5th Massachusetts Green Career Conference Presentation: Green Nonprofits

1. Green Nonprofits:
A Grassroots Approach
• Audrey Schulman, HEET
• DeAnne Dupont, The Food Recovery
Project
• Jocelyn Forbush, The Trustees of
Reservations
• Megan Stokes, Toxic Action Network

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HEET
(Home Energy Efficiency Team)
Audrey Schulman, President
Grassroots nonprofit

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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)
• ….
HEETma.com

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
HEETma.com

14. HEET
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Audrey Schulman
HEET.Cambridge@gmail.com