ABSTRACT
Most communities that initiate energy projects do so in response to local needs. But in so doing, some analysts seem to believe they are laying the foundation for a different world. The construction of windmills and solar collectors are not only attempts to deal with community needs but a determined attack on the status quo. The Banana Kelly Community Improvement Association in New York's South Bronx is one group. The Bronx Frontier Development Corporation, founded by a grandmother who was also a community activist, began with the aim of turning vacant lots into community gardens. The Washington-based Center for Renewable Resources, for instance, catalogued some 1,800 community energy projects. Energy Task Force work has been supported by the Community Services Administration and a number of private foundations and organizations. Communities will never be totally separate from the central government to which they belong.
