Vermont and New Hampshire Energy Education Program (VEEP and NHEEP)

We're delighted to partner with Burlington's Generator Makerspace (thanks Meg Hammond!) to host a free training for teachers on May 16th! This is a great chance to explore VEEP's hands-on energy equipment for use in your classroom, and take a tour of the makerspace and learn about their tools and programs. Registration is open at https://lnkd.in/gma4PXVB

Calling all biking and hiking enthusiasts that want to support climate change education . . . VEEP/NHEEP is now a beneficiary partner of Climate Ride, which means you can do one of their awesome biking or hiking trips and raise money to support our important work. Check them out at www.climateride.org and choose VEEP/NHEEP as your beneficiary!

NHEEP educators Aubrey Nelson and Angie Krysiak were in Hooksett, NH yesterday teaching 5th graders at Hooksett Memorial School about energy efficiency and where our electricity comes from. Check out the photos of kids feeling the difference between the energy needed to power an incandescent vs. LED lightbulb, watching Angie making electricity with steam from a pressure cooker, and then seeing if they could create electricity with wind turbines and solar panels. Next time we'll try to collect an audio track as students figure things out and go "Oooooh, now I get it!"

VEEP's Aaron Heyerdahl brought a bunch of awesome activities to ECHO's (https://lnkd.in/gt7AxGGJ) "Circuits Circus" to teach kids and families about how we can make electricity from renewable sources and (through efficiency measures) use less electricity. Check out the energy bike and kids crafting their own wind-powered vehicles!

We have exciting news! We’re an @EarthShare Nonprofit Partner, joining an innovative and collaborative global network working toward a just and healthy planet. Learn more about EarthShare’s unique vision for environmental action at www.earthshare.org Check it out, and support VEEP's important educational work!

Registration is open for VEEP/NHEEP's Summer Institute for teachers, and we're receiving a lot of requests for scholarships.?Anyone out there interested in sponsoring a teacher? https://lnkd.in/eMYk7pe8 Our?Summer Institute?helps teachers create a high quality unit of study with support from our staff, partner organizations, and a cohort of other educators.???Participants simultaneously experience best practices in STEM instruction and gain confidence tackling topics like energy generation and climate science.?To keep this experience affordable for teachers, we rely on support from business sponsorships. Do you have $1,000 to send a teacher to Summer Institute? Contact?Sophia Donforth?with questions about sponsorships.?

Blast from the past . . . we've been digging through the VEEP/NHEEP photo archives to see which local leaders have ridden our energy bike. How many do you recognize?

VEEP/NHEEP is excited for an upcoming fundraiser at American Flatbreads (https://lnkd.in/eXSgPSNV) in Burlington, VT. On Tuesday February 11th between 4:00-10:00pm Flatbreads will donate a portion of their sales of every pizza to support energy and climate education through VEEP/NHEEP. We'll be there with some of our awesome educational equipment and data posters. If you're in the Burlington area, come out and see us, eat some great pizza and support a good cause!

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been selected as a?2025 American Climate Leadership Awards Semifinalist! This recognition highlights the hard work and dedication of our team to inspire climate solutions and make a lasting impact. Thank you to?@ecoAmerica?for this incredible honor! Learn more about the awards and register for the broadcast:?https://lnkd.in/gvaKnjkZ

Registration is now open for VEEP/NHEEP's Summer Institute for teachers! How can we integrate real-world problem solving, joy, and impactful climate solutions into our schools and communities??Come work and play with us in the White Mountains of NH as we approach these questions together.? https://lnkd.in/gp9eMVmM “This is an excellent workshop that feels like teacher’s summer camp! The instructors are engaging, knowledgeable, incredibly supportive, and fun. There was time for learning, planning, and play. I am coming away from this week feeling connected to facilitators and the other participants, empowered to guide students in effecting change, and more knowledgeable about climate change, problems from it, and ways to go about solving problems in my community”--2024 participant