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2024 09 14
Fall Festival
Mark your calendars now for Prince of Peace’s 2nd annual fall festival, to be held on the church grounds on Saturday, September 14 from 10 am to 3 pm. The Groundswell team will be available at the event to answer questions about local community solar options, and attendees can start their holiday shopping early with some of the beautiful home decor, jewelry, and pottery on offer from local vendors. Fresh produce and baked goods will also be available. -
2024 09 11
10th CEEJH Environmental Justice Symposium
Join Groundswell's Tiffani Lawson (Energy Program Lead of Mid Atlantic in Energy Programs) — along with Robin Lewis (Director for Climate Equity), Nicole Jackson (Monarch PSG, Principal Advisor (Environmental Justice & Community Engagement), Edna Primrose (Reid Temple A.M.E. Church, Environmental Justice Ministry Lead), Yorell Tuck (Stillmeadow Community Projects/Stillmeadow Community Church, Director of Operations), and Rev. Leo Woodberry — for a conversation about Faith-Based Initiatives to Advance Climate and Energy Justice at the 10th CEEJH Environmental Justice Symposium. -
2024 08 30
How to Make Your Community a Green Community
Looking to drive sustainability and joy in your community? Join us for an engaging webinar where we’ll explore how Arkansas' Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) and other evolving funding opportunities from state and federal sources can be used to build sustainable infrastructure that contributes to local economic and environmental goals. -
2024 08 12
ICYMI: Community-Owned Resilience Hub Unveiled at Critical Time for West Atlanta Community
Groundswell, a community power nonprofit, announced the unveiling of one of Georgia’s first community-owned resilience hub at Community Church in Atlanta. The hub, completed in partnership with Community Church Atlanta, Stryten Energy, InterUrban Solar, the City of Atlanta’s Office of Sustainability and Resilience, the Wells Fargo Foundation, and GM, launched on July 31. The resilience hub, which has enough solar and energy storage capacity to provide up to three days of backup power for certain critical services, began producing energy just in time to be operational before what is typically the heaviest part of Georgia’s annual storm season. -
2024 07 18
RE+ Mid-Atlantic 2024
Join Groundswell Senior Vice President of Finance and Fund Development Kristal Virgil for a conversation about how new grant funding will impact the southeast at RE+ Mid-Atlantic. Kristal will speak on the panel "Solar for All in the Mid-Atlantic: Discussing the Potential Impact of the $7 Billion Grant Competition in the Region" alongside Meghan Jennings (Rappahannock Electric Cooperative), Maryrose Myrtetus (Philadelphia Green Capital Corp), and Chris Walker (GRID Alternatives) with Abigail Ross Hopper (Solar Energy Industries Association) moderating. -
2024 06 26
What Solar for All Means for the Southeast
On Earth Day, Groundswell, Inc. celebrated being selected for a $156 million US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) Solar For All Award for our SE Rural Power Team. -
2024 06 25
Outreach, Consumer Education & Community Partnerships
Washington, DC’s Solar for All program is a rooftop and community solar program aiming to benefit over 100,000 households with incomes at or below 80% of the area median income. A new case study by the Clean Energy States Alliance profiles the program and the ways its administrators have handled outreach and consumer education over the program’s seven-year history. -
2024 06 12
4th Annual Sustainability Week US
Climate change impacts every aspect of people’s lives—how does it impact work? What will be the effect of extreme weather on labor markets, especially in areas that suffer most from climate change? What are the ways to measure this and prevent negative consequences on people’s lives? How can the private sector and regulators create policies for climate mitigation and adaptation, to ensure a resilient and secure working environment?