Power in Numbers: Crowd Purchasing Brings Clean Energy within Reach
In an interview with Grist magazine, Managing Director Elizabeth Lindsey decribes Groundswell's model of empowering communities: “It’s a wave that builds over time. If you have one person, it’s great. But if you have five people, 10 people — we’re really building these powerful groups of consumers together.” Read the full article
NAACP Takes Up the Clean-Energy Fight
by The Root
on May 14, 2012
The Root, a daily online magazine that offers commentary on the news from a variety of African-American perspectives, published an opinion piece by Jacqui Patterson, Director of the NAACP's Climate Justice Initiative about their participation in the Community Power Project this spring. The NAACP's Baltimore headquarters switched to clean energy and is slated to save $7,000 annually. Read the full commentary
Community Groups Join Forces to Support Clean Energy and Save Money
by GOOD Magazine
on April 09, 2012
GOOD Magazine spotlights the Community Power Project. Lead Organizer, Sam Witherbee: “A lot of businesses and governments do this very well. They've been getting these rates for awhile, but the community's been left out of the benefits of deregulated markets, especially those small institutions that might not have the staff capacity or research capacity.” Now, community institutions have been able to tap into the same savings." Read the full article
Banding Together to Get Cheaper Electricity
by Washington Post's Capital Business
on March 26, 2012
"An increasing number of small businesses, nonprofits and community groups are banding together to negotiate lower electricity prices, using their collective purchasing power as leverage with energy providers. The organizations can then reinvest that savings — thousands of dollars a year in some cases — into their corporate or social mission at a time when the lackluster economy has put a strain on most budgets. Shoring up that money and converting organizations to clean energy has become a point of focus for District-based Groundswell." Read the full article
Maryland Company Chosen by Religious, Community Groups Pooling Electric Buying Power
by Associated Press
on March 20, 2012
A Maryland company has been chosen by more than 100 religious, community, labor and low-income housing groups in the Washington area that are joining forces to save money on electricity. Read the full article
Environmentalists Tout Group Weatherization Before Summer
by WAMU 88.5 FM
on March 16, 2012
This local public radio piece describes how Mt. Pleasant homeowner Stephen Cox and more than a dozen of his neighbors are banding together for a group weatherization of their homes with help from Groundswell. Read the full article
D.C. Religious, Community Groups Joining Forces to Buy Clean Electricity, Save Money
by Associated Press
on March 13, 2012
More than 100 religious, community, labor and low-income housing groups in the Washington area say they are joining forces to buy clean power and save money. Read the full article
Soulful Green Living
by We Act Radio
on February 22, 2012
Strong Homes Program Lead Organizer Brett Wiley was a guest on the Soulful Green Living talk program, which focuses on urban and suburban sustainability and self-sufficiency. The program introduces listeners to timely practices, insights, and solutions for sustainable living. Listen here
Partnerships Have Benefits
by Washington Post
on September 15, 2011
Rev. Tom Knoll, pastor of First Trinity Lutheran Church, writes about how his congregation benefited from Groundswell's Community Power Project. Read the full article
Seven Silver Spring Families Go Green Together
by The Gazette
on August 24, 2011
Making conservation a team effort, a group of neighbors in the Fairview Court community had their homes weatherized together. Read the full article
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