Year: 2014

Hayley Roberts, communications director for the Michigan Suburbs Alliance

Can Southgate Become an Anchor for Regional Sustainability and Affordability?

Teach a person to make a house more energy efficient, and an impact will be made on an energy bill. Teach a person to educate her community about energy efficiency, and the impact will be exponentially greater. That’s the lesson the Michigan Suburbs Alliance learned in their work with energy efficiency programs. And it’s an idea that has shaped a new pilot program that aims to plant seeds of sustainability in individual Metro Detroit neighborhoods then spread into homes throughout the entire region.

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