Energy Justice
A JUST TRANSITION FOR ALL COMMUNITIES
Achieving just social and economic participation in the energy system, while remediating social, economic, and health burdens on climate-impacted communities.
Learn More Historical Redlining
RACISM BY DESIGN
Federally legal racist credit rating practices conducted by the Home Owners Loan Corporation (HOLC) across the United States from 1930 - 1970.
Learn More Environmental Justice
THE RIGHT TO SHARE THE EARTH
A set of social, economic, and environmental principles established at the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit.
Learn more Energy Burden
ENERGY SAVINGS FOR INCOME-ELIGIBLE FAMILIES
Energy bills are 3x higher in climate-impacted communities.
Learn More Utility Justice
END CORRUPTION IN ENERGY
A future where utilites and governments are held accountable for racist infrastructure siting and pollutuion.
Learn more Energy Democracy
PARTICIPATORY ENERGY
A movement to decentralize the energy system by centering communities.
Learn more Energy Equity
QUANTIFYING ENERGY ACCESS
The empirical and qualitative measurement of access to the energy system to prioritize the inclusion of climate-impacted communities.
Learn More Solar Equity
ACCESS TO SOLAR
The empirical and quantitative measurement of the distribution of solar across race and economic status.
Learn more Definitions
VOCABULARY & TERMS
Our staff has compiled this vocabulary list to advocate alongside our communities.
Learn with Us Community Events
UPCOMING
21 Jan
What is a cooperative?
12:00pm – 3:00pm
Location:
195 Bowdoin St,
Dorchester, MA
02124
23 Jan
Webinar: Bringing Community Perspectives to Community Solar
2:00 – 3:30 pm
Location:
Virtual,
Registration in Google Calendar invite
26 Jan
Fairmount Line Bill Community Action Hour!
6:30 – 7:30pm
Location:
Virtual,
Registration in Google Calendar invite
30 Jan
Revolutionize the Energy System with Your Career
1:00 – 2:00pm
Location:
Virtual,
Registration in Google Calendar invite
Community Solar Policy Research
Access our state-by-state research on community solar programs and the advancement of community-led solar
"We need . . . an approach that centers the voices, hopes, and dreams of the poor, people of color, Indigenous people, and those marginalized by the old energy system in the redesign of the new system."
"When you don’t protect the least in your society you place everybody at risk.”
"If we refuse to speak frankly about the intersection of race and climate change, we can be sure that racism will continue to inform how the governments of industrialized countries respond to this existential crisis."
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Save Money on Energy
We have gathered a collection of local programs and tools designed to help you save money and reduce energy insecurity.
F.A.Q.
Frequently Asked Questions
Solstice Initiative and our staff are on a mission to revolutionize the energy system through the leadership and ownership of clean energy projects in climate-impacted communities.
We believe in a transparent and inclusive approach to co-learn and co-design an equitable transition to clean energy. That’s why we deployed this Community Resources page, so that our communities can participate in our journey to rebuild a just and equitable energy system. Learn more about the research, movements and thought-leadership behind why we center communities in the transition to renewable energy.
Solstice Initiative staff worked to gather these resources to innovate opportunities that better serve our communities. We identified resources from our partners, through our coalitions and with our communities. Through this process, we recognized the value of these resources and the ability of our community members to envision solutions on their own terms with access to them. As a result, our community resources page was born, to provide transparency into our knowledge of local context, opportunities and solutions.
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