By Bob Singleton, Executive Director, Greater Astoria Historical Society
Solar One is a not-for-profit organization headquartered at 9-03 44th Road. Their mission is to “design and deliver innovative education, training, and technical assistance that fosters sustainability and resilience in diverse urban environments.”
Solar One’s K-12 Education Program promotes experiential learning for students through science, technology, and design.
Its goal is straightforward: to “facilitate learning that changes the way people think about energy, sustainability, and resilience” – and to accomplish this goal through “engaging a diverse program of participants which help individuals and communities explore new ways of living and working which are more adaptive to a ‘climate-change impacted world.’”
Solar One’s K-12 program not only introduces students to hands-on real-world experience, but most importantly supports the development of creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
Going beyond current environmental and cultural dimensions, Solar One’s programs prepare environmental knowledge for a new generation that faces future issues that demand solutions to adequate energy, water, materials science, and food needs.
