For the Interior homeowners who want to switch to solar energy, a local initiative is looking for solutions to cut costs when making the switch.
AÂ community-led program, Solarize Fairbanks, makes solar more affordable by stacking up group discounts, purchasing solar systems in bulk and looking for federal and local financial incentives.
When Bob and Sharon Baker approached Solarize Fairbanks, they had been âwanting to learn about solar power for quite a long time.â
âWith the incentives from the group discount and the federal tax credit still available, it was now or never, so we took the plunge,â Bob said.
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Posted: Apr 22, 2021 12:53 PM CT | Last Updated: April 22
A crew member for the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration takes a last minute maintenance check on the SeaHunter, the Unmanned Aircraft System used to take photos of the highway between Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk, and portions of the Dempster Highway.(Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration)
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Telling Stories about the Environment, and Finding Indigenous Solutions
April 22, 2021
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Shondiin Mayo
Shondiin Mayo is originally from Stevens Village, Alaska, and grew up in both Fairbanks and the Navajo Nation. She is Diné (Navajo) and Tleeyegge Hut’aane and is of the Bitterwater Clan and born for the Koyukon Athabascan people. As a leader in the Center for Native American Youth’s Ambassadors for Land Conservation program, Shondiin and a partner are developing a podcast to bring to light the impacts of uranium mining in the Grand Canyon. She will soon enter the University of Alaska Fairbanks for graduate school. We spoke to Shondiin about how climate change is affecting Indigenous communities and the ways she’s taking on that fight.