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• We’re Moving!

  Thank you for your support in 2009 and throughout the past sixteen years. With your help, the Resource Action Programs family of community conservation programs has saved an overwhelming amount of energy and water while increasing residential resource efficiency and community awareness.

• Energy Savings in a Box

  How many sixth graders know when and how to change the furnace filter at home? (And why it’s important?) Or how much water is used each time someone flushes the toilet? Or takes a shower? And how much energy is required to heat that water to 120 degrees for a two-minute shower – both before and after the installation of a low-flow showerhead?

• Reaching Out For a Cleaner Community

  “Picture about 20,000 pounds of trash, including a stack of 200 or more tires, and 5,000 new trees planted. Then imagine the thousands of volunteer whose hard work achieved those results.”

• Texas Lawmakers Learn About Water Conservation

  Resource Action Programs was one of more than a dozen agencies featured at the Texas Water Conservation Day held at the state capitol in Austin. The event showcased water conservation education efforts in the state of Texas.

• We’ll See You There

  If you’re planning on attending the 2009 National Weatherization Training Conference in Indianapolis this July be sure to stop by and say, “Hi!”. The conference is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy and …

• The Sun Stars at Capitol Earth Day

  Resource Action Programs, was featured in articles the Modesto Bee and the Sacramento Bee wrote up about the YES! Youth energy Summit held at the California State Capitol for Earth Day. Resource Action Programs was a major sponsor for the even.

• YES - Youth Energy Summit

  Resource Action Programs is a major sponsor for this year’s Youth Energy Summit (YES). We will be attending the show in Sacramento this Wednesday, April 22 - Earth Day - in support of conservation education for youth, as well as to support Lodi Electric Utility, Roseville Electric and Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).

• Utility’s School Program Helps Families Conserve Energy

  South Jersey Gas armed 733 area sixth-graders with boxes filled with fluorescent light bulbs, high-efficiency showerheads and kitchen-sink aerators last year and asked them to help their families conserve energy.

• Saving Energy, One Student at a Time

  The Turlock Irrigation District (TID) is launching a conservation program that will reach 1,632 sixth grade students in it’s service area by providing Energy Wise Kit’s which are currently being delivered to 41 classrooms in South Modesto, Keyes, Ceres, Turlock, Hilmar, Hughson, Patterson and La Grange.

• Mississippi Power to Launch Conservation Program with Elementary Students

  Get ready to gear up for an exciting community event. Mississippi Power is offering the LivingWise® Efficiency in a Box program in 6th grade classrooms at Lea Bellon Bayou View Middle School and…