Events

We're hosting a volunteer training on May 8th in Fresno. This is a great opportunity to learn about Solar PV and meet other volunteers. This space is huge and we can accommodate just about everyone in the entire Central Valley, but please do RSVP so we can know who to expect!

On Friday, May 9th PG&E is funding the full cost and providing the volunteer labor to install a system on a Fresno Habitat for Humanity through their Solar Habitat Program.

May 9th, 2008 is a volunteer installation day for a single family home in Fresno, built by Fresno Habitat for Humanity. If interested in volunteering please RSVP at your earliest convenience by emailing info@gridalternatives.org, spaces are filling up!

May 15th is a volunteer training we're hosting at our new office in Oakland. Space is limited to 30, it seems we're already outgrowing our new and improved office. Priority will be given to interested volunteers who will be attending the Pittsburg installation this month that have not yet attended a training.

Our first volunteer training in Southern California! Space is limited so please RSVP to infogla@gridalternatives.org.

Our first retrofit installation in Southern California! Thank you to the City of El Monte for their support. To sign up for a spot on the volunteer installation crew, please RSVP to infogla@gridalternatives.org.

GRID Alternatives is hosting an after-work volunteer social to bring together our network of volunteers as a thank you for your on-going support and dedication.

Please join us Friday, May 16th from 6:30- 8:30 at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco. The Rickshaw Stop is centrally located, only a few blocks from the Civic Center BART Station at Fell and VanNess (155 Fell), and has offered their space to GRID Alternatives for this event.

Free drink tickets will be available for the first 40 people who arrive and light appetizers will be served. Entertainment will include a slide show of our volunteers in from 6:30- 7:30. At 7:45, a local environmental movie called The Recyclergy, will be shown. This film was created by local film artist Jeremy Kaller, and is about the original founders and mission of The Urban Ore in Berkeley.

Past, present, future volunteers and folks interested in finding out more about GRID Alternatives are welcome!

R.S.V.P. to Tracie Troxler at ttroxler@gridalternatives.org.

Our first retrofit installation in Southern California! Thank you to the City of El Monte for their support. To sign up for a spot on the volunteer installation crew, please RSVP to infogla@gridalternatives.org.

This is an installation on a home that has been rehabilitated by Habitat for Humanity located in Pittsburg (California). If interested in volunteering, please email us at info@gridalternatives.org ASAP, as spaces are filling up!

GRID Alternatives is installing a system for a low-income resident in East Palo Alto with support from Stanford University students .

GRID Alternatives is installing a system for a low-income resident in East Palo Alto with support from Stanford University students .

Memorial Day

On May 29th and 30th GRID Alternatives is working with Richmond BUILD participants to install a system for a resident in the City of Richmond.

On May 29th and 30th GRID Alternatives is working with Richmond BUILD participants to install a system for a resident in the City of Richmond.

GRID is hosting a solar training workshop in Oakland on June 5th. Email info@gridalternatives.org to RSVP before space fills up!