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Charity in Hot Water

From: Pat Maxwell
Series: November 2008 - Isla Earth Radio Series
Length: 01:30

San Francisco's Project Open Hand is in a lot of hot water these days. About 170,000 gallons a year, to be exact. Read the full description.

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Playing: Charity in Hot Water
From: Pat Maxwell

Default-piece-image-1 San Francisco's Project Open Hand is in a lot of hot water these days. About 170,000 gallons a year, to be exact. And it's heated by clean, non-polluting energy. The organization is a non-profit that provides meals for the homebound and elderly. Recently, the group went solar with financing from a local utility. The new solar hot water system makes this people-friendly organization environmentally friendly as well...

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San Francisco's Project Open Hand is in a lot of hot water these days. About 170,000 gallons a year, to be exact. And it's heated by clean, non-polluting energy. The organization is a non-profit that provides meals for the homebound and elderly. Recently, the group went solar with financing from a local utility. The new solar hot water system makes this people-friendly organization environmentally friendly as well...