456: How to integrate Social Equity into Renewable Energy Credits(Social RECs), Dana Clare Redden, Founder of Solar Stewards

Dana Clare Redden is the founder and CEO of Solar Stewards, a social enterprise connecting corporate social responsibility initiatives with schools and universities, affordable and senior housing, places of worship, and nonprofits in marginalized communities.

Today, Dana and Nico discuss: 

• What is energy burden? (And how might we best work towards alleviating it?) 
• The challenges of entrepreneurship as a female founder
• Solar Stewards’ role in bringing solar solutions and accessibility to historically excluded communities 
• Solar Stewards’ model for integrating Environmental Justice + Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) & how, precisely, they secure funding to support their mission

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