PG&E’s Solar Schools Program
Jeff did a post at Sustainablog last week highlighting the recent study from Cornell that links childhood nature experiences with adult environmentalism (see here). Another way to get them hooked is with innovative educational programs in school and Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is doing that in a big way in California.
In what’s now an annual program, PG&E plans to spend up to $1.7 million on solar educational initiatives and grants in the state this year. Among the highlights…
- Installation of $20,000 solar generation systems for educational use: Up to 30 schools will be selected to receive these systems at no cost.
- Solar-based training curriculum: PG&E will underwrite the costs, allowing 600 teachers to attend science curriculum training seminars.
- Bright Ideas grants: PG&E will award up to $200,000 in cash grants of $2,500 and $5,000 for solar science projects.
PG&E offered the same program last year - with $1 million in funding given out - and were able to install 20 solar systems, provide solar energy training to 400 teachers and award 25 of the Bright Ideas grants.
For more info as well as grant applications, check out the PG&E web site at www.pge.com/solarschools. Deadline for apps is April 30, 2006.
[via Bruce Mulliken’s ENERGIES newsletter]
Tags: Education, school, Solar
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