sun

Since the mid-1990s, green jobs in San Diego County have grown more than twice as fast as the overall average and weathered the past two recessions better than most other industries, according to a report released Tuesday by Next10, a research organization focused on the environmental industry.

The San Diego Union-Tribune

The report, from the Next 10 public policy group, defines the core green economy as businesses that provide alternatives to carbon-based energy sources, conserve energy or natural resources, reduce pollution, or find new uses for waste.

San Francisco Chronicle