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Des Moines district wants to create "sustainability academy"

Dec. 16, 2008
Program for high school juniors and seniors would focus on conservation

Des Moines (Iowa) public school officials want to raise $30 million to create a new educational program focused on energy and environmental conservation, and the jobs both fields are expected to create. The Iowa Energy and Sustainability Academy would be a two-year program for juniors and seniors. Students would work with companies or universities on projects that deal with such things as alternative energy and green building design.

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