Empower your students by solar-powering your school
This is an online event
95 Robert St, Toronto, ON M5S 2K5, Canada
43.6614946
-79.4031048
Re-powering your school can be a daunting task amid bureaucrat and financial barriers. See
how you can power through obstacles in this illuminating walk through various case studies of
schools that have successfully implemented solar power. We’ll touch on the 100% clean energy
school districts campaign, how to navigate negotiations with school boards, and why re-
powering your school can be so beneficial for students.
Tish Tablan is the Program Director for Generation 180, is leading a national campaign to help
schools receive the educational and financial benefits of solar energy. Tish has a M.A. in
Secondary Education from Loyola Marymount University and M.S. in Environmental Science
and Policy from Johns Hopkins University.
Lisa Hoyos is the Director of Climate Parents. She has been a campaigner in the labor and
environmental movements for over 20 years, having worked with such organizations as the
BlueGreen Alliance, the AFL-CIO, and Greenpeace.
Joshua Barclay has been teaching physics and sponsoring the environmental club at West
Bloomfield High for over 25 years. In September 2018 the WBHS environmental club completed
an ambitious project to provide all the electricity used by the WBHS Science Department with
solar energy, by installing a 20 kilowatt solar array.
