"Under the Sun" Solar Blog, BIPOC Voices
October 6, 2020
This month’s guest contributor is Janice R. Torres (Puerto Rican Taino), a full-time writer, storyteller, and former music maker. She has contributed to writing blogs as well as several online health & fitness publications and blogs, mainly focusing on ways to maintain a healthy mindset. When not working on freelance content, you can find her, red… Read more
What if there was an alternative to sitting in the same classroom five days a week, 180 days a year, learning the basics of math, reading, history, and science? What if instead you could learn all of those topics in an applied setting, while also learning about sustainability, organic agriculture, outdoor navigation, and wilderness adventure… Read more
October 6, 2020
It’s not easy to reach a consensus in a large group of people. Yet for First Parish Church of Milton, MA not only did their democratic congregation vote to invest in solar for their church community, they did it unanimously. “It was the first unanimous vote in my memory, and I’ve been with the church… Read more
October 1, 2020
The quintessential Maine trade of lobstering is balanced by tradition on the one hand, and adaptations to a changing world on the other. On the one – lobster traps haven’t fundamentally changed in design since the conversion from wood to metal traps in the 1980s, nor have the practices of lobstering itself. On the other… Read more
September 29, 2020
Nashua PAL (Police Athletic League), the Nashua chapter of the national nonprofit youth organization, has gone solar at summer’s end – the culmination of an exciting community effort comprised of organizational partnerships and individuals. Donations from New Hampshire Charitable Fund (NHCF), private citizens, and ReVision Energy amounting to nearly $50,000 made this project possible and… Read more
September 17, 2020
A report on the “Grid of the Future” pilot, by Co-Founder Fortunat Mueller In June, ReVision Energy wrapped up the ‘Grid of the Future‘ distributed energy resource aggregation pilot project with Efficiency Maine. The goal of this 18-month project was to explore the ways that aggregated control of behind-the-meter distributed energy resources (DER) can help… Read more
September 11, 2020
We are honored to begin our new BIPOC Voices series with an essay by Mihku Paul, a Community Activity Coordinator for Gedakina, Inc.., a multi-generational endeavor to strengthen and revitalize the cultural knowledge and identity of Native American youth and families from across New England. This series will feature voices that speak to the intersectionality… Read more
September 4, 2020