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The Sustainable Communities Educational Initiative leverages the Overland Solar Arrays to launch a diverse collection of educational activities designed:

to promote the intersection between workforce development, renewable energy and community activism
to showcase emerging avenues for greater prosperity in communities that have experienced historic disinvestment.

TSA Student Sculptures

TSA works with manufacturing company, QSI in Waterville to help students imagine and works of art found throughout the community.

Metroparks Connections Camp July 2024

Students from underserved populations had a chance to attend a weekly summer camp and learn about solar energy through hands on activities.

Solar Energy First Solar Field Trip

8th graders from McKinley STEM Academy took a tour of First Solar’s solar panel factory in Walbridge, Ohio, to learn about how solar panels are made and about careers in solar energy.

Family Science Night at Imagination Station

Family Science Nights are designed for the students and their families to experience hands-on science together in Imagination Station's learning worlds (themed exhibition areas), such as Energy Factory's exhibits on solar power, magnetics and electricity.

Liam Teague at TSA

Liam Teague, Professor of Music and Head of Steelpan studies at Northern Illinois University (NIU), visited Toledo for a two night presentation and lecture on steel drums.

"Ohio solar project will benefit low-income communities"

News coverage from 2020 regarding the solar array project from Energy News Network