Popular Environmental Outreach Program Expands to More Area Groups

(ROCKVILLE, Md) - Clean Currents inaugurated its third Green Neighborhood Challenge (GNEC), the company’s hallmark community engagement program for area groups to get involved in learning about clean energy and fundraising for greening projects, this week.  Forty groups, ranging from school environmental clubs to HOAs have already enrolled in the Challenge and can expect to receive environmental and sustainability education training from Clean Currents staff.  Participating groups will also compete to switch as many of their members to Clean Currents’ residential wind power program before Earth Day 2012.  

The purpose of GNEC is to help educate, encourage, and inspire community groups about renewable energy and sustainable living.  Throughout the Challenge, Clean Currents will offer numerous educational opportunities for participating groups, such as Community Leader Summits, webinars on topics such as energy efficiency, environmental policy, and climate change.  GNEC participants will learn how to use social media, political activism, and community organizing to spread environmental awareness and stewardship amongst their communities.  The Challenge also encourages a competitive spirit, as a main goal of participating groups is to switch as many households to Clean Currents wind power for their electric needs as possible.  Because of energy de-regulation, residents of Maryland and Washington, DC can choose their electricity supplier and Clean Currents remains the area’s only energy company to exclusively offer Green-e Energy certified wind power.

The winner of GNEC will be rewarded with a donation to support a local environmental project of the group’s choice.  Additionally, each participating group will receive $25 per household that makes the switch to Clean Currents wind power, which will go towards financing a greening project of the group’s choice. 

In previous years, GNEC groups have used monies from the Challenge to plant community gardens, pay for energy audits, purchase rain-barrels, host environmentally themed events, or supported large NGO’s such as Sierra Club, or the Natural Resources Defense Council.

For more information on GNEC, visit: www.GreenNeighborhoodChallenge.com