This article features information about the Nicolet Area Technical College in Rhinelander, Wisconsin for preserving the environment as a school-wide initiative. In 2003, Nicolet became the first of the state's 16 technical colleges to embrace a campus-wide focus on renewable energy. In cooperation with the Wisconsin Technical College System Foundation (WTCSF), the school installed two renewable energy systems--a wind turbine and two photovoltaic (PV) arrays, or solar electric panels, and operate these devices so that students, along with the general public, can become better educated about alternative energy options. The article states that aspects of Nicolet's renewable energy systems have been worked into college curricula. The school partnering with the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Forestry Sciences Lab on a five-year demonstration project focused on rapidly renewable hybrid poplars is also discussed.