尼泊尔萨尔登的一所小学有史以来首次电力，这要归功于哈特福德公立高中的工程和绿色技术学院。一群学生设计了一个由太阳能的风力涡轮机，然后从康涅狄格州将11,000英里运到偏远的喜马拉雅村庄，为学校提供了加热的教室和能量，以便进行动力笔记本电脑。

该学校位于近13,000英尺的高度，只有牛才能进入，并在10月至4月之间关闭。康涅狄格州慈善家彼得·沃思（Peter Werth）在尼泊尔旅行中得知了学校面临的挑战，并与康涅狄格州康涅狄格州Prewineering计划的首席执行官布鲁斯·迪克森（Bruce Dixon）接触，后者建议将哈特福德学院的项目学校进行。康涅狄格州商业和行业协会还提供支持。

“彼得认为替代能源系统could provide them with electricity and wanted students in his home state to have the opportunity to design and build the system," says science teacher David Mangus, also named the school's teacher of the year. Mangus' class did the preliminary research on off-grid energy sources and environmental and cultural impacts. A group of students was selected to continue with the project through the summer. They came up with a customized generator system that includes the wind turbine and solar panels.

The eight seniors found that participating made them more confident in their abilities, strengthened their work ethic and has pushed several toward studying engineering in college. "This project made me want to get more interested in mechanical engineering," says Derrick Cardona, one of the participants. "I learned how to not give up when challenges come up. It also made me a better person in school and at home." Isiah Cabrera agrees. "I focus better than I did last year," he says. "The project also helped me realize that my ideas matter when I'm working in a group and to speak up when I have an idea."

校长迈克·马西亚兹（Mike Maziarz）说，该项目“改变了参与者的生活”。他说：“八名学生中有七个在这个标记期间获得了荣誉榜，所有人都想上大学。他们以前并不是所有目标。”“该项目使他们对自己的学业和生活更加认真，并集中精力。”当前小组不仅会受益。“这也将有助于为我们学院的其他学生提供未来的项目，从而从经验中受益。新利18备用网址学生已经对他人，社区和社区的福利进行了个人投资，并在使世界变得更美好的地方。一个教育者，我无需要求。”