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Service learning as a teaching method combines community service with academic instruction that focuses on critical, reflective thinking and civic responsibility. Service learning programs involve students in organized community service that addresses local and global needs, while developing their academic skills, sense of civic responsibility, and commitment to the community. Internships offer ways individuals can learn from valuable work experiences while also contributing to the host's mission.

Service learning using Appropedia helps to create an essential knowledge base for the world via learning experiences for individuals and classes. The Appropedia Foundation and the Appropedia community work with universities via service learning courses, as well as service learning programs to create these opportunities. Appropedia internships also offer opportunities for service learning.

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Solar Charged Lawnmower. An electric lawnmower that utilizes solar power as an energy source will address a number of issues that standard internal combustion engine mowers do not. An electric lawnmower with a solar charger will be easier to use. There is no messy dangerous gasoline to deal with. It will eliminate those pesky trips to the gas station for fill-ups. Just plug the mower into the charging station when not in use and it will be charged and ready for your next mow! Most importantly it eliminates the emissions of an internal combustion mower.

The basic idea is to convert an older non-working gas mower into an electric powered mower by replacing the gas engine with an electric motor that runs from a 12 volt battery. This battery will be charged using photovoltaic panel (A.K.A. - solar panel). I chose to convert an old gas mower rather than just starting with an electric mower due to cost and so I could design the power output. I also planned on using as many used materials as I can. This will help to save these materials from ending up in our already over filled landfills.

I would like to claim that I came up with this solar charged electric mower idea on my own but the truth is I came across an article about one in a "Home Power" magazine (Issue 107) a while back and have wanted to build one ever since. When the opportunity arose to use it as a project in my Engineering 305 class at Humboldt State University I jumped at the chance.

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	Clarion University: Ger 255 German Civilization and Culture · Ger 308 German Conversation and Composition · PH 254 Introduction to Nanotechnology · PH 261 Physics of Energy and the Environment
HSU	Humboldt State University: Engr 114 Whole Earth Engineering · Engr 115 Intro to Engineering · Engr 215 Introduction to Design · Engr 305 Appropriate Technology · Engr 308 Technology and the Environment · Engr 370 Energy, Technology and Society · Engr 410 Environmental Impact Assessment · Engr 480 Special Topics · ENV S353 Alternative Energy Systems · HSU Chiapas Program · Practivistas Dominicana Program · JMC 116 Intro to Mass Communication · JMC 330 International Mass Communication · Parras
	Michigan Technological University: Michigan Tech's Open Sustainability Technology Research Group · MY 3701 Introduction to Semiconductor Materials Science and Engineering
	Queen's University: APSC-100 Engineering Practice · CMAS 801 Topics in Applied Sustainability · MECH-370 Principles of Materials Processing · MECH-425 Engineering for Sustainable Development · Queen's Green IT Energy Conservation Measure (ECM) calculators · Queen's University Applied Sustainability Research Group

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ENGR 215 Introduction to Design projects – Spring 2010: RCEA: Two labs of the Spring 2010 semester of Engineering 215 worked with the Redwood Coast Energy Authority to build energy education boxes for classrooms in Humboldt County. These boxes are designed for different K-12 grade ranges and cover one of three topics: energy conservation, renewable energy or climate change.

Spring 2010 ENGR 215 Intro to Design Projects - RCEA