(photo courtesy of Solar Living Institute)

Established in 1998 as a spin-off from Real Goods Trading Company, the Solar Living Institute in Hopland, California, is a 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. Since its inception nearly 2 million visitors have experienced the Solar Living Center.

To learn more about the Institute's efforts to promote sustainable living click here: Solar Living Institute