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Welcome to Sustain Verona

Sustain Verona’s vision is to promote a healthy environment and a sustainable future for the City and Town of Verona.  As citizens of Verona, we seek to improve sustainability efforts and encourage land preservation. To mitigate climate change impacts, we seek to promote the use of renewable energy resources within our community.

Help Fight Global Warming with Solar Panels on Verona High School

Climate change remains one of the most urgent challenges of our time. Oceans are warming, glaciers are melting, and severe weather events are becoming more frequent. While national action is inconsistent, communities like ours can take meaningful steps toward solutions.

Here in Verona, there’s an exciting opportunity to make a difference: installing a 500-panel, 300-kilowatt solar array on Verona Area High School. This project is a collaboration between Sustain Verona, the Verona Area Education Foundation, and the Verona Area School District.

Why This Project Matters

1. Reduce Carbon Emissions
The solar panels will prevent more than 200 tons of carbon dioxide emissions each year—that’s over 6,000 tons across their 30-year lifetime. What does this mean in everyday terms?

  • Annual savings (200 tons CO₂): equal to taking 46 gas-powered cars off the road for one year, powering 25 homes for a year, or planting 3,000 tree seedlings.
  • Lifetime savings (6,000 tons CO₂): equal to taking 1,400 gas-powered cars off the road for a year, powering 800 homes for a year, or planting 100,000 tree seedlings.

2. Save Money
By generating its own electricity, the school will save nearly $1 million in utility costs over the system’s lifetime. By year 15, the project will have paid for itself—freeing up funds for teacher salaries, school programs, and student resources.

3. Inspire the Community
This project demonstrates that clean energy is not only possible but practical. Students and community members will see firsthand how local action can shape a sustainable future.

How You Can Help

✅ Join Sustain Verona – Visit www.sustainverona.com to get involved in our campaign. We need volunteers to help spread the word and build support.

💲 Donate to the Project – Our goal is to raise $250,000 to help fund the solar array. To download the donation form and details, click here. You can donate through:

📚 Learn and Share – Use this project as an opportunity to educate yourself and your family about climate change and local sustainability efforts. Talk about it, share it, and encourage others to take action. Learn what different communities in our area are doing about it and encourage our community to get involved. Here are four places to start:


By learning more about the threat of global warming and by doing something about it you can help lead our community to a better future for everybody.