Comments on: Handing It to Our Nation’s (and the World’s) Brightest http://www.getsolar.com/blog/handing-it-to-our-nations-and-the-worlds-brightest/121/ Get the latest news on solar homes, solar panels & renewable energy Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:47:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Margaret http://www.getsolar.com/blog/handing-it-to-our-nations-and-the-worlds-brightest/121/comment-page-1/#comment-76 Margaret Sun, 04 May 2008 06:46:31 +0000 http://www.getsolar.com/blog/?p=121#comment-76 Connie, thanks for a little positive focus! It's so easy to get distracted by the things that aren't getting done that we can overlook the things that are working. I think it's really important for universities to emphasize clean energy and new solutions--in addition to being a great move for the institutions themselves, it sends a message to students that this is a priority, and hopefully they'll carry that with them after graduation. I went to Cornell, and I was quite surprised to see that they didn't take part in the challenge. Ithaca, NY is "ten square miles surrounded by reality," as the bumper sticker says, and has long been a hotspot for alternative energy technologies (like the controversial but brilliant lake cooling project utilizing the deep waters of Cayuga Lake). There's an "EcoVillage" in Ithaca that operates entirely off-grid. Cornell was in last year's Solar Decathlon with a strong showing--and they had an agreement to sell the house to an alumna even before it was completed. So I wonder why they didn't participate, and am a bit disappointed. Maybe they were told they would have to work hand in hand with the Harvard hockey team to publicize... Connie, thanks for a little positive focus! It’s so easy to get distracted by the things that aren’t getting done that we can overlook the things that are working. I think it’s really important for universities to emphasize clean energy and new solutions–in addition to being a great move for the institutions themselves, it sends a message to students that this is a priority, and hopefully they’ll carry that with them after graduation. I went to Cornell, and I was quite surprised to see that they didn’t take part in the challenge.

Ithaca, NY is “ten square miles surrounded by reality,” as the bumper sticker says, and has long been a hotspot for alternative energy technologies (like the controversial but brilliant lake cooling project utilizing the deep waters of Cayuga Lake). There’s an “EcoVillage” in Ithaca that operates entirely off-grid. Cornell was in last year’s Solar Decathlon with a strong showing–and they had an agreement to sell the house to an alumna even before it was completed. So I wonder why they didn’t participate, and am a bit disappointed. Maybe they were told they would have to work hand in hand with the Harvard hockey team to publicize…

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