Our Story
Earth Energy Education is born from a passion to embrace a greener future by educating and empowering our children. We are a group of teaching professionals working in the US, UK and Africa. We are all passionate about nature and are attracted to renewable energy sites with a strong biodiversity focus that we can use to educate children.
Our work is underpinned by the National Curriculums of each area, with curriculum links identified for teachers. Our aim is to ensure that learning is hands-on, experiential and fun. We know that you learn better when you’re having fun.
Our focus on Green STEM Careers is guided by research into young people’s science and careers aspirations from the Institute of Education, their Science Capital Teaching Approach and recent research into the Stem skills gap. We know many of the children we teach will find their careers in this industry.
We have been deeply inspired by the climate campaigns led within schools to put climate change on the agenda and in the curriculum. Our own research, combined by recent research from Oxfam has also focused our attention on delivering and signposting more teacher training in climate literacy.
Who we are
Lorna Lyle Founder | Educational Consultant
Lorna set up Solar Power Education in 2014. She is passionate about enabling children to experience nature and alternative ways of delivering the curriculum.
Lorna has worked with companies such as Barclays and Manpower delivering their Corporate Social Responsibility agenda within inner London schools.
Recently she has been involved in the #SHEChangesClimate campaign and Transform our World’s #EcoLockdown campaign.
Lorna lives in Scotland raising three small children.
Tracy Linney Educational Consultant
Tracy joined the team in September 2015. With over twenty years of teaching experience and as a lead teacher Tracy delivers exceptional workshops and site visits in Dorset and the surrounding area.
Tracy’s passion is for creating unforgettable outdoor learning experiences which children can take into their future lives. She is an avid supporter of ‘green energy’ and believes in empowering children to understand the benefits to the environment.
Jaimi DeFeo Educational Consultant
Jaimi runs our US education program. She has a background as an environmental science professor where renewable energy and biodiversity are often topics in her classrooms.
She has worked at National Geographic on their Environment website and was the founder of an e-commerce company selling eco-friendly products.
Her hobbies include songwriting and photography, and she enjoys spending time with her husband and dogs on their horse farm near Cambridge, New York.
Michelle Smith-Carrigan Educational Consultant
For the past 27 years, Michelle has been the Co-Owner and Artistic Director of The Puppet People, a touring puppet company based in NYS’s Capital Region. In addition to performing for thousands of kids and families, she has conducted hundreds of educational workshops and residencies.
Michelle also worked as a Teaching Artist for Capital Region Center, Arts In Education. It was here she received formal classroom training from the Lincoln Center Institute.
Michelle received a BA in Theatre from SUNY Albany. She lives in Schenectady NY with her husband, 3 sons and 2 cats. When she isn’t working you can find her acting on one of the local stages, independent movies or performing with Creative Action’s Playback Theatre Troupe.