They’re not the Bureau of Reclamation, but they will
teach you how to build a dam. A very small dam, that is. Solar
Energy International (SEI) will offer courses in water, wind and
solar power during its 1998 Renewable Energy Education Program.
Over the past 16 years the Carbondale, Colo., nonprofit has
established renewable energy projects in Peru, Nicaragua, the South
Pacific and elsewhere. This year, says SEI spokesman Ed Eaton, the
group will continue working on a solar bakery project in Sonora,
Mexico, and also work with Habitat for Humanity to build a
solar-powered house in Tucson, Ariz. Eaton says the one- and
two-week courses in Carbondale have attracted international
students who want to apply sustainable technologies in their home
countries.
For more information, call SEI at
970/963-8855, write to SEI, P.O. Box 715, Carbondale CO 81623, or
contact them through their Web page at
www.solarenergy.org.
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Learning sustainable technology.
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