Green and Healthy Homes Corps

15 AmeriCorps members in the Green and Healthy Homes Corps at will work with Sustainable Resources Center’s programs promoting green and healthy housing interventions through both physical work in homes and educational work with occupants.

Essential qualifications to participate in Green and Healthy Homes Corps:

• Completion of a post‐secondary program related to health, construction or housing, or a two‐year Associate of Arts degree or completion of sophomore year in a four‐year college program is required. Significant course work related to environmental or housing science, or other relevant aspect of the GHHCorps program is preferred.
• Prospective members must have a demonstrated interest in housing issues both environmental and sustainability and a commitment to their community and GHHCorps service.
• Second language skills are greatly beneficial. Diversity is a key to all aspects of our program, as we take full advantage of corps members' community connections, group affiliations, and non‐English language abilities to reach our clients.

Top reasons that members like serving in Green and Healthy Homes Corps:

• SRC GHHCorps members not only gain valuable skills and experience that they will learn to apply in the housing and environmental field, they will also have an opportunity to participate in service programs and give back to communities in Minnesota.
•  Members will receive significant training in green and healthy whole house science to broaden their view of the house as a system. They will acquire fieldwork experience across programs.
• Members will work in each area of service on special projects, such as:
  • Energy efficiency, mechanical safety, and indoor air quality
  • Environmental health exposures, such as lead, radon, carbon monoxide
  • Educational interventions for families with health, energy, safety and green living concerns
• SRC GHHCorps members not only gain valuable skills and experience that they will learn to apply in the housing and environmental field, they will also have an opportunity to participate in service programs and give back to communities in Minnesota