Sandra Jones, M.Ed is the founder of the Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative aka PAREI (Hip, Hip, PAREI). Driven by her concerns about the economic and environmental impacts caused by the overuse of fossil fuels and her interest in solar energy and community development, she started PAREI in 2004 with Peter Adams and Chris Buckley. Since 2004, PAREI has been providing community based and professional services to inspire and assist the Plymouth area community to reduce and produce energy- one family, one building at a time.   

 Sandra led PAREI in creating the solar thermal Energy Raiser model, their 1:1 approach with members to help them “Plan for their Energy Future” and the first in the nation Local Foods Plymouth (LFP) online farmers market started in 2006.  PAREI has also played a major role over the years creating and implementing programs and projects such as NHSaves ButtonUP NH, Energy Efficiency Training Program, Plymouth’s Energy Efficiency Community Block Grant, Plymouth Water and Sewer’s 121kW PV installation, Lancaster’s town installed PV projects, Regional Energy Hub and more recently NH Solar Shares Community PV arrays and LFP’s Farm-to-Community Food Share program.  

Sandra’s background includes directing electoral and educational campaigns, co-owning a bicycle shop and running a statewide career guidance program to help families move from welfare to self-sufficiency.  When not at PAREI you can find Sandra spending time with Tim and Dori, skiing, biking, hiking and “smelling the roses.”