Growing Green traveled to the San Carlos Reservation to design and install a solar-powered, 3D-printed vertical hydroponics system at Our Savior Lutheran School in Peridot, bringing hands-on sustainability education to 3rd through 5th grade students. In a region where extreme heat, water scarcity, and limited access to fresh produce make traditional farming challenging, this work is especially important. After developing the system and curriculum and piloting it with teachers, we led...

We traveled to Marana, AZ today to teach at the Ecology on the Trail event! 🌿. Over 170 students explored how agrivoltaics can advance water conservation and sustainability in Arizona. Through hands-on experiments with mini solar cars under different light intensities, students discovered how sunlight angles affect power generation and shared creative ideas for conserving water and energy in their own homes and communities. Their curiosity and innovation give us hope for a brighter, more...

We are excited to share that our project at Spaces of Opportunity received the North American Agrivoltaics Award for Solar Farm of the...