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With
the help of The Rotary
club of Monterey International, our proposal is to
raise $33,000 for ADRA China’s new 2-year project to
expand green building initiatives in rural northeast China.
The
$33,000 will cover:
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Green building training and comprehensive manuals
for 200 people, including site engineers from county
construction bureaus, foremen from private construction
companies, and interested individuals.
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Subsidies for 5 straw balers to produce
bales used as external wall insulation in the green buildings
(includes a commitment from local builders to construct
250 strawbale buildings).
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Our money will buy…
- $1 will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 1 ton
- $22 will offset the average American's greenhouse gas emissions
- $70 will ensure 1 home is built
- $100 will train 1 local Chinese builder
- $3,500 will guarantee 50 homes are built
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"We
estimate that our annual construction of [energy-efficient]
peasant homes [in Heilongjiang] will reach 100,000
per year, an area of 8 million square meters. This
is the goal of the next phase of our work."
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Wu
Yongxue, Government of Harbin, Heilongjiang |
1/3
of all peasant homes in Heilangjiang are traditional
mud-and-straw structures and only slightly more
than 1% are equipped with energy efficiency measures.
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Wu
Yongxue, Government of Harbin, Heilongjiang |
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average peasant household burns 3-4 tons of coal
to heat their home each winter. |
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Wu
Yongxue, Government of Harbin, Heilongjiang |
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Why
Buildings? Why China?
China
is in the middle of the largest building boom in human history,
with the local industry representing over 50% of global construction.
It is also the largest global greenhouse gas emitter, with 50-70%
of these emissions attributable to the construction and operation
of buildings. Coal is powering much of China’s development
and the subsequent pollution affects even the US, with 25% of all
US airborne mercury and 30% of California smog-forming pollution
originating in China. Our project’s green homes burn up to
3 tons less coal than Chinese brick homes. The environment is a
global problem requiring global solutions. This initiative will
not only shift global environmental consciousness, it will:
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create future-proof green collar jobs in a developing nation
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provide urgently needed housing and schools for rural children
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- offset
American greenhouse gas emissions
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- improve
air quality in our American hometowns and growing regions
through the reduction in burning of dirty Chinese coal
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Learn
about the project background, or jump
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