Solar Scholars to lead three solar energy workshops Bucknell
Environmental Facts - 95 percent of campus energy is produced by
co-generation plant - Greenhouse gas emissions are down 45
percent from pre-1998 level - All campus stationery is chlorine-
free and contains 100 percent post-consumer fiber content -
Environmental studies major created in 1979 - Bucknell
Environmental Center established in 2006 The Saturday workshops
will be held Feb. 16, March 1, and April 5 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the "Attendees can expect to learn the basics of designing,
siting, and installing a small-scale residential solar array,"
said Jess Scott, a Bucknell senior and member of the campus
Solar Scholars program. "They can expect to learn how solar
energy works -- from the time the sun hits a solar panel to the
time a light bulb turns on in their home." Scott, the student
organizer behind the recent Focus the Nation teach-in, a daylong
effort to focus attention on global climate issues and potential
solutions, said that particip