Northern Sun Festival

The Northern Sun Festival is a community celebration showcasing Minnesota’s first interconnected Solar Commons. The event will demonstrate the tools developed to make solar commoning possible and will feature Vermilion Country School students explaining their plan to distribute solar savings and report on outcomes. Partner exhibits, live music and drumming, food and public art (including a mural, dashboard art and a tabletop Solar Commons board game translated into Ojibwe) will round out the day. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet project partners, view exhibits and learn how solar commoning can create a 20-year revenue stream for community work.