August 2024 Newsletter

Empowering Sustainable Communities

In addition to great company and food, we had 2 solar cookers, a Pathfinder and a photovoltaic system demo on site. Such a great opportunity for those who attended to ask questions from knowledgeable people!

As a special treat, solar s’mores were enjoyed by those attending who wanted one (the solar oven cooked them)!  If you were not able to come to this year’s picnic, we hope you will be able to join us next year! Enjoy the rest of your summer.

You can find the job description details and how to apply at this link: https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:VA6C2:dcee86a6-5e12-45d4-ae35-0565141b08ad 

Any questions about the position can be sent to info@seedsgroup.net

Thanks for considering working with us!

Book Share: October 5-6 at Wayne County Fairgrounds. Keep an eye out for volunteer opportunities and more details on this event on next Newsletter and website. Hope you can come, and please spread the word!

Annual Meeting: Tuesday October 15th at Lukans Farm Resort, Hawley.
We will start gathering at 5pm with cash bar and appetizers. A short business meeting at 5:30pm ending at 6pm with a family-style dinner with locally sourced roast chicken, sides and dessert. Vegetarian or gluten-free option available with advance notice.

Ticket details coming soon!

Bring all of your solar & energy related questions!!
True or False? With solar you can charge your phone in a blackout

True or False? SEEDS charges homeowners to perform home energy assessments

True or False? Solar decreases the value of your home

If you said FALSE to all 3, you’re correct! Have you heard other myths like these? Have questions about how heat pumps work in cooler climates? Wondering about what an “energy assessment” involves?

Introducing a new SEEDS volunteer-run community message board to provide high-quality, factual info on all things solar and energy efficiency.

Sign-up today to join the discussion (it’s FREE)!

Subscribe Here

Note: The link will bring you to a webpage with the title “Northeast PA Solar and Energy Efficiency Resources“. This is the right place!  As you read and scroll through the information provided, you will find SEEDS name in the Group Information.

Adam Freedgood is a management consultant specializing in sustainability and ESG strategy for companies. He splits his time between Equinunk, PA and Morristown, NJ. He is passionate about helping organizations achieve positive impact as a business growth driver. 

After a decade of helping international nonprofits with data-driven fundraising campaigns, he found his calling to more directly address the climate crisis and social justice through the influence of business. In 2013, Adam co-founded Third Partners, an advisory firm that helps businesses incorporate sustainability into their operations and culture in ways that support growth.

When in Northeast PA, Adam and his family live “off the grid” in a solar and battery powered cabin perched on a mountainside. He enjoys spending time exploring the upper Delaware river region, building things, and advising nonprofits on growth strategies. 

Adam has an MS in Sustainability Management from Columbia University and a BS in Marketing from Penn State.

For more than a decade, SEEDS’s for-profit offshoot has been developing and funding solar projects that are community oriented and community supported. And every year, it has been returning a small but consistent dividend to its shareholders.

The Co-op has just finished funding its seventh project, a large solar array on the new Weavers Way Germantown Co-op Store.

Much of the current team has been there from the very beginning and have a remarkable record of accomplishment.

But we also know that new ideas come from fresh minds. There is an election for Board Members in October and the Co-op is looking for interested candidates who want to join the team, either as a Board Member or serve on one of the Co-op Committees

If you are interested or would just like more information, please email info@cleanenergy.coop,  Christine Weigand at cwandgb@verizon.net or David Pursch at davidpursch@gmail.com. 

The SEEDS Board will like to extend a HUGE Thank You to Erin and Chuck for taking care of the Newsletter for all this time.  For personal reasons they need to step back for a while. We wish them the best and will miss them.

You will continue to receive our newsletters, invitations to our educational forums and other events. Members are eligible for free solar evaluations, have voting rights at our annual meeting, and help shape our programs and initiatives.  For more information visit our website at www.seedsgroup.net.