Plant a Seed for Solar Energy in Low Income Cities

San Francisco, CACitizen Green

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Raised of $5,000 USD

Fundraising ended on Jul 14, 2013
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About This Project


Visit our website at:
http://www.citizengreen.co


Citizen Green Coalition is spearheading the movement for solar energy in our communities. Every year millions of our hard earned dollars are spent on foreign oil and dirty fossil fuels, harming our economy, environment and
security. Solar gardens instead generate electricity right in our backyards, bringing dollars back to the community, creating local jobs, clean air and revenue for government services instead of taxing businesses and hard working people. 


The City of Richmond, across the bay from San Francisco, suffers from some of the highest rates of pollution, crime, and unemployment in the country. Using formerly polluted, damaged,
or rundown sites and transforming them into solar gardens cleans up the city and jumpstarts the local economy with new opportunities for young people.


All contributions will go into a “Clean Seed Fund” which will be used to finance solar gardens throughout Richmond. Citizen Green will reinvest the principal and the revenues from each
garden into additional gardens, in a positive feedback loop.






The Impact

 

Solar gardens allows citizens to take charge of their economy, environment and community. It cuts dependence on dirty fossil fuels and start generating their own energy, creating jobs, investment and revenues for essential services.


By making a donation, you are planting a seed for a clean energy future in communities around the world. You’re helping to build a new, decentralized, distributed, clean & local way of generating energy that benefits our
communities.


 


Abandoned or unused sites bring down property values and are unproductive. Many unused lands cannot be developed due to contamination unsafe for people. Solar is perfect for these otherwise unusable areas. Solar gardens return
that land to productive use, fuel the economy and increase property values. 

 


 


 



 


 



 




Use Of Funds

$5,000 Tipping Point Goal


What We Need & What You'll Get 

 

Citizen Green needs $5,000 to finance the first solar garden, and to establish the clean seed fund. This one installation will generate enough revenue to fund additional gardens.

 

We estimate each project will create at least 15 local jobs. The more we raise, the more we can scale and return to the seed fund - a multiplying effect that can eventually help more communities around the world. 

 

As a thank you for supporting this campaign, you will have access to great perks such as access to special events, a certificate or photo of the solar you helped install or even you name or organizations name on a plaque dedicating the commitment to clean
local energy.  



 

Other Ways You Can Help

 

Some people just can’t contribute right now, but that doesn’t mean they can’t help. Share a link on Facebook and Twitter and promote our cause to your friends, colleagues and family. Support clean energy in our communities.

$15,000 Stretch Goal


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PLANT A SEED: Thank you for your contribution! You will receive email updates with photos of the solar, wind, and energy efficiency projects you helped to create.

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$25.00

JOIN THE CITIZEN GREEN FAMILY: You are the foundation of this movement! We'll feature you as a Founding Citizen Green supporter on our website, and email you a certificate of membership that you can print and hang, or post on Facebook. You'll be the first to know about our solar installations.

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$50.00

A GIFT FROM CITIZEN GREEN: You'll receive an amazing book on clean energy future, "The Third Industrial Revolution" by Jeremy Rifkin, with a hand-written thank you note. Makes a great gift! You will also receive all the rewards listed above.

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$100.00

COMMITTED CITIZEN: You'll receive a Citizen Green logo t-shirt from American Apparel. Makes a great gift! You will also receive all the perks listed above.

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$250.00

ENVISION THE FUTURE: Take your commitment on the go. A pair of Citizen Green travel mugs let you carry your favorite beverage with you about town, sharing your commitment to clean energy. You will also receive all the rewards listed above.

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$500.00

SPONSOR A PANEL OR TURBINE: An individual wind turbine or solar panel will be sponsored by you. We will send you the location, power produced, and carbon saved by your donation. You will also receive all the rewards listed above.

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$1,000.00

CELEBRATE SUCCESS: Get to know the Citizen Green team! You and a guest will be cordially invited to the inaugural ceremony of the first project completion ribbon cutting. You will also receive all the rewards listed above.

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$5,000.00

CEMENT YOUR LEGACY: Become one of the leading supporters of Citizen Green. Your name will be featured and engraved on a commemorative stone plaque located at the site of a solar or wind power site showing your commitment to a clean energy future. Your help will dramatically scale our efforts, bringing clean energy to more communities. You will also receive all the rewards listed above.

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