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Green Buildings Now

Green Buildings Now

A community climate justice partnership

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    • Gas and injustice
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About Us

Our Mission

Green Buildings Now is working for a just transition to a fossil-fuel-free Seattle by partnering with leaders of historically marginalized communities, funding the installation of non-polluting electric energy systems in buildings, and raising awareness of the need to end the use of gas and oil in all homes and commercial buildings

“It turns out that communities are the most important force that allows humans to weather great storms, literally and metaphorically. The climate crisis will intensify, but our communities will continue to rise — because they were always standing.”

—Christine E. Nieves Rodriguez, All We Can Save: Truth, Courage and Solutions for the Climate Crisis

Our Leadership Team (Join US!)

Patrick Barredo

Elizabeth Dickinson

Cindy Ervin

Keith Ervin

Kelley Howard

Nora Langan

Christian Roehr

Nancy Maranville

Ben Pfeiffer

Paul Finley

Sharon Victor

Linda Zaugg

Carol Nelson

Project partners

(Your group can be one, too!)

Bet Alef Meditative Synagogue

Faith Action Climate Team

Kavana Cooperative Dayenu Circle

Prospect United Church of Christ Social & Environmental Justice Ministry Team

Seattle First Baptist Church

Seattle Insight Meditation Society Climate Action Group

South Seattle Climate Action Network

University Unitarian Church Climate Action Team

Thank You

Treeline Foundation for its generous Financial Support

Seattle First Baptist Church for handling Contributions and Payments

Paul Finley and Christian Roehr for maintaining our Web Site with Editing and Design

Marie Bouassi for her Art

The Green Buildings Now project offers an opportunity to make an investment in fossil-fuel emission reduction in the city while supporting the efforts of a  limited income community to develop a Resilience Hub in service to its members. I am glad to provide some small service to enable their work

— Sharon Victor, retired commercial insurance broker, and member of the Climate Action Team at University Unitarian Church

A brief description of our project

Green Buildings Now aims to address two related moral imperatives: curbing greenhouse gas emissions and bringing justice to communities that have suffered disproportionate harm from the use of fossil fuels.

Our first commitment is to bring the benefits of clean energy to the four buildings of the South Beacon Hill Resilience Hub, on the campus of Bethany United Church of Christ. The Resilience Hub, which houses nonprofit community service and advocacy organizations, will continue to provide services year-round and will be prepared to meet community needs in an emergency.

We are raising funds to weatherize the buildings and replace oil and gas energy systems with clean electric systems such as heat pumps. This will mean cleaner air and lower utility bills for campus partner groups led by people of color.

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