{"id":2276,"date":"2013-01-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-01T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gridalt.wpenginepowered.com\/the-current\/solarcorps-takes-over-the-solar-living-institute\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T12:02:43","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T16:02:43","slug":"solarcorps-takes-over-the-solar-living-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live-grid-wp.pantheonsite.io\/es\/the-current\/solarcorps-takes-over-the-solar-living-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarCorps takes over the Solar Living Institute!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nov. 26-30 GRID Alternatives sent 23 SolarCorps members to the Solar Living Institute<\/a> in Hopland, CA for a packed week of team-building and solar education. Shirley Moore, SolarCorps Development and Admin Associate at the time, writes about her experience.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week 23 GRID Alternatives SolarCorps members made their way to the Solar Living Institute for a week-long solar PV course. When I arrived on Sunday, I found that I would be staying in a small hut with 3 beds. A quick survey of the rest of the housing revealed a tiny tin hut (complete with shower and kitchen), a Teepee, a dome-shaped greenhouse, a tin and straw bale hut, and two yurts-I could tell that after the week was up, we\u0092d all be a lot more familiar with each other! The Solar Living Institute welcomed us into the intern housing and gave us full run of the showers, kitchen, and grounds.<\/p>\n

Monday we dove head first into our five-day intensive class. It was supposed to rain the second half of the week, so our teacher, Doug, didn\u0092t waste any time getting into the details of off-grid and grid-tied solar. He had to get us ready for Thursday\u0092s hands-on day quickly, as it had been bumped up to Tuesday because of the rain. We got a tour of their commercial system, installed a small direct grid-tied system, and got to poke around some of their off-grid demos (that is, of course, between late night bowling in town and communal vegetarian spaghetti cooking!)<\/p>\n

The week whizzed by, full of fast-paced lectures, hands-on activities between downpours, and lots of bonding with other SolarCorps members from offices all over the state. We learned so much and I had a great time connecting with my teammates all around the state!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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