Solar In the Schools

Videos Highlight Solar Energy International's Solar in the Schools Outreach Program

By Jesse K. Hoff, Solar Energy International Work-Trader

As a new work-trader at Solar Energy International assisting with the Solar in the Schools program, I've seen more fourth graders get excited about science in a short month than I have in my entire life. There's a specific joy that comes from watching people learn about solar energy. So, it is with great pleasure I present these videos to the SEI community in hopes of sharing some of the excitement I've seen during my brief time here so far. The feeling of excitement can surprise and inspire and I've always admired ...
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Colorado Gives Day extended to noon Dec. 7 - Donate today!

By Holly Loff, Solar Energy International Development Associate

Thanks so much to those of you who have already donated to Solar Energy International during Colorado Gives Day on Dec. 6. Your gift to support our outreach and renewable education in schools and around the world will go further with the Incentive Funds provided by FirstBank. Colorado Gives Day has surpassed our expectations and it's because of supporters like you!

Donate here today until noon.

Some of you may have had difficulty in accessing the givingfirst.org website because of the ...
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Support SEI's Renewable Energy Education and Outreach on Colorado Gives Day

By Holly Loff, Solar Energy International Development Associate

Happy Colorado Gives Day!

Celebrate with a donation to Solar Energy International today. 

Today, and today only, every donation made to SEI at www.givingfirst.org/solarenergy gets a boost from the First Bank Incentive Fund. 

LATEST NEWS! As of 11 a.m. MST, SEI has rasied $1,770!

Donations support SEI's mission-driven programs and bring us closer to achieving our 2012 outreach goals to: 

Provide more Walt Ratterman scholarships for ...
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Countdown to Colorado Gives Day Begins

By Holly Loff, Solar Energy International Development Associate

Colorado Gives Day, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, is just five days away, and Solar Energy International is feeling the excitement. Colorado Gives Day is a 24-hour period of online giving where every donation made to SEI at www.givingfirst.org/solarenergy gets a boost from the First Bank Incentive Fund. This is part one in a five-part blog series leading up to Colorado Gives Day - each day we will highlight one of the 2012 SEI Outreach goals.

Help SEI create the Renewable Energy for High Schools online course!
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Leadership Training Teaches Kids About Solar Energy and a Sustainable Future

By Noah Davis, Solar In The Schools Manager Teaching kids anything at all can be rewarding. But teaching kids how they can be part of a responsible, sustainable new energy society is gratifying beyond belief.

Solar In the Schools recently had the chance to work with the Alliance for Climate Education to bring leadership training to a group of high-school student leaders from throughout the Roaring Fork Valley. 

See the rad video of our leadership training day.

The Alliance for Climate Education is a nationwide non-profit that ...
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