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CRC Helps City Plan for Renewable Future

Center for Rural Communities Updates Ashland City Plan for Energy Independence

…Ashland commissioned the CRC in 2018 to update a 2009 plan for energy independence. Funding for this report was provided by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin’s State Energy Program – Planning for and Implementing Clean Energy Investments in Wisconsin Communities. “The plan will help the City to improve energy

Eau Claire solar garden, photo taken by PJ Nelson

In a Bold Step Forward, Students Purchase Solar Shares

Solar will provide power to CSE

…purchased one hundred, two-hundred-watt solar shares or 20 kW of power. The energy harnessed by NCSA’s 20 kW will be used to power the Larson-Juhl Center for Science and the Environment and greenhouse. The price: $32,000, paid for by the Renewable Energy Fund (REFund), a student-administered grant program that has…

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Northland Students Complete WWF Leadership Program

…percent of Wisconsin’s electricity coming from solar energy. Whereas, the Wisconsin Wildlife Federation has already passed whatever resolution concerning climate change, Whereas, Wisconsin spends approximately $1.8 billion annually on imported coal and natural gas for electricity usage, and redirecting 10% towards instate solar energy production would equate to $180 million…

Northland College graduate Aaron Schreiber-Stainthorp standing in a California vineyard where he directs sustainability.

From Grape to Glass

Making Wine Country More Sustainable

…to that, I had worked for the Alliance to Save Energy, where I learned to be hyper-focused on energy efficiency which has been such a great framework to review any sustainability challenge. Buckles: You also run your own sustainable consulting business, Sustainability Squared. What other types of projects are you…

Solar panels at ELLC residence hall

Planning for Carbon Neutrality by 2030

…this commitment,” Engstrom said. After the study, Northland will explore purchasing and producing large amounts of renewable energy, and investigating technologies to dramatically reduce or even eliminate our dependency on fossil fuels to heat and cool the campus, according to Engstrom. The energy study is part of a larger College…

Lake Superior and beach

Geologic Perspectives on Climate Change

…and reduction in fossil fuel usage. Bayfield Electric Cooperative and Xcel Energy have both begun the development of community-focused solar gardens to increase access to solar energy in the region and throughout the state. The active Chequamegon Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby is hard at work promoting common sense…

Northland College alum Roxanne Johnson at work at Blue Green Alliance

Uniting Labor and Environment

Roxanne Johnson '03 on the BlueGreen Alliance

…the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs. How did you get involved with BlueGreen Alliance? Johnson: There was a research position available for a wind energy project after I completed my graduate program and I was intrigued by the labor/enviro connection because both my dad and grandpa were…