Kevin came to the Solar Living Institute in Spring 2005 as an Ecopreneurial Intern, with a focus on the SLI's annual 2-day sustainability fair, SolFest. After a few months, Kevin became a Solar Living Institute staff member as Workshop Coordinator and Intern Coordinator. Living on site, he had the opportunity to live amongst many interns, meet thousands of visitors to the 12-acre demonstration site, and host 100's of workshops for various sustainability interests. It is during this tenure that Kevin made great friends, and gained the necessary experience to combine his entrepreneurial drive with his passion for a sustainable future. In 2009, Kevin cofounded Ecotrain Media Group, a green professional services company based in Portland, OR and Boise, ID.

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Alex is currently working in Hawaii where he serves as the Executive Director of the Sustainable Living Institute of Maui. The Institute advocates and educates on a number of sustainability related topics and organizes the Maui ISLExpp.

Robyn (Summer 2004) is currently spending her summer as a sea kayaking guide in Valdez, Alaska. Following her summer as an intern at the Solar Living Institute she returned to the University of Wyoming to finish her degree. During that time she worked to start a Campus Sustainability Committee and a series of student internships devoted to promoting sustainability on campus. She then became the first coordinator of the University of Wyoming Center for Volunteer Service, and then worked for the School and Institute of Environment and Natural Resources, co-instructing a class called "Campus Sustainability". She will be starting a graduate program in Geography at OregonStateUniversity, focusing on water conflicts in the west.

Scott came to SLI in Winter 2002 to learn more about renewable energy after selling electric vehicles in Seattle.  Born in Conn. and then raised in TX Scott realized early on that the environment is nothing to take for granted. He had been working in Seattle doing a variety of eco projects. He was the first in Seattle to request a grid-tie agreement from the city of Seattle. To his amazement they had to create one for him which lead him to the pursuit of renewable Solar energy within urban settings.

Scott interned at the SLI in the winter months of 2002 and gave more tours of the campus than any other intern. Scott has since arrived back in Seattle to become a board member of Solar Washington ( ASES ) and has since assisted with the WA state renewable energy incentives SB5101 and SB5111 which are a few of the most progressive solar incentives in the country. Scott is now working as a sustainability consultant and solar energy installer for a local solar company in Seattle. He has more than 50 kWh under his belt and is working hard to achieve the 100kWh mark soon. Scott has dream to create eco-based movies that could inspire the planet to live more logically. 

Scott recently installed a 10 kWh system on a winery in Washington, inspired by what he saw while attending SLI.  Scott has just been elected to the board of Solar Washington for his third term and is also the Chairman of the board for Education.  His Sustainable consulting website is www.GaianLogic.Com,... Check out his accomplishments!

 

 

Since leaving the Solar Living Institute, Heather Young worked for a variety of environmental Nonprofits and went on to get a Masters in Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community. She is now helping to develop an alternative economy in the Bay Area through her work with JASecon (Just.Alternative. Sustainable. economy), which is hosting a Festival of Grassroots Economics. She also founded and helps coordinate an organization called Bay Area Community Exchange, a network of alternative currency projects, and a nascent regional time exchange project.