30Jul
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 Read More
16Mar
March 8, 2015, 11:29am | By St Vrain Valley School District | www.svvsd.org St. Vrain Valley School District has once again partnered with the Center for Resource Conservation to host the ReNew Our Schools energy conservation competition. The month long competition began February 2nd and ended on March 2nd. This year, 12 schools participated, and will be honored at a Read More
11Mar
By Kathy Croasdale, Senior Manager of ReNew Our Schools Since its inception in 2008, I have been involved in the ReNew Our Schools Program. It has grown from a grant program to an energy competition that has involved many school districts along the Front Range. Many schools have succeeded in ways they could not have Read More
02Feb
A competition is taking place in St. Vrain Valley School District from February 2nd – February 27th, 2015. In this competition, 14 schools will compete to win one of three prizes valued up to $25,000 by reducing energy use in their school and homes, and submitting multi-disciplinary energy-themed projects. To help the schools reach their Read More
29Jan
This will be a celebration of the performance of the students at St. Catherine of Siena in the November-December 2014 ReNew Our Schools Competition. Through funds from Arrupe Jesuit High School, two Denver-based K-8 schools, St Catherine of Siena, and Presentation of Our Lady, competed in the month long energy competition. It was a close Read More
10Nov
A unique competition is taking place between two schools in Denver from November 10 – December 5, 2014. Arrupe Jesuit High School granted funds to ReNew Our Schools to run a mini-competition between St. Catherine’s of Siena and Presentation of Our Lady, two schools in Denver. In a traditional competition, professionals in the conservation field Read More
