Our partners from the Beneficial Electrification League will be leading a workshop discussing opportunities around further electrification of the economy.
BEL is a 501(c)(3) organization founded in 2018 with a mission to
increase understanding of how beneficial electrification can save consumers money, improve air
quality and lower emissions, foster a more robust and resilient grid, and improve quality
of life.
Our partners at Island Press will be proceeding on the Island Press Urban Resilience Project. Gain an understanding of how an article or op-ed is drafted and placed. Gather tips and tricks of your own for placing articles. Talk through your pitch ideas with the team in an interactive exercise. Get your questions answered about how the editorial and placement process works. Gain a new contact who can work with you on your article writing and placement after the Roadshow wraps up.
Island Press is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Their mission is to elevate voices of change, shine a spotlight on
crucial issues, and focus attention on sustainable solutions. Island
Press’s publications inform the most significant sustainability efforts
while cementing the work of influential thought leaders as foundational
resources for practitioners. With almost four decades in the field,
Island Press’s emphasis is, and will continue to be, on transforming
objective information into understanding and action.
Our partners at the Milken Institute will be providing a bootcamp-style, interactive session on predevelopment capital and sequencing your project activities.
The Milken Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank focused on
accelerating measurable progress on the path to a meaningful life. With
a focus on financial, physical, mental, and environmental health, we
bring together the best ideas and innovative resourcing to develop
blueprints for tackling some of our most critical global issues through
the lens of what’s pressing now and what’s coming next.
Our partners at the Rural Climate Partners will be leading a workshop on bringing in private capital providers and foundations to outline how to leverage varying pre-development funds and financing to advance a project to prepare for broader implementation dollars.
The Rural Climate Partnership is a new funding collaborative built to
address a straightforward reality: We need change in rural America to
achieve an ambitious climate agenda, meet emissions-reduction targets,
and authentically foster equity and environmental justice. Our theory of
change centers hardworking people, small businesses, and family farmers
as the drivers of local economies and rural-led climate solutions.
Utilizing a place-based, sustainable job, and economic development
strategy, we empower communities to protect what they love about where
they live. With a focus on clean energy, regenerative agriculture,
narrative transformation, and securing federal funding for rural
communities, we work towards accelerating clean energy deployment,
expanding climate-smart farming practices, combating misinformation, and
ensuring rural areas benefit from federal climate dollars. Through
grantmaking, technical assistance, policy advocacy, and narrative
infrastructure, we work to reduce energy costs for families, empower
small businesses, and provide opportunities for rural communities to
thrive sustainably.
Sol Systems is a leading national solar energy firm with an established reputation for integrity and reliability across its development, infrastructure, and environmental commodity businesses. Sol Systems is operating and building over 2 GW of solar projects valued at more than $2 billion for Fortune 100 companies, municipalities, counties, utilities, universities, and schools and provides environmental commodity portfolio management services to more than 20,000 customers across the US. The company was founded in 2008, is based in Washington, D.C., and is led by its founder. Sol Systems works with institutional clients, corporate partners, and foundations to create a more sustainable future we can all believe in.
Each $2000 contribution provides a full scholarship including travel and accommodations for a rural leader representing a community with a population of less than 50,000.
If your organization provides funding or technical support for rural communities and cooperatives, you can be a content partner. We’ll work with you to develop a focused workshop and will feature your organization on our website and all materials. A total of 5 content partnerships are available.
The Rural Renaissance Roadshow is in its first year, and we’re already welcoming presenting sponsors for 2024. We’d love to welcome you, too!