Social Investment Forum

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Social Investment Forum

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The Social Investment Forum (SIF) is the only national membership association dedicated to advancing the concept, practice, and growth of socially and environmentally responsible investing (SRI). Our members integrate economic, environmental, social and governance factors into their investment decisions and SIF provides programs and resources to advance this work.

SIF's membership includes more than 500 social investment practitioners and institutions, including financial professionals, analysts, portfolio managers, banks, mutual funds, researchers, foundations, community development organizations, and public educators.

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Cruise Car

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Cruise Car

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Cruise Car low-speed vehicles will enrich your lifestyle with ease, comfort, and fun. Cruise Car vehicles are easy to drive, and easy to maintain - plus they are gas free. They offer a range of electric vehicles from golf cart size, through utility vehicles, to multipassenger busses. They also offer a solar panel roof to utilize the sun for added range.

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Cooperative Community Energy

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Cooperative Community Energy

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Cooperative Community Energy Corporation (CCEnergy) is a member-owned organization of people like you who want clean, affordable energy for their homes and businesses.

CCEnergy provides discounts on renewable energy equipment as well as expert design and project management services. We can handle any size system from a small residential system to megawatt industrial systems.

CCEnergy works with a network of solar contractors to ensure that your solar energy system is properly installed for years of carefree service. We have provided equipment for hundreds of solar installations throughout Northern California.

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Sol Man

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Sol Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gTIUB2XDnI

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A mobile solar power generator with the form factor of a pushcart. It rolls around easily due to being properly balanced on a pair of wheels. It contains a complete system including batteries, inverter, charge controller and solar panels. Just transport it to your destination, roll it into the sun, and have instant power.

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Solar Richmond

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Solar Richmond

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Solar Richmond serves the Richmond community through green-collar job training and opens doors to employment within the solar industry. We are the glue that brings together resources in order to meet our end-goal of 5 megawatts of installed solar in Richmond by 2010. We work closely with diverse partners in city government, the non-profit world and local businesses as well. This is the facilitating role we have been playing and will continue to play. Now we are looking to bring more resources to the table with our new 10-week paid internship program.

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Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, An Ella Baker Initiative

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Green-Collar Jobs Campaign, An Ella Baker Initiative

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new, multi-billion dollar economic sector is emerging, bringing new opportunities in green construction, clean technology, urban agriculture and energy. Our goal: ensure that this green economy is strong enough to lift people out of poverty.

Green-Collar Jobs Campaign creates opportunities in the green economy for poor people and people of color through policy advocacy, public outreach, and an employment pipeline - the Green Jobs Corps.

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The International Institute for Ecological Agriculture

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http://permaculture.com/

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dedicated to healing the planet while providing for the human community—by education and implementation of socially just, ecological, resource-conserving forms of agriculture, the basis of all sustainable societies.

The IIEA was founded in 1993 by Farmer David Blume as a nonprofit organization focused on promoting permaculture and alternative fuels. The people who work at the International Institute for Ecological Agriculture have diverse interests and talents that help this organization thrive. See the staff page for bios and descriptions.

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