Monday, June 2, 2014

Expanding My Horizons in the West


Expanding My Horizons in the West

On MINDDRIVE’s 2014 trip to California, the first day will be pretty much a hit-the-ground-running kind of day. Hopefully drops of coffee will come my way because we are heading to Humboldt State University and Schatz Energy Research Center (SERC) once we are off the plane. I hope we won’t get jet lag from the 2 hour time difference.
SERC is on the Humboldt State University campus which is located in the picturesque town of Arcata, California, approximately a 5 hour drive north from San Francisco. It sits on a hill that overlooks Humboldt Bay and the Pacific Ocean. The University has had its doors open for over 101 years, starting off as a teacher’s college in 1913. Now it offers over 91 Bachelor’s programs, 21 Master’s and 6 different types of teaching credentials.









SERC and MINDDRIVE have plenty in common. Both institutions teach students and the general public about clean and renewable energy. SERC’s facility specializes in developing alternatives to get us off of carbon-based energy. Although the facility has many objectives such as giving energy options to developing countries and collecting data from their projects to further their findings, they have also made the country’s first hydrogen fuel-cell car.
Getting a tour of both facilities will be a great experience for me. I may not be interested in engineering and things of that realm but I am always ready to fall in love with places that are willing to help the Earth become a greener place to live.



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