Solar Living Institute

Established in 1998 as a spin-off from Real Goods Trading Company, the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, CA, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit educational organization whose mission is to promote sustainable living through inspirational environmental education. The Institute provides practical, education by example and hands-on workshops on renewable energy, green building, sustainable living, permaculture, organic gardening and alternative, environmental, construction methods.

The Institute is headquartered at the Solar Living Center, a gorgeous 12-acre renewable energy and sustainable living demonstration site visited by nearly 200,000 people annually in the heart of Northern California's wine country in Hopland, California. Since its inception nearly two million visitors have experienced the Solar Living Center.

The nonprofit Solar Living Institute depends upon your support to continue to offer you rich educational programs.

Please support the Institute through:

• Joining the Membership Program
• Making a Gift Online
• Becoming an Intern
• Volunteering

The mission of the Solar Living Institute is to promote sustainable living through inspirational environmental education.

Our organizational values include the following:

• Empowerment -- to create a space where people can be transformational, motivational, inspiring, and outspoken
• Cognizance -- to be knowledgeable about what we do, and to do it consciously
• Quality -- to act professionally in all we do and to be responsive to the needs of our customers and coworkers
• Integrity -- to be honest and consistent in all of our interactions, to be aware of the impact of our actions, and to always behave in an exemplary manner
• Compassion -- to be nurturing, accepting, generous, and kind in all of our interactions and to always come from a place of abundance
• Passion -- to be persistent and driven in pursuit of our goals
• Equity -- to follow democratic principles, to strive for balance, to work in a sustainable way, and to be conscious of the work we do and the way we do it
• Joyfulness -- to always remember to have fun in whatever we are doing

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