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Greening Your Non-Profit from the Inside Out: A NeighborWorks Guide for Community Development OrganizationsAuthor(s)/Creator(s): NeighborWorks America; Strategic Sustainability ConsultingPublication Date: 2009-05-05 Copyright Info: Copyright 2009 NeighborWorks America. All rights reserved. Download now Alternative access/additional info Summary/Abstract: In 2008, NeighborWorks America made a formal commitment to "go green". A key component of that initiative is to support our nationwide network of community development organizations in bringing green tools, building techniques, and healthy environmental impact to urban, suburban, and rural communities across America. Over the last year we've made great strides, expanding our Green Course curriculum that provides education and skills training in healthy homes and green construction, and launching a Green Certificate program to train practitioners in successful strategies for green building and sustainable design. With the support of The Home Depot Foundation, NeighborWorks made more than $1.7 million in grants to support the NeighborWorks network in "green" activities including new construction, rehabilitation/renovation, and multifamily energy efficiency. A portion of that grant money also went to conducting Green Audits at twenty NeighborWorks organizations across the country. Working with the sustainability consultancy that helped us measure our own carbon footprint, these Green Audits provided each organization with a snapshot of their current environmental impacts, annual carbon footprint, and recommendations for going green. This guide builds on the observations gathered during those twenty-two Green Audits of NeighborWorks organizations. Its goal is to provide community development organizations with tools and strategies to go green. From understanding how to measure your organization's environmental impacts to choosing quick and easy ways to improve your office practices, we hope that this guide can be a source of inspiration. We've also included case studies from current NeighborWorks organizations, so that you can see how organizations like yours are incorporating green elements into their business operations. Whether you're ready to join us in the ambitious goal to reduce our carbon footprint by 10% in three years, or just looking for a few simple ways to be more eco-friendly at work, this guide is a great place to start. Read it all the way through, or sample a few pages as needed. Just be prepared -- once you start the process, the benefits of going green become hard to ignore! Audiences Served: Advocates; General Public; Legislators/Legislative Aids; Policy Professionals; Researchers Type/Format: CaseStudy; Whitepaper Language code: English Download now Alternative access/additional info |
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