Andreas Karelas, is the executive director of the nonprofit RE-volv, which helps organizations adopt solar energy. His book, Climate Courage, looks at the benefits of moving towards renewable energy sources to create jobs and improve communities while also addressing the very real issue of climate change. Karelas emphasizes the need to overcome partisan stances to respond the crisis confronting us all.
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ANDREAS KARELAS is the founder and executive director of RE-volv, a nonprofit organization that empowers people around the country to help nonprofits in their communities go solar and raise awareness about the benefits of clean energy. He is a dedicated clean-energy advocate with more than 15 years of environmental and renewable energy experience, funding over $10M of solar for nonprofits across the country serving disadvantaged communities, bringing the needed benefits of clean energy to those often left out. Karelas is an Audubon TogetherGreen Conservation Leadership Fellow and an OpenIDEO Climate Innovator Fellow. He lives and works in San Francisco. The book is available as a paperback, audio book and Kindle through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google play, and eBooks.com.
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