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EduCarbon Minnesota Student Energy Project

Thank you CERTS  We get to share our story.

A Little Bit About Us  Student-Founded  Student-Led  May 2008  Rochester Mayo High School  Non-Profit – February 2010

Mayo High School

Grassroots

What Have We Done? Rochester, MN  $140,000  Arranged panel installations on all major Rochester high schools  More than 5,000 kids exposed to green energy  Excited Rochester community about sustainability

Education Educate Edu- students of the importance of a future in renewable energy Carbon Cut CO 2 emissions through installation Carbon of PV solar panels upon high schools

Every Day… Education Carbon  Students see panels shine on  System cuts High School’s carbon footprint main entrance of school  Students see MNSEP display in  System cuts High School’s utility student atrium costs  Students work with energy- based curriculum in class

The Birth of EduCarbon M ayo High School MNSEP’s first project

How We Got There Student and Grants Parent Donations Local Business Donations

$40,000 Fundraising

Students and Parents  Power Week  Dances  Annual Fine Arts Show  Classroom Presentations  Student Memberships (more than 350)  $10,000

$75,000 $6,000 $11,000 $350

Installation  5.8 kW system upon Mayo High School

Century High School 6.1 kW System

Idea Spreads Enough $ to Expand Across Rochester

John Marshall High School

Lourdes High School

Cretin-Derham Hall

Four students...

Connecting with Peers  One school wasn’t enough  http://www.mnsep.org/#!schools

Impacting a community  “This group of high school students has shown what the youth in our city are capable of…The project demonstrates how the entire community can come together to back a project” -Mayo Ardell Brede  Coverage on ABC KAAL news, in the Post Bulletin, KROC am radio  Visual Presence: -hosted a Fine Arts Show -Booth at Rochesterfest

Gaining state acknowledgment  “on behalf of the State of Minnesota, I commend your work on and advocacy for solar energy…your project promoting photovoltaic solar panels will enhance our state’s efforts in renewable energy” -Former Governor Tim Pawlenty

Working with Power Associations  Demonstration of Energy-Efficient Developments, DEED  American Public Power Association, APPA  Rochester Public Utilities, RPU

Gaining national recognition  American Fundraising Professionals 2009 award recipients for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy  Video

Going beyond the realm of a simple student group And meeting the everyone from Philanthropists, to millionaires, to The Village People

Laying the ground work for future success  Contacts  The history and reputation  Strong adult and student board  Dedication and drive for future projects

Embracing the future  More schools  Expansion of the student board  New ideas, new projects

Connecting a generation  EduCarbon  http://www.mnsep.org/#!about

Lessons Learned Sustainable vs. Self-Sustaining

Sustainable  A 5.8kW system provides ~1% of the energy used by one of Rochester’s high schools.  MNSEP’s goal: promote awareness by making alternative energy seem tangible for students.

http://www.youtube.com/watc h?v=5ePNcQecSJY ABC Segment 1

Self-Sustaining  Alternative energy is sustainable.  But a message about that alternative energy is not self-sustaining.  The product of MNSEP’s project was not the panels it built but rather the people it engaged.

Donate and Share  www.mnsep.org  liam@mnsep.org  colin@mnsep.org  meredith@mnsep.org  Twitter @mnsepnews  YouTube (EduCarbon )

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