Get ready for the 2025 CSF Solar Series!
Please follow us on social media or sign up for our mailing list to learn more about this year’s events as we update our calendar. Most of the events are free and open to the public. Registration is requested (unless otherwise specified).
Tentative CSF 2025 Solar Series Event Calendar
March – Wisconsin Solar Homes Pilot Project Launch
Date and Location: This event will be held in the first week of March in Vernon County. Exact details to come.
Join the Couillard Solar Foundation and Vernon County’s Couleecap for the launch of our new partnership, which aims to help financially-strained, rural homeowners access solar power.
Light refreshments will be served. Pre-registration is requested.
April – Earth Day/Climate Justice
Date: TBD
A 2024 international report identified Beloit, WI as the city with the worst air quality in the US. Census data shows that a third of Beloit’s roughly 36,500 residents are people of color, while nearly one-fifth fall below the poverty line. We will discuss the factors contributing to the city’s air pollution, a citizen science initiative aimed at monitoring it, and how solar could help alleviate this.
Light refreshments will be available, but we request attendees pre-register.
May – Solstock: Highlighting Youth-Led Environmental Projects
Date: Saturday, May 31, 2024 5pm-8pm
Topic: Join us for our 4th Annual Fundraising Festival. This year, we’ll be shifting the format to focus on storytelling, and a few youth-led environmental teams will share their plans with attendees.
Food and drinks will be available for purchase. This event is free and open to the public.
Sign up for our e-newletter HERE for more details as we get closer to the event.
MREA Energy Fair
Date: June 22, 2025
June is always the Energy Fair in Custer, WI. If you haven’t gone yet, make sure you add it to your calendar this year. We will be exhibiting under the MREA Solar Pavilion both days. Please come check us out!
Note: This is not a free event but when you attend, you support the Midwest Renewable Energy Association, an excellent organization promoting renewable energy and sustainability in our region. There are workshops, great speakers and lots of fun activities for the entire family. To register go to the MREA Energy Fair website.
Sign up for our enewletter HERE for more details as we get closer to the event.
August – Coping With Climate Anxiety
Date and Location: TBD
Extreme weather events such as Hurricane Helene and the Los Angeles fires – or even droughts like the one affecting almost half of Wisconsin – are becoming not only more common, but more severe. The Loka Initiative at the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Healthy Minds says there are four essential pillars to coping with climate anxiety: contemplative practice, activism, intersectional analysis, and skill development around community building and problem solving.
Presenters TBD.
Light refreshments will be served. This event is free and open to the public, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged as seating is limited.
September – Resilience Hubs: How Solar Supports Emergency Preparedness
Date and Location: TBD
This unique event will dive into the Resilience Hub model for emergency preparedness. We will also hear about the way distributed energy systems, such as home solar installations with batteries, can support community resilience.
Speakers TBD.
Light refreshments will be served. Please reserve a spot so we can gauge attendance.
Photo by John Englart.
October – Understanding Personal Energy Use
Date & Location: TBD
This unique event will look at one Madison-area maker’s game, where players have to navigate their energy consumption and utility bills.
Please email Zoe@CouillardSolarFoundation.org to register for this event.
More to come!
We will be updating this page with more information as we develop our calendar. Sign up for our enewletter HERE so you don’t miss a thing. Or contact Jackie Harrison-Jewell, to learn more about any of our solar series events.