Dartmouth's Big Green Bus to Stop at SunPower's San Jose Offices

UPDATE: The Big Green Bus will be stopping in front of the SunPower San Jose offices on Thursday August 18, 2011, from 11:00am to 2:00pm.

SunPower, through our Foundation, product donations and volunteerism , gets to work with a number of great nonprofit partners in California, around the USA and world. Our goal is to Make an Impact together with these partners and empower, inspire and motivate a new generation of solar energy leaders in communities around the world. The Dartmouth College's Big Green Bus is a prime example of such a project. The bus has been on tour since June, and is visiting us next week! Help us welcome the Big Green Bus in San Jose!
 

This project consists of an eco-friendly bus run by thirteen Dartmouth students who strive to educate others on sustainable innovation. The bus is powered by four SunPower solar panels, which provide energy to all the electric appliances, computers, air conditioning and veggie pumps. The bus runs on waste vegetable oil that they get from restaurants from areas that they pass through. The solar panels power the veggie pumps that purify the used vegetable oil in order to turn it into usable fuel for the bus – it’s a very clever way of using renewable energy to generate sustainable fuel, no?
 

The project has been running since 2005 and this year it is led by 13 students from different majors and years who hail from Hawaii to Maine and who have an interest in sustainability. The bus is a classroom on wheels, enabling students to promote a broad range of sustainability topics from clean energy, transportation, and food to building materials. The Big Green Bus has been successful program educating people from all walks of life in sustainability. They call the bus a vehicle for change.
 

This year the bus has planned stops in 24 different states, and has already been to 19 states. Although they are two and a half months into their trip, they have many more stops and eight more states to go. See if they are stopping by a city near you.
 

On Monday August 15, 2011, from 12:30 to 2:30pm, the Big Green Bus will stop by in front of the SunPower Corporate Headquarters in San Jose, CA. If you are in the area we encourage you to stop by. The bus has a little something for everyone from kids to adults. This is the perfect opportunity for you to make the most out of your child’s last days of summer.