Since 2011, PORCH has been experimenting with communal living, growing and loving in the Buckeye neighborhood.  PORCH stands for Possibilititarian Regenerative Community Homestead.  At its core, it is a place focused on exploring what is possible, and the question of how can we build community that is renewing and restoring.  How can we live on the land with deeper harmony and less of a negative impact?  

PORCH is the home to 5 people and each person's extended community.  Over the years, we have hosted numerous community workshops, potlucks, and gatherings at PORCH.  PORCH's electrical infrastructure supports all the indoor activities, as well as, the community garden, Possibilitarian Garden, adjacent to the building.  It takes a significant amount of energy to support this community and in an effort to become more sustainable, and transition away from energy that is destructive to the environment like energy generated from oil drilling and coal mining, we have been preparing to go solar for several years now.  Through a process of saving collective funds, receiving multiple quotes from local solar installation companies, to making necessary roof and structural repairs, we have been preparing PORCH for making the renewable leap!

Supporting this project will make a huge impact in micro and macro ways.  PORCH going solar will not only be able to generate renewable energy to supply the PORCH residents and extended community and garden, it will also be able to add renewable energy supplies into the local electrical grid, supporting Cleveland's transition.  The solar panels positioned up on the South aligned roof will also be a highly visible realization for the community of a more resilient future in action.  Finally, we will be taking significant steps for reducing our greenhouse gas waste, supporting the health and wellbeing of the local community and the global planet.