| 词条 | Billy Parish |
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| name = Billy Parish | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|09|11}} | birth_place = Oakland, California, U.S. | nationality = | other_names = | ethnicity = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = | occupation = {{flatlist|
}} | years_active = | net_worth = | spouse = | relatives = }}Billy Parish (born September 11, 1981) is an American environmental entrepreneur, author, and activist. He is the co-founder and CEO of Mosaic Inc., the largest residential solar lender in the U.S.[1] Mosaic recently received a $220 million equity investment from private-equity firm Warburg Pincus [2] and was named one of the 10 most innovative companies in energy by Fast Company in 2013 [3] and 2014.[4] In 2002, he dropped out of Yale University to help found the Energy Action Coalition, eventually renamed the Powershift Network. The Coalition became the largest youth-led clean energy advocacy network in the world, bringing together 50 environmental and social justice groups and over 340,000 members.[5] It raised nearly $10 million in four years, helped get over 600 colleges to make commitments to climate neutrality, trained and empowered tens of thousands of young people, and worked to elevate climate issues in the 2008 elections.{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}} In March 2009, the Energy Action Coalition organized Power Shift '09, which brought over 12,000 young people to Washington D.C. for the largest climate-focused training, lobby day and non-violent civil disobedience action in U.S. history. 1Sky states Parish is on the Board of Directors.[6] Billy played a leading role in creating the Clean Energy Corps proposal to create 5 million new green jobs in the U.S.,[7] which was incorporated into the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in 2009. He also helped to expand the AmeriCorps public service program to include a new “Clean Energy Service Corps”. Parish is the CEO of the Oakland, California based solar finance company Mosaic Inc.. Early lifeBilly grew up in New York City. He spent a semester of high school at The Mountain School in Vermont, where he was turned on to working for the environment.[8] In July 2005 he led a three-day fast in front of the White House to draw attention to the 150,000 deaths caused each year by climate change.[9] Personal lifeBilly lives in Oakland, California with his wife and two daughters. Awards and honors
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References1. ^{{cite web|last1=Litvak|first1=Nicole|title=U.S. Residential Solar Financing 2016-2021|url=https://www.greentechmedia.com/research/report/us-residential-solar-financing-2016-2021|website=Greentech Media|accessdate=1 December 2016}} {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Parish, Billy}}2. ^{{cite web|last1=Chernova|first1=Yuliya|title=Warburg Pincus Leads $220 Million Round for Solar Lender Mosaic|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/warburg-pincus-leads-220-million-round-for-solar-lender-mosaic-1470346217|website=Wall Street Journal|accessdate=10 August 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=The Most Innovative Companies of 2013 by Sector|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2013/sectors|website=Fast Company|publisher=Fast Company|accessdate=4 September 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=The Most Innovative Companies of 2014 by Sector|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2014/sectors|website=Fast Company|publisher=Fast Company}} 5. ^Energy Action Coalition, April 2, 2014 6. ^http://www.1sky.org/about/ourteam/board 7. ^{{cite web|last1=Kamenetz|first1=Anya|title=Climate Change Power Shift|url=https://www.thenation.com/article/climate-change-power-shift/|website=The Nation|publisher=The Nation}} 8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sprig.com/experts/82/|title=Sprig.com Interview|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090105202924/http://sprig.com/experts/82/|archivedate=2009-01-05}} 9. ^[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/8742276/the_dropout/ Rolling Stone, November 3, 2005] 10. ^Vision Award | Center for Social Entrepreneurship. Middlebury.edu (2015-08-13). Retrieved on 2015-08-13. 11. ^{{cite web|last1=Staff|first1=Salon|title=Sexiest Man Living 2007|url=http://www.salon.com/2007/11/15/sexiest_man/|website=Salon|publisher=Salon}} 12. ^"New Leaders Initiative 2004 Award Winners" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725103638/http://www.broweryouthawards.org/userdata_display.php?modin=50&uid=16 |date=July 25, 2011 }}, Earth Island Institute. Retrieved 29 December 2010. 7 : Living people|1981 births|American environmentalists|Sustainability advocates|American non-fiction writers|HuffPost writers and columnists|Environmental bloggers |
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