Clean, renewable energy is within our reach — all we have to do is seize the opportunities around us.
To live greener, healthier lives we need to be using less energy and getting more of our energy from renewable sources like the sun and the wind. The good news is that powering our lives with clean energy is getting easier every day, and the transition away from fossil fuels, toward an economy that runs on renewable energy, is picking up steam. Together we can accelerate the change.
Did You Know?
In 2021, America got more than three times as much power from the wind, the sun and the earth as it did in 2012.
What we're doing
Since 2017, our research partners at Environment America Research & Policy Center have issued the annual “Renewables on the Rise” report to track and celebrate America’s progress on renewable energy.
If we can inspire 10 churches and those 10 churches can inspire 10 churches we will try to add to the ripple effect and the more churches are able to do this the easier it’s going to get.Maggie Chappen, Senior Warden of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
We went solar for three reasons: financial, environmental, and inspirational and we have succeeded on all three aims!
It fills my heart to know that my carbon footprint has shrunk dramatically, contributing to a safer future for my children and my grandchild.Mary Zuccaro, Carnegie, PA Resident
"That savings of more than $500 a month has allowed this congregation to think of making a more sustainable, more long term commitment to the families and the children of this community"Dave Carver, Pastor, First United Presbyterian Church
First United Presbyterian Church of Crafton Heights Goes Solar
I think it is important to educate people about steps they can take to create positive changes in our community.Liesel Dreisbach-Williams, Program coordinator for the Nurture Nature Center
The climate crisis is important because the future of the next generation depends on how we act now.
It isn't hard to have a building created like this one that makes more energy than they use on a routine basisDr. Patricia DeMarco, Scholar, Author, and Environmental Advocate
Local tour highlights innovative solar project at Susquehanna University
Local officials, community groups, residents, and students join statewide enviro group PennEnvironment and Susquehanna University's Center for Environmental Education and Research to tour the University's solar array and learn about solar sheep grazing
Let there be light: First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County ‘Goes Solar’
PennEnvironment hosts State Senator Judy Schwank, Reading Sustainability Manager Bethany Ayers Fisher, and Berks County residents for tour of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of Berks County’s solar array
Show the world that you’re all in. We need to quickly shift to abundant, clean and renewable energy. Share your support for a 100% renewable energy commitment with this hat.
