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30Jul

Douglas County Schools Win $36,000 in Solar Prizes in Renew Our Schools Clean Energy Competition

Neal Lurie

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, CO – An ‘Earth Cube’ solar composter and ‘Sunbolt’ solar powered workstations are coming to a school near you. These are two of the $36,000 in solar prizes won by Douglas County schools as part of the Renew Our Schools competition. The competition, run by Resource Central, a nonprofit based in Boulder, helped

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