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Rent G.R.E.E.N.

Our steering committee got together and devised this slick new campaign. We've never seen anything like it, have you?

 

Rent G.R.E.E.N. > $ave green
renters and landlords can't afford waste



Check out our new Rent G.R.E.E.N. campaign, it's not only a pocketbook issue for young Portlanders,  it also connects environmental stewardship, renters rights, economics and consumer issues.  We like transformative solutions that are taken directly out of the lives of young people, do you? 

This long-term campaign is based on individual action, information for renters and incentives for landlords that will increase the energy efficiency of Portland's rental stock.

 

Phase 1 of the campaign is live.

Come to the Real Deal on August 14th to, well, get the real Deal on Rent G.R.E.E.N.  It's at 6:00 at Zero Station, we bring the drinks and food, you bring the you. 

 

Information for Renters

we're hitting the streets every Saturday


We're organizing renters by knocking on their doors.  We're telling them about the League and reminding them that there's this huge problem young people are facing: it's called global warming.  And as much as some East Enders would like to one day live on Munjoy Island and as much as Old Porters would rather row, than skate down Exchange, we're not really down with the heat. 

So we're telling renters that the League passed an innovative piece of legislation that requires landlords to post the energy efficiency of their rental units.  We're getting the disclosure form in their hands, telling them how much money and planet could be saved with more efficient apartments and we're asking them to ask their landlords if they know about the form. 

Working together, renters and landlords can fight waste and inefficiencies: wasted money, wasted resources, wasted energy and wasted time.  


Individual Action

we're bringing down your energy costs

 

Because we're already at their doors, we also encouraging renters to take immediate individual action to increase their savings, of both money and Earth.  By singing up for 10,000 Carbon Free Homes renters are given $60.  Ok, not really.  What they're given is a "compact florescent light (CFL)" light bulb that will save them $60 over a year in energy costs.  That's a bright idea, so is signing up for 10,000 Carbon Free Homes RIGHT NOW.

 

Incentives for Landlords

efficient buildings are maintenance free buildings


This September we'll be presenting to landlords at the Maine State Housing Authority conference in Portland.  We'll be talking with property owners about the Energy Efficiency disclosure form.  We'll teach them just how easy it is to fill out (really, it is) and we'll give them incentives to post the form in their rental units.  By educating renters and landlords about the Disclosure form, we hope to see the forms hanging in rental units by November. 

That way renters can make informed choices and landlords can save green (money and planets, remember).

 

Involvement

If you think this campaign is as dope as we do, e-mail Tina to get involved.  Or just show up to our Second Floor office @ One Pleasant St. to canvass with the League on any Saturday. 

There are roles to match how you role, everything from knocking on doors and making phone calls to entering data.  The future just called, they said thanks for helping organize renters and moving Portland's rental stock towards the efficient side.  

 

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