Environmental Justice

A GRID Alternatives Love Story: One Vet Gets to Live his Solar Dream

Jim’s love for solar started decades ago. In a woodworking class he participated in a group project to create a solar cooker, warming a hot dog on a chilly Michigan spring day. One swine sausage later he was hooked. “I thought the whole idea behind solar, collecting power from the sun, was the way to go.”

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Energizing Youth in the Inland Empire

For many kids across the Inland Empire, summer vacation is finally here! Tests, reading assignments, and district assessments are over and happy days reign again. For 32 at-risk high school students in Arroyo Valley High School's Cultivating Organic Recycling Environmentalists (CORE) Academy in San Bernardino, this summer is enhanced by their increased awareness about solar energy and how it can help them not only in summer’s hottest days, but in their future careers.

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GRID Climate Ride Team prepares for the Challenge!

On May 17th, the five members of GRID’s Climate Ride team depart San Francisco for a four day ride to Sacramento. We're biking 240 miles to raise awareness about climate change, environmental justice, and low-carbon transportation while fundraising for GRID and other nonprofits.

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Potrero Sur shines new light for American Volunteers

This past February, GRID Alternatives took a group of volunteers from Sunrun on a powerful journey into the rural village of Portrero Sur, Nicaragua.

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America Get With It

As an elderly woman living in the Coachella Valley, Kathleen was struggling to make ends meet. Summers, where temperatures are well above 100, were a constant worry because she had to save money throughout the year just to pay her electric bill.

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A more sustainable Los Angeles

GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles will be a cooperating organization for the Los Angeles Business Council's Annual Sustainability Summit.

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Looking Back, Moving Forward

As a new year begins at GRID Alternatives Greater Los Angeles, we?re rolling up our sleeves and gearing up for another successful year. This year we?re looking to outdo ourselves by building on last year?s success as we aim to increase access to solar power in the communities we serve. Is it all talk? No way, we got the numbers to prove it!