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Green Sneakers Project

GREEN SNEAKERS ARE COMING TO YORK COUNTY on OCTOBER 22!

Join a Green Sneakers volunteer team today. Help spread the word about energy and money savings to your neighbors in Kittery, Eliot, York, South Berwick, Ogunquit, North Berwick, and Kennebunk.

The Green Sneakers Project is a door-to-door neighborhood campaign created to motivate local, personal actions that address the global challenge of climate change and deteriorating air quality. As a pilot project in May and October 2010, about 125 volunteers took to the streets in 14 Maine communities (Portland, Camden,Rockland,Fort Kent, Thomaston/Cushing/St. George/Warren, Lewiston/Auburn, South Portland and Bangor/Orono) to motivate their neighbor homeowners to save money and energy by weatherizing and taking other energy saving measures in the home.

Trained volunteers delivered free reusable grocery bags filled with energy saving information, goodies and coupons. They had conversations with more than 1500 homeowners about the importance of weatherizing and the resources that are available through Efficiency Maine. The goal was to talk to and educate their neighbors about residential energy and money saving strategies they can implement in their homes as they reduce their contributions to global climate change.

Training for the Green Sneakers Project has been provided by BPI (Building Performance Institute) Contractor and Auditor Richard Burbank, president and owner of Evergreen Home Performance. If you would like to learn more about energy efficiency in the home and would like to volunteer, click here for more information and to sign up.

Green Sneakers volunteers have connected interested homeowners to certified energy auditors and contractors and also offer free basic energy walk-thrus to help homeowners identify key problem areas in their homes and steps they can take to address them. A pilot follow-up project to the successful canvass in the midcoast area was launched in January 2011.

Don't Miss Out on the Fun! Volunteer Today!
To volunteer, donate, or market your green business please call 761-5616 or email maine.chapter@sierraclub.org