Rural Renaissance: Revitalizing America’s Hometowns through Clean Power

A Smart Growth Network Webinar

Tuesday, September 20, 2022 - 1:30pm EDT
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Clean energy doesn’t need to be limited to urban and suburban areas. Any community, no matter how small, can build their own clean energy future. Clean energy, in fact, can be an aspect of thriving rural communities and its presence can spark greater investment, vitality and equity.

 

L. Michelle Moore joined the Smart Growth Network as she outlined a set of tools from her new book, Rural Renaissance. Moore shows how these tools bring clean power in rural America and the strategies to achieve them, including energy efficiency, renewable power sources, broadband internet and other technologies, by sharing success stories and how communities are working together to put these systems in place.Show less

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L. Michelle Moore | An Island Press author

L. Michelle Moore

Michelle Moore is CEO of Groundswell, a nonprofit that builds community power by connecting solar and energy efficiency with economic development, affordability, and quality of life. A social entrepreneur and former White House official with roots in rural Georgia, Michelle is a relentless agent for change. Her accomplishments range from developing programs as President Obama’s Federal Chief Sustainability Officer that deployed 3.2 Gigawatts of renewable energy for the US military; to developing LEED into a globally recognized brand as Senior Vice President of USGBC.