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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

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EduCarbon

Minnesota Student Energy Project

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Thank you CERTS

  • We get to share our story.
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A Little Bit About Us

  • Student-Founded
  • Student-Led
  • May 2008
  • Rochester Mayo High School
  • Non-Profit – February 2010
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Mayo High School

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Grassroots

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What Have We Done?

  • $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

Rochester, MN

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Educate students of the importance of a future in renewable energy Cut CO2 emissions through installation

  • f PV solar panels

upon high schools

Carbon Education

Edu-

Carbon

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Every Day…

Education

  • Students see panels shine on

main entrance of school

  • Students see MNSEP display in

student atrium

  • Students work with energy-

based curriculum in class

Carbon

  • System cuts High School’s

carbon footprint

  • System cuts High School’s utility

costs

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The Birth of EduCarbon

Mayo High School

MNSEP’s first project

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How We Got There

Student and Parent Donations Local Business Donations Grants

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Fundraising

$40,000

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Students and Parents

  • Power Week
  • Dances
  • Annual Fine Arts Show
  • Classroom Presentations
  • Student Memberships (more than 350)
  • $10,000
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$6,000 $11,000 $75,000 $350

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Installation

  • 5.8 kW system upon Mayo High

School

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Century High School

6.1 kW System

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Idea Spreads

Enough $ to Expand Across Rochester

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John Marshall High School

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Lourdes High School

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Cretin-Derham Hall

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Four students...

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Connecting with Peers

  • One school wasn’t enough
  • http://www.mnsep.org/#!schools
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Impacting a community

  • “This group of high school students has

shown what the youth in our city are capable

  • f…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
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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
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Working with Power Associations

  • Demonstration of Energy-Efficient

Developments, DEED

  • American Public Power Association, APPA
  • Rochester Public Utilities, RPU
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Gaining national recognition

  • American Fundraising Professionals 2009

award recipients for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy

  • Video
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Going beyond the realm of a simple student group

And meeting the everyone from Philanthropists, to millionaires, to The Village People

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Laying the ground work for future success

  • Contacts
  • The history and reputation
  • Strong adult and student board
  • Dedication and drive for future projects
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Embracing the future

  • More schools
  • Expansion of the student board
  • New ideas, new projects
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Connecting a generation

  • EduCarbon
  • http://www.mnsep.org/#!about
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Lessons Learned

Sustainable vs. Self-Sustaining

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  • 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.

Sustainable

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

ABC Segment 1

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  • 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.

Self-Sustaining

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Donate and Share

  • www.mnsep.org
  • liam@mnsep.org
  • colin@mnsep.org
  • meredith@mnsep.org
  • Twitter @mnsepnews
  • YouTube (EduCarbon)
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Thank You