Rebuilding Community International

Strategic Partnerships

Nonprofit collaboration is essential for the sustainable redevelopment of disaster-stricken communities. By partnering with established organizations, Rebuilding Community International leverages its resources and ensures that its green-building expertise is put to the best use in projects that provide the greatest benefit to disaster-stricken communities.

NEW ORLEANS:

Mercy Corps Gulf Coast Recovery Program:

A partner in our “green weatherization” pilot program. The program’s goal is to produce enduring improvement in the quality of life in low-income communities by advancing economic growth, ecological balance, and social progress. One outcome of the “green weatherization” program will be a science-based, user-friendly “New Orleans Green Weatherization Guide” appropriate for New Orleans’ hot, humid climate and historic housing stock.

Global Green's New Orleans Office:

A partner in our “green weatherization” pilot program and “New Orleans Green Weatherization Guide.”

American Red Cross:

RCI is providing “energy-savings” information at “Transitional Resource Fairs,” which are designed to ease FEMA-trailer-community residents’ move to permanent housing. We're discussing green weatherization, and providing our “Top 10 Ways Renters Can Slash Utility Bills” guide that describes low-cost, high-payback, resource-efficiency upgrades that can save renters hundreds of dollars a year in utility bills.

The Center for Sustainable Engagement & Development (CSED):

RCI is conducting a feasibility study and developing a business plan for a “green-building enterprise” that make green rebuilding less expensive than conventional building for homeowners in the Lower Ninth Ward.

Lower 9th Ward Neighborhood Empowerment Network Association:

RCI is presenting “Green Building Clinics” to help residents rebuild successfully.

GoGreenNOLA:

RCI is helping this site expand the green-building-resource section of its online resource guide for New Orleanians.

Dillard University:

RCI exhibited at the University’s “Gentilly Neighborhood Night Out Against Crime” event. We promoted our "Green Weatherization Pilot Program" and gave away energy-efficient porch lightbulbs.

Alliance for Affordable Energy:

RCI assisted with the AAE’s “green rebuilding” exhibit at the 2007 New Orleans Home & Garden Show.


SRI LANKA:

Community Friends:

Built a community-school kitchen to provide daily lunches to the children of the village of Ulla.