{"id":1092,"date":"2025-12-04T00:02:33","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T00:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/?page_id=1092"},"modified":"2026-02-22T14:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:55:42","slug":"how-to-get-involved","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/?page_id=1092","title":{"rendered":"How to Get Involved"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learn more about D3M<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Explore our online resources about <a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/?page_id=833\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"833\">direct drive<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/?page_id=732\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"732\">solar thermal and green building,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/?page_id=1108\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1108\">solar direct water systems,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/?page_id=1131\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1131\">biogas<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergyfarm.org\/articles-and-videos\/\">Check out these articles, videos and podcasts<\/a> about LEF and D3M.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/?page_id=1018\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"1018\">Attend one of our DC Solar Training programs.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Read Alexis Zeigler&#8217;s book, <a href=\"http:\/\/conev.org\/\">Empowering Communities<\/a>, which includes more technical detail about D3M.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergyfarm.org\/get-our-newsletter\/\">Sign up for the Living Energy Farm newsletter.<\/a> We don&#8217;t do social media, so announcements about installations, training programs, and other events go out on this newsletter.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergyfarm.org\/tours\/\">Take a tour of Living Energy Farm.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergyfarm.org\/living-and-working-with-us-at-living-energy-farm\/\">Apply to be a residential volunteer at Living Energy Farm<\/a>. The best way to learn about D3M is to live with one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Support our work<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Become a living example by installing a DC Microgrid in your community. (See steps above.) If you&#8217;re doing it already, please let us know.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/donate\/?hosted_button_id=ZQ4PNKER4TYNE\">Make a tax deductible cash donation.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Donate useful things to our installations, such as PV panels or other hardware. The value of these in-kind donations are also tax deductible.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingenergyfarm.org\/living-and-working-with-us-at-living-energy-farm\/\">Apply to be a residential volunteer at Living Energy Farm<\/a>, or volunteer your time on one of our installations.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are planning to install D3M in your home or community, <a href=\"https:\/\/form.jotform.com\/253372837509061\">consider hosting one of our training programs<\/a>, so that your installation can also be an educational opportunity for others.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spread the word! And if you have media skills and you&#8217;re interested in volunteering, please reach out.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about in-kind donations, volunteering, or other ways to support our work, <a href=\"mailto:info@livingenergylights.com\">please reach out by email.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn more about D3M Support our work For more information about in-kind donations, volunteering, or other ways to support our work, please reach out by email.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1092"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1092"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1308,"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1092\/revisions\/1308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingenergylights.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}