Solar Spring Break Grid Alternatives

Earlier this year i joined a team of 11 uc berkeley students to participate in grid alternatives solar spring break program based out of their oakland.

Solar spring break grid alternatives.

This would be a phenomenal opportunity for students to participate in an alternative spring break trip while getting hands on experience with renewable energy. Read their guest blog for a behind the scenes look at the week of solar installations and learning. Grid alternatives solar spring break is a service learning program that gives college students from around the country the opportunity to spend their vacation week installing solar in underserved communities. Through grid alternatives solar spring break program students get hands on with climate solutions and connect with solar careers.

Serc has partnered with grid alternatives to provide an annual uc berkeley solar spring break team since spring 2014. Please consider helping uc berkeley s stude. This spring over 200 students representing 22 colleges and universities from 15 states will get hands on with renewable energy and spend their school break installing no cost solar for low income families gaining hands on workforce training and connecting with solar industry careers through grid alternatives solar spring break program. More than that students learn how the power of the sun can bring real world benefits to real world economic problems.

Solar spring break is good for students communities and the planet. Sabina mahavni and taeri song are 2 of 11 uc berkeley students that just completed solar spring break with grid bay area. You can continually support programs like solar spring break by becoming a member. Grid members use the power of renewable energy to heal the planet and change lives and communities in the process.

Our 2020 21 season pending. In partnership with the nonprofit grid alternatives students on a solar spring break service learning trip help install solar panels that benefit people from underserved communities. The grid alternatives campus chapter also known as grid alternatives students for sustainable energy at the university of michigan ann arbor dearborn and flint is a student group supporting the grid alternatives solar spring break service learning program that gives college students from around the country the opportunity to spend their vacation week installing solar in underserved. Each solar spring break trip hosts 10 12 college students travelling to one of grid alternatives regional offices in california new york colorado washington d c.