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Please consider making a donation to Groundwork Denver! Welcome Donna Johnson to Groundwork's Board!
Donna Johnson is the CEO/CFO and co-founder of Atomic Air Inc., a Denver-based HVAC installation company with a focus on energy efficiency. Donna serves as the Chair of the Denver American Indian Commission, the Vice Chair of the Human Rights and Community Relations Advisory Board, and as a Representative to the Community Relations Council for the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. ...and Reggie Loggins to Groundwork's Staff!
We're excited to have Reggie join us as our Energy Action Outreach Coordinator. As a believer in environmental, social and economic justice, Reggie has worked on numerous environmental and consumer rights campaigns. He has also worked on fund development with local and national nonprofit organizations and he spent 10 years teaching English and conducting cross-cultural seminars in Germany. Live
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MLK-Day
Volunteers Knock out 110 Tons of Emissions - 103 households signed up for recycling - 125 households signed up for free street trees - 130 households cancelled junk mail - 139 households signed up for energy audits These simple actions add up to big greenhouse gas emissions reductions by reducing energy needed in the home, energy needed for transporting and manufacturing unwanted mail, and energy used to making products out of raw materials. The emissions reduced by this action are equivalent to not driving 220,000 miles per year. Over the next two months Groundwork Denver and Mile High Youth Corps will visit the homes to do the energy audits. For lower income families, MHYC will help the family save more energy by swapping out more bulbs and installing low-flow shower heads, programmable thermostats, clothes lines, and other low cost measures. All families will receive detailed information on how they can save energy by making simple changes, like washing laundry in cold water, drying clothes on a line, or setting back their thermostat at night. Please plan on joining us for a HUGE neighborhood energy action during the week of Earth Day! Details will be coming soon, but save the dates April 22nd and April 24th. Thanks
AmeriCorps NCCC! Commerce
City Takes the Climate Challenge - 18 low-flow shower heads have been installed - 41 water heater pipes have been insulated - 42 power strips have been installed to cut off phantom electricity loads - 32 water heaters have been turned down and families have committed to washing in cold water, line drying their clothes, setting back their thermostats and other simple things Over the next three weeks, 18 attics and crawlspaces will be insulated. Collectively, these families will save: $12,500 per year in energy costs and 94 tons per year in CO2 emissions. Green
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In honor of the Martin Luther King Jr National Day of
Service, 105 volunteers from the Whittier Neighborhood Association,
AmeriCorps, Xcel Energy, Metro Volunteers and all across Denver
helped denver residents reduce their energy bills and cut their
greenhouse gas emissions. Going door-to-door in the Whittier
neighborhood, volunteers accomplished the following:
A team of energetic and
dedicated AmeriCorps National Civilian Conservation Corps members
joined Groundwork Denver in early February. They have been a great
help to us, conducting energy audits, processing canvassing data,
cleaning up natural areas, and signing people up for our
transportation project. Thanks AmeriCorps NCCC!
The Green Team is a team
of youth who work with Groundwork Denver on various our
environmental projects. They restore habitat areas, build trails,
repair bicycles, and run recycling projects, while connecting with
the community and building leadership skills. Until recently, the
Green Team has been a summer program only. In response to requests
from the youth, we are expanding the program year-round. Eight to
ten youth, age 14 to 17, will start working with us in mid-March.
They'll work 10 hours a week during the school year and 20 hours a
week in the summer. They have lots of work lining up including
maintaining community gardens, working in Bear Creek and other
natural areas, and helping with our porch bulb projects.