We are a fast-growing nonprofit social enterprise helping people harness their consumer power to change the world. Featured in Fast Company and Forbes, we use an innovative new model for social impact called Civic Consumption. Civic Consumption brings people together to increase access and lower prices on the goods and services they need most, while rewarding businesses with a positive social or environmental impact.
For the last five years, we’ve been helping people across the mid-Atlantic harness their consumer power to improve our environment. As of 2013, we’ve infused over $10 million dollars in clean energy and saved communities and people an estimated $1.5 million on their electricity bills. We’re now looking to build an online platform to expand our impacts to issues and industries beyond clean energy.
Groundswell’s work has been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Forbes, and ABC World News, among others. Our CEO and Co-Founder Will Byrne has been recognized by White House Office of Public Engagement, selected as a Global Fellow by Ashoka Innovators for the Public, and honored by the World Economic Forum.