Tiny Local weather Classroom Hits the Street
Tiny Local weather Classroom Travels New England, Bringing Photo voltaic Training to Everybody
Sunsquatch and the Tiny Local weather Classroom on the Blue Hill Co-Op.
At ReVision Power, considered one of our core values is studying; we need to equip everybody, younger and outdated, with the information and abilities to vary the world. Final 12 months we launched Sunsquatch.com to assist households and educators train youngsters concerning the local weather, and we’re excited to observe that up with the debut of our Tiny Local weather Classroom.
We partnered with Tiny Homes of Maine to construct out considered one of their Allagash fashions and outfit it with all of our photo voltaic applied sciences: rooftop photo voltaic panels, a warmth pump, and battery back-up. We then labored with native Maine artists Rachel Gloria Adams and Ryan Adams to customized design and paint the inside mural, built-in with hands-on actions for each youngsters and adults.
“I thought of bringing the outside indoors. The solar is the central focus of the mural and also you see how the solar not solely energizes the photo voltaic panels however every little thing it touches. By utilizing geometric kinds to depict a pure setting it’s as if it has been filtered by human hand or machine identical to the power methods.” —Rachel Gloria Adams
This Earth Month, Sunsquatch and the Tiny Local weather Classroom are touring New England, bringing enjoyable local weather schooling in every single place from Blue Hill, ME to Dracut, MA. After April, the Tiny Local weather Classroom shall be used for college subject journeys, camp periods, photo voltaic ribbon cuttings, and extra, normally accompanied by Sunsquatch. Sunsquatch is on a mission to encourage hope, and assist construct a brighter future for everybody.
We’re targeted on STEAM schooling, mixing science and artwork to carry local weather consciousness to our communities. Final 12 months we partnered with UNH Sustainability Fellows (learn extra about our superb summer fellow Lila), to create customized curriculum that brings enjoyable actions, targeted on local weather subjects, to Okay-8 audiences.
Many houses and companies have clear power know-how, however understanding their elements, having the ability to bodily contact them, and that includes them within the wider context of local weather schooling is a crucial software in combatting the local weather disaster. The Tiny Local weather Classroom will unfold consciousness, hope, and sunshine round New England and we will’t wait so that you can see it.
