Fall YES! Summit updates
RSVP forms: we will not be using the form on our website. Instead we ask that you please send us an e-mail indicating – number of students and adults; any dietary specifications; number of returning participants and number of students who attended last year’s Summit – by Tuesday, September 21.
Please NOTE: Building location change: We will not be in the PE building on the SMSU campus in Marshall. Click here for map of building location and recommended parking.
Summit Agenda
8:30 to 9:00 Teams register
9:00 to 9:30 Welcome and Energizer
9:30 to 11:30 Energy+Teambuilding
11:30 to 12:30 Lunch with Energy-related Exhibitors
12:30 to 2:00 Action-Planning + Career Expo
2:00 to 2:15 Closing
Depart by 2:30
Energy in the News
- Americans Using Less Energy, More Renewables
A recent report from the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory says the US used significantly less coal and petroleum in 2009 than in 2008, and significantly more wind power. Read the whole article here. https://publicaffairs.llnl.gov/newsre_releases/2010/NR-10-08-05p.html
- Project Green Fleet, Minnesota Environmental Initiative, launches new website.
Check it out! www.projectgreenfleet.org - Clean Energy Resource Teams and Honeywell present:Programmable Thermostat Student Contest! A chance to win a solar charger for your iPod or cellphone. check out previous blog for details or visit http://www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org/get-answers/30/08/2010/want-save-200-energy-costs-get-programmable-thermostat-rebate-certs-and-honey
Grant opportunities
- Target Field Trip Grants: up to $700. Deadline, Sept. 30.
Fund a field trip for your team or for another group in your school. details here. http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031880
