About a dozen kids got an introduction to solar energy in a pilot program held this summer at a church in north Minneapolis where a community solar array will be installed later this year.

Solar installer Keith Dent came up with the idea for Just-B-Solar Camp while attending a seminar on solar energy. "It was so adult and red tape and policy and money, and I was like, 'No! Solar is fun," he said.

Dent hopes the camp will expand in the coming years. He said not enough people know where their energy comes from, let alone how the transition away from fossil fuels will affect them. He said kids are a great place to start.