TAKE CHARGE! IN COLORADO SPRINGS THIS OCTOBER

Groundwork Denver’s Take Charge! program will come to Colorado Springs on Saturday, October 8, 2011 for a day of service. We’ll be partnering with Colorado College’s EnAct club, Colorado College’s Center for Service and Learning, Stratmoor Community Center, Colorado Springs Utility, and the City of Colorado Springs to expand awareness of energy conservation resources like home energy assessments, which can help folks save money and live greener. To make the kind of impact we want, we’ll need 100 students to join us, and that means we need you!  Email TakeCharge@GroundworkColorado.org if you are interested in getting involved!

EnAct, the longest running student group on campus, focuses on raising environmental and social awareness at Colorado College and within the Colorado Springs community. It’s an umbrella organization that gives students the resources to pursue the environmental and social projects they value, alongside others who share the same goals. Previous EnAct projects include: celebrating Earth Week; developing the college's present recycling program; researching regional environmental issues like mid-west climate change; and bringing in speakers to educate students on current environmental issues. In 1991, EnAct instituted the Timothy Linnemann Memorial Lecture on the Environment. EnAct is open to anyone passionate about the environment. For more information, go to http://www.coloradocollege.edu/students/enact.

Links to local energy conservation and green jobs resources:
Colorado Springs Utilities
Energy Resource Center of Colorado
Pikes Peak Workforce Center

COLORADO COLLEGE STUDENTS IN ACTION WITH EnAct

Take Charge staff met with Colorado College students in February to talk about taking charge in their community.

EnAct, the oldest student group on campus, began after Earth Day 1970 and was influenced by the Colorado Springs Ecology Action group. EnAct serves as a forum to raise environmental and social awareness through research, education, and action at CC and within the Colorado Springs community. EnAct is an umbrella under which students can organize and pursue the environmental and social justice projects they value, and provides a community of individuals interested in fellowship and learning from each other. In the past, EnAct projects have included Earth Day/Week, developing the college's present recycling program, taking trips to research regional environmental issues, presenting speakers and slideshows to educate students on current environmental issues, and instituting the Timothy Linnemann Memorial Lecture on the Environment. EnAct is open to all people with an interest in the environment.

Energy Service Corps' Energy Assessment Music Video

Watch a music video created by New Jersey's Energy Service Corps to see what type of work is being done in Colorado and in other states!