Our partner, The Wilderness Society, just had a big win — President Obama just dubbed five new national monuments! We want to go visit all of them.
We’re a solar company for many reasons — we believe in saving families money and creating a brighter future. But we also just love sunshine!
Where does the sun take you?
http://wilderness.org/article/win-wildlands-president-obama-designates-five-new-national-monuments
We’re not talking any ordinary sunglasses — this new material actually generates electricity while being transparent!
Imagine your shades charging your iPhone. Doesn’t get cooler than that!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/feb/12/printed-solar-glass-panels-oxford-photovoltaics
Every state in the union has benefitted from solar power’s remarkable growth over the last few years. In an actual headcount of employees, DC-based The Solar Foundation has found 119,000 employees in solar companies across the country. You can dive in and learn more about them here at the State Solar Jobs Map.
Check out each state in the union and how many solar jobs they have!
“California now has more solar workers than actors and that there are more solar jobs in Texas than there are ranchers”, according to Andrea Luecke, the Executive Director of The Solar Foundation, based on Bureau of Labor statistics.
The State Solar Jobs Map also does a great job of breaking out the different kinds of work within the solar industry, by state, per subsector. There is a huge diversity of good jobs being created. Rhone Resch, head of Solar EnergyIndustries Association summarises, “Solar is the fastest-growing clean energy technology available today and employment in our industry has doubled over the past three years.”
How many other industries in America have doubled in the last 3 years? Few.
How many can claim employees in all 50 states? Not a lot.
And what’s the formula for success? It’s clear from the study that states with smart, consistent pro-business policies can expect future growth. You can dive in to the map by state to see a rating of these policies.
Doing so makes you wonder if the politicians currently attacking net metering and renewable portfolios aren’t protecting the telegraph from the telephone!
But that’s for another day… Today just revel in the home-grown success of these United States of solar.
Shine on!
By Danny Kennedy
Today we were named “Best for the World” for creating the most overall social and environmental impact! 67 companies worldwide were recognized by the nonprofit B Lab, with the release of the second annual ‘Best for the World’ list.
What’s that list all about? The B Corp Best for the World List honors businesses that earned an overall score in the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations on the B Impact Assessment — it’s a pretty comprehensive assessment of a company’s impact on its workers, community, and the environment.
“Sungevity was founded to give people a tangible way to address climate change in their own lives,” said our co-founder and lifelong social change activist, Danny Kennedy. “This award is a testament to those roots as a mission-driven, social change company.”
Go out and Generate Positive!
Solar panels aren’t the lightest things on earth, as any of our local installers will tell you! But the boundless optimism people around the world feel for solar power is soaring, and a solar plane will begin a U.S. tour starting in May.
Check back when it takes flight!
http://news.yahoo.com/solar-powered-plane-lift-off-mountain-view-ca-223900260.html
Our founders Danny Kennedy and Andrew Birch are in Rolling Stone, hailed as the new green heroes of the fossil fuel resistance!
Check out the full piece here.
