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Five Vermont schools are participating in the Whole School Energy Challenge, a pilot program that engages schools in a friendly competition to make efficiency improvements that will reduce energy use at school. Read more...

This summer, VEEP worked with Dan Noel, principal of Robinson Elementary School in Starksboro, to develop a plan to educate students about the 19 solar trackers that power the school.  The plan included a half-day Energy Fair in October with 5 hands-on stations focused on efficiency, solar power and wind power.  VEEP also developed Solar Statistics, a 6th grade math worksheet that uses online data from the school's solar trackers to calculate range, mean, and mode.  According to one student "This was the best math class ever!"

In December, VEEP will return to Robinson and present Electricity and the Environoment to 3rd and 4th grade classes. Robinson's energy education initiative was funded in part by a grant from VECAN written by Caleb Elder, Town Energy Coordinator in Starksboro.  Read more about this story in the BFP article, "A Vermont sort of independence."

Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP) is teaming up with the Alliance for Climate Education (ACE) to bring their award-winning, all-school assembly program to eight Vermont high schools.  The one-hour multimedia presentation is designed to inspire individual actions and school-wide efforts that will reduce energy use, shrink the school’s carbon footprint, and save the school money. The schedule of schools, dates and times is listed in the complete press release.