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10.
HEET’s Ripple Effect:
• Buildings weatherized: over 200
• Home energy assessments signed up: over 800
• Volunteers trained: over 3,000
• Energy & H2O saved over lifetime of work:
over $1 million
• Green jobs students with jobs: 150
• Over 30 homes / nonprofits with solar panels
• EPA Environmental Merit Award
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11.
HEET’s organizational chart:
• President (full-‐‑time)
• Outreach manager (full-‐‑time)
• Energy expert (quarter-‐‑time)
Stakeholders:
• Cities of Boston, Cambridge and Somerville
• Foundations (Barr, Putnam, etc.)
• Volunteers
• Nonprofits
• Partners (MIP&L, CEA, Renew Boston, etc.)
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12.
A few types of nonprofits:
• Sales (EFI.com)
• Hands-‐‑on work (CSG)
• Legislation (350.org)
• Community (WATCH)
• Education (ACE, schools)
• Reporting (Orion)
• Foundations (Boston Foundation, Barr)
• Research (MIT)
• Investment (Boston Comm. Capital)
• ….
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13.
Main points
How to get a grassroots nonprofit job:
• Volunteer until you’ve created your job
• Less expensive than school, more certain,
more helpful & you get to make sure you
like it
• Bring your skills
• Be self-‐‑motivated and driven
• Efficiency is the first renewable
Benefits:
• No longer angry, feel more positive
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