{"id":1688,"date":"2005-10-20T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-20T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/10\/20\/renewable-energy-funds-for-schools-in-great-britain\/"},"modified":"2005-10-20T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-20T14:15:00","slug":"renewable-energy-funds-for-schools-in-great-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/renewable-energy-funds-for-schools-in-great-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable Energy Funds for Schools in Great Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about putting your money where your mouth is&#8230; The UK&#8217;s <em>Guardian<\/em> has published <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/business\/story\/0,3604,1596486,00.html\">an overview<\/a> of funding programs available for Great Britain&#8217;s schools that want to install renewable energy technologies.  The article notes that renewable energy &#8220;is no longer just the domain of the science lab or the geography lesson &#8211; wind turbines, solar panels and wood stoves are increasingly becoming part of fabric of many schools.&#8221;  As I&#8217;ve noted before, I really believe that actual working solar panels, wind turbines and other renewable structures provide a much more valuable opportunity for learning about energy than the classroom lessons.<\/p>\n<p>On a seperate note, I find it interesting that the British &#8220;Clear Skies&#8221; really supports, you know, clear skies&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Categories: <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/renewable\" rel=\"tag\">renewable<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/energy\" rel=\"tag\">energy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/education\" rel=\"tag\">education<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/schools\" rel=\"tag\">schools<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/funding\" rel=\"tag\">funding<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/jmcstras\/Britain\" rel=\"tag\">Britain<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Talk about putting your money where your mouth is&#8230; 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