Getting the Ball Rolling

This week I did a lot of research on what schools actually have solar panels installed and projects trying to be put into action. On my first blog post "The Beginning of My Little Revolution" I stated how I saw Alameda Unified School District had students working on the same goal as this project,  I am currently trying to find an email where I can reach them and discuss their direct plan of action and how I can possibly use a similar path but configure it so it appeals to our districts board and so it can fit our possible budget. 

I've learned that I actually have a fear of letting a project become known to people who can put it into action, which has been a major setback for me. I need to get that little bit of courage to call the district office and see what we can do to possibly talk about how we can execute this project. Once I do get the ball rolling I cannot look back and falter. I believe in order to get that courage I need to do more research on the numbers and the process of it all. 

Overall, I am excited to see where this will go and the experiences I will get but until then I have to work hard at focusing on the goal. 

The Beginning of My Little Revolution

Blog 1:
Two mornings ago as I was laying on my couch watching the morning news sniffling of sickness, I see a blaring headline and the anchor reading "Solar Paneling in Silicon Valley Schools". Instantly I called for my mom, as she knew about my project, and told her "I've started a revolution!" she chuckled and walked away shaking her head at me. No I did not start a "revolution", at least not yet. This is a topic that has been ignored and not prioritized for too long, we need to see what we can do for our schools. Seeing this headline gave me a little more push to get this project really started.

You may be wondering what project I am talking about. My Anatomy/physiology class is doing a 20-time project, where we dedicate 20% of our class time a week to something that we wouldn't usually learn from that class. For my 20-time project I am researching on how to get bay area schools to convert to solar panels in order to save money and energy for the future of our education. I have already done some research on statistics with previously successful projects but now I need to create my own project.

This last week I reorganized my game plan based off of comments and suggestions from the "Shark Tank" presentations we had in class. In these presentations we had to present our 20-time project idea and how we will make a difference outside of the people in the classroom. Our teacher suggested that I interview our school district (which only holds two high schools) and see how much we spend on utility bills, which is a great idea for evidence in future presentations on how much money we could be saving.

I plan to educate some surrounding school districts on solar paneling and what it can do to improve the overall learning environment for the students coming in and out of our schools. If these districts are willing to listen to my plea then I want to show them how easy it would be to fund raise and make it a reality without breaking the districts budget.

So who knows, maybe I can start a little revolution.