Center For Spiritual Living, San Jose Completes Installation Of Its PV Solar Panel Project

SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 15, 2016 - PRLog -- Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose announced the recent completion of their photo voltaic (PV) solar power installation.  The project, which was fully funded in partnership with the generous support of congregants, will revamp the way the Center's facilities are powered and provide a savings of over $11,000 annually in its church energy bill.

"We are very excited that our solar panel installation was completed quickly and on-schedule.  As a non-profit organization, the cost savings the Center is receiving can be reinvested into programs that will impact our congregants and our community," said Dr. David Bruner, Sr. Minister and Spiritual Director of Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose.

The Center collaborated with CollectiveSun®, an impact investing platform that uses the power of community to help nonprofits raise the funds to achieve financial and environmental sustainability with solar power.

"CSL, San Jose assembled an amazing team to communicate the benefits of solar to their congregation," said Lee Barken, Chief Community Officer of CollectiveSun®.  "Nearly 90 individual members participated, each investing from $25 to $10,000."

The project's completion coincides with the announcement of an upcoming workshop on April 24^th by Gary White, a climate activist trained by former Vice-President Al Gore and his Climate Reality Project.  The workshop will provide practical solutions and individual steps attendees can take to impact our planet in positive ways.

"I am thrilled to learn that the Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose has installed photo voltaic (PV) solar panels on its facility.  As a non-profit organization, CSL, San Jose is in the vanguard of delivering clean, renewable energy to its operation," said Gary White, Climate Reality Leader.

About Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose
Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose is a spiritual community of inspired individuals caring for and about each other and the entire planetary family, thereby bringing the gift of active compassion and kindness to the world and causing us to become a point of inspiration and influence to benefit all expressions of Life. For more information about Center for Spiritual Living, San Jose, visit http://www.cslsj.org

About CollectiveSun®
CollectiveSun is proud to be the only company in America that works exclusively with nonprofits to help them get solar. CollectiveSun offers nonprofits a less expensive option for going solar than a typical bank or solar financing institution because CollectiveSun leverages the power of a nonprofit's own community and membership base to make an investment, not a donation, with the full amount being repaid to the investors with annual principal and interest payments. CollectiveSun® believes promoting sustainability and financial responsibility enhances the important and compassionate service work performed by nonprofits in our communities. Visit: www.collectivesun.com

About Gary White
Gary White is a climate activist who was trained by former Vice President Al Gore and his Climate Reality Project organization. Using an updated and abbreviated version of the presentation used by Mr. Gore in his award winning film, An Inconvenient Truth, Mr. White informs and motivates various groups and organizations on the perils and solutions to climate change. Previously, Mr. White worked as a human resource executive for 30 years in Silicon Valley at Apple, Intuit, and Palm. He holds a B.A. in Social Sciences from Stony Brook University, an M.S.W. from UC Berkeley and an Executive Education Certificate in Corporate Social Responsibility from Harvard University. He lives in Belmont, CA with his wife of 15 years and is an avid fan of the SF Giants and the Golden State Warriors.


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