Complete
schedule of locations and times coming soon! In the
meantime here is the complete list of 2007 workshops.
Alternatives to Lawns
Tysh McGrail and Melanie Brown
Have you ever thought, “Why do I need a lawn anyway?” You don’t! But what then?
Come to this discussion led by gardening and landscaping
professionals, and consider the alternatives!
Tysh McGrail of Woodscapes,
Inc. offers sustainable landscape design, consultation,
installation and renovation with emphasis on organic
land management practices, and alternatives to traditional
lawns. She is a member of the RI Wild Plant Society,
N.E. Wildflower Society, and the Ecological Landscape
Association.
Melanie Brown of Wildesigns
Gardening, designs, installs, and maintains organic
gardens, lawns/lawn alternatives, seasonal displays & wildlife window boxes using native and non-invasive plant species. She specializes
in “theme” gardens, including butterfly, herb/vegetable,
Japanese, Zen, etc.
Art of Natural Building
Ben Graham
Natural materials for
building not only make sense but inspire a new way
of relating to the natural world. This multi-media
presentation introduces building techniques for our
bioregions including cob, earthen plasters and floors,
strawbale, timberframing and light-clay. Get a behind-the-scene
look at constructing a natural building along with
the inspiring beauty associated with most things au
naturale.
Ben Graham is a designer
and builder who develops natural building and sustainable
living systems. Ben directs SpiralWorks www.spiralworks.com,
a collaborative venture promoting community vitality
and viability. He holds an architectural degree from
the Rhode Island School of Design and a permaculture
design certificate from the Permaculture Association
of Britain. He also serves on the Plainfield, VT Planning
comminssion.
Basics of Solar Electricity
(Photovoltaics)
Len Loomans
Brief intro to the “basics”:
quantifying the solar resource, system design types,
sizing techniques, estimating output, life-cycle costs,
NEC compliance and utility requirements. Available state
and federal rebates, tax incentives and Renewable Energy
Credits/Green Power marketing will also be covered. If
the sun is shining, we'll go outside for some hands-on
demonstrations, and there will be plenty of time for
questions.
Len Loomans is a Consulting
Energy Engineer with over 20 years experience within
the electric power industry. Currently he provides clients
with engineering design & commissioning services for renewable energy systems; including photovoltaics,
wind, hydroelectric, cogeneration and other energy efficiency & conservation technologies. He also teaches a Photovoltaics Class for the Lifelong
Learning Div. of CCRI. Len holds a B.S. in Electrical
Engineering from Colorado State University.
Climate Action Conference
10:00 am to 12:00 noon
New
for 2007!
Morning
Climate Action Conference
10:00
am to 12 noon
with
Dr. Steven Hamburg
Stephen Majkut
Omay Elphick
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Let’s
make inconvenient truths more convenient.
Find out what you can do right now to produce
positive effective changes in your life and
in the lives of others. Hear from the experts
about climate change on the ground in New
England literally and figuratively, followed
by facilitated break out sessions in the
areas of Youth Organizing, Neighborhood Actions,
Best Practices at Home, Going Green at Work
and Creating Sustainable Municipalities.
Start the day off righteously!
For
early risers, join us at 9:00 am for Yoga as Touching the Earth with yoga teacher, energy and climate activist Karina Lutz
Let
us know you're coming to the Climate Action
Conference by clicking here.
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Steven P. Hamburg is a forest ecologist who has been
involved in sustainability initiatives for 25 years.
He hails from the faculty of the University of Kansas
where he directed the Environmental Studies Program
and founded the office of the Environmental Ombudsman.
He then spent a year at Environmental Defense prior
to joining the Brown faculty where he is currently,
in the Center for Environmental Studies and director
for the Global Environment Program at the Watson Institute
for International Studies. Brown has published over
50 articles on ecosystem ecology and related topics
in a wide range of journals including Nature and Science.
He serves as vice chair of the International Long-Term
Ecological Research Network and on the Board of Directors
of Save the Bay and Clean Air-Cool Planet.
Stephen Majkut is a graduate of the University of Rhode
Island with a degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering.
He is a Registered Professional Engineer. Mr. Majkut
joined the Department of Environmental Management in
1975, first managing Rhode Island’s hazardous waste
management program under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, and now, since 1986 administering
Rhode Island’s air quality program. He is responsible
for permitting, assuring compliance with air pollution
control regulations, air toxics, air quality attainment
planning, mobile sources, air quality/transportation
issues, global warming and regional air quality issues.
Omay Elphick is Deputy Director at the Energy Consumer
Alliance of New England's Rhode Island office. Previously
as policy specialist at Save the Bay, Omay researched
the brownfield regulatory landscape and developed recommendations
for improving the redevelopment process for coastal
brownfields in Rhode Island. Omay also oversaw construction
of the Save the Bay Center, a "green" educational
and administrative building. Before joining Save the
Bay, Omay was a Senior Analyst and Nonprofit Consultant
at a private branding and business consulting firm
in Boulder, Colorado. He has an MBA in Marketing and
a BA in Economics.
Cobbin Together: Living in the Green Vision
Erin and Jim Malloy
We will explore the many
facets of Green Building; the social, environmental
and economic benefits of creating and living in the
“Green Vision.” We will also explore the vision and
living model of an off-grid solar/wind, human-powered,
fossil fuel-free, mortgage-free, Earthen Home.
Erin and Jim Malloy have
designed and built their own efficient Earthen home
in north-central Vermont. They live comfortably in
their inexpensive, mortgage-free, cob home surrounded
by their fruit orchard. Both Jim and Erin work in the
field of energy education.
Community Supported Energy
Greg Pahl
An idea whose time has finally come! Community ownership
of local renewable energy sources has been highly successful
in Europe and is now gaining momentum in North America.
Increasing fossil fuel prices, energy supplies, and
commercial-scale wind farm controversies make the strategy
of community-based energy projects attractive and doable.
Topics will include examples of successful initiatives,
advantages of community-based energy, and obstacles
that stand in the way of greater community control.
A question and answer session will follow.
Greg Pahl is journalist
and author of five books who has been involved in renewable
energy issues for more than 25 years. His latest book,
The Citizen-Powered Energy Handbook: Community Solutions
to a Global Crisis, was published in February 2007
by Chelsea Green Publishing.
Composting in the City
Tara Germond
Learn how you can compost
in urban areas free from worry about pests, annoyed
neighbors, or no space! This workshop will show city
dwellers how they can use worms to turn food scraps
into a rich soil amendment for household plants or
container gardens. Worm composting is a compact alternative
to bins or piles and is easy for anyone to do. Come
see how you can start a worm bin and engage in discussion
about how individuals can reduce waste no matter where
they live.
Tara Germond is a recent
graduate from the University of Rhode Island with a
degree in Environmental Economics and Management. She
currently coordinates the RI Master Composter / Recycler
Program at the URI Cooperative Extension Education
Center and is actively involved in educating local
communities about the need for waste reduction.
Don’t Whack Your Weeds-
Eat Them!
Karen Talbot
Most people don’t realize
there is a free supermarket at the roadside, in empty
lots, and your own backyard. Join in a weedwalk to
discover the food and health benefit of wild plants.
Delectables are offered for the adventurous!
Karen Talbot has been
an herbalist for over twenty years and has lead weedwalks
for individuals, groups, and schools. Her love of the
wild plant kingdom has found expression in teaching
classes in cooking, cosmetics, and herbal healing using
plants found in the backyard and beyond.
Eco-House Tour
Bradley Grove Hyson
Frustrated with compulsory
consumption in your home? Experience the alternatives
in one of Rhode Island’s most environmentally designed
buildings. Learn about more than 50 ecologically friendly
building systems, technologies and products that help
this housing model use less than half the resources
of a typical home its size.
Bradley Grove Hyson is
the founder and director of the Apeiron Institute for
Environmental Living. He has led hundreds of tours
of the eco-house, which also incorporates his knowledge
of environmental issues, ecological building, and his
vision for global sustainability.
Energy Affordable Housing
Karina Lutz and Ed Connelly
More and more low-income
residents pay almost as much, if not more, for utilities
than rent these days. To address this, People’s Power & Light and New Ecology, Inc. are working with Rhode Island Community Development
Corporations (CDC’s) to discover the potential for
energy efficiency upgrades to existing affordable housing.
Meanwhile, new money is coming in for low-income weatherization
and utility gas efficiency programs because of the
passage of the landmark Comprehensive Energy Efficiency
Act last year. Find out how Rhode Islanders can make
housing more environmentally sound and affordable –
because sustainability means both.
Karina Lutz works in development
and advocacy for People’s Power & Light, Rhode Island’s nonprofit green energy company. A sustainable energy advocate
since her days as editor of Home Energy magazine in
Berkeley in the 80s, she also teaches yoga and writes
poetry and plays.
Edward F. Connelly is
the president of New Ecology, Inc. (NEI), a Cambridge-based
non profit that concentrates on sustainable development
in urban settings. Connelly is a national leader in
the effort to green affordable housing. He founded
and ran CleanScape, Inc., a triple bottom line social
venture that provides recycling and landscaping services
to corporate and institutional clients, and creates
living wage jobs for residents of the Providence RI
Enterprise Community. He is the former Deputy Director
of the Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation and
assistant town administrator for Sharon, MA.
The Energy Star Homes Program
Jon Dember
The workshop is a general
overview of the Energy Star Homes program, which helps
people build high levels of comfort, indoor air quality,
and energy efficiency into their new homes. A variety
of incentives are available to help an owner or builder
certify their home as an Energy Star Home, which is
nationally recognized for representing greater value,
lower operating cost, increased durability, comfort,
and safety. The outline includes information on the
program background, goals, procedures, benefits package,
technical support, and technical standards.
Jon Dember is an Outreach
Support Specialist for the Energy Star Homes program
in New England, covering Rhode Island and eastern Connecticut.
He has worked as a housing inspector for rent subsidy
programs, both for Rhode Island Housing Corp., and
previously in Upstate New York for a community action
program. In 1997-2000 he was a co-organizer of the
CoopPlus of the Finger Lakes, a renewable energy member
co-op.
From Local to Global:
The RI Model for Harnessing Wind Power Worldwide
Lefteris Pavlides
This workshop will assess
Rhode Island’s electricity goal to produce 15% of its
electricity from wind within the next five years. It
will review the legal, economic, public perception
and site considerations in order to implement this
goal. It will also examine the far-reaching, long-term
global implications of this local initiative. Workshop
participants will be encouraged to join the Rhode Island
Wind Power Alliance and suggest ways that their participation
can contribute to achieving this goal.
Lefteris Pavlides, a professor
of architecture at RWU, has served as the Director
of the Wind Power Rhode Island Project since 2005.
Most recently, he was involved in helping organize
a WIND POWER conference at the RWU Center for Macro
Projects and Diplomacy and taught a “Wind Architectural
Studio.”
Fun with Fuel Cells
Ross McCurdy
This is a fun introduction
to fuel cell technology that is suitable for anyone
able to tie their own shoes. Using hands-on lab kits,
participants will use solar panels to produce hydrogen
from water and then use this hydrogen to power fuel
cells and produce electricity. The fuel cell electricity
will then be used to power a small motor and run a
tiny light bulb. This workshop will clearly demonstrate
the sustainability potential of hydrogen fuel cells.
Ross McCurdy is a Science
Teacher at Ponaganset High School and an advocate of
fuel cells and other alternative/renewable energy.
With the help of students and other dedicated people
Ross created Protium, the world’s first fuel cell powered
band and operator of RI’s first fuel cell vehicle.
Ponaganset High’s Fuel Cell Team is currently working
on a street legal Fuel Cell Model T hot rod.
The Future of Transportation
in RI
Barry Schiller
This workshop will consider
transportation choices in our state and the promotion
of sustainability. After a brief overview of current
issues surrounding bus transit, commuter and intercity
rail, bike paths, bicycle commuting, pedestrian issues,
highway maintenance and expansion, and cleaner cars,
participants will discuss their priority concerns and
responses in moving towards sustainable living.
Barry Schiller is a retired
math professor at Rhode Island College, and has been
involved in state transportation issues since the fight
against the proposed I-84 highway across the Scituate
reservoir in the 1970s. He has served as a member of
the Board of Directors of the RI Public Transportation
Authority and is now a member of the State Planning
Council's Transportation Advisory Committee, and the
Rhode Island Sierra Club's Transportation Chair.
Giant Climate Creature
Creations with Big Nazo & Parade to Follow
Ermnio Pinque & Freaky
Friends
Artistic Director Erminio
Pinque and staff of Providence’s BIG NAZ0 LAB will
demonstrate various techniques of fabricating and performing
large scale creature puppets for use in parades, carnivals
and demonstrations. Cardboard, fabric, tempra paint
and a variety of materials will be combined with experimental
theatre games and performance techniques to create
a parade of unusual and fantastic characters that will
interact and improvise with audiences at the Sustainable
Living Festival.
Erminio Pinque conducts
mask-making, mural and video Artist-in-residency workshops
throughout New England and is part-time faculty at
Rhode Island School of Design Film/Video Department
where he teaches a course in CREATURE-CREATION. Erminio
and the BIG NAZ0 troupe have designed, constructed
and animated original characters for countless stage
productions, parades, TV projects, and family extravaganzas
throughout the US and overseas.
The Peace Flag Project: Sending Positive Wishes Out
to the World
Jane Maquire and Ginny Fox
Exploration of the Peace
Flag Project as a pro-peace organization interested
in defining and describing what a peaceful world would
be like. Description of our inspiration from Tibetan
Prayer Flags. Meditation to connect to wishes for oneself,
family, community, country, planet or universe. Participants
may also wish to focus on gratitude – things they are
grateful for. Creation of a set of flags (5 pieces
of fabric) with paints, markers, collage.
Jane Maguire is a psychotherapist,
artist and yoga teacher. As a Quaker, she has been
a peace activist for her adult life.
Ginny Fox is a writer
and editor. She has also run craft shows, written newsletters,
run after school programs, organized school events,
and taught Sunday school. She is also a peace activist.
Radical Simplicity
Instructor TBA
Simple, sustainable living imbedded in the land of
plenty presents monumental challenges—moving an institution
toward sustainability amplifies this challenge. The
good news however is that once we decide to take decisive
action, we discover an abundance of ideas, dreams,
technologies and practical solutions that can improve
the quality of human existence on planet Earth.
Reducing Your Toxic Footprint at Home
Joy Onash and Harris Parnell
As we take steps to reduce
our energy use, recycle and avoid wasteful living,
there is another way we can show our caring for the
earth, its people and other living things. Chemicals
we use in our homes wind up in our rivers, the ground,
the food we eat, they have been found in our own blood
and in that of animals - even as far away as polar
bears at the North Pole. We’ll discuss concerns and
options for cleaning supplies, toys, pest control,
furnishings, paints, carpeting, personal care products,
least pesticide foods and more.
Joy Onash, Community Program Manager, Massachusetts
Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI), University of
Massachusetts Lowell, is an engineer with over ten
years of experience with industry, government, and
institutions, assisting them with environmental compliance
issues and pollution prevention projects. She also
works with non-profit organizations, municipalities,
and small business.
Harris Parnell, Maine State Director for Toxics Action
Center (TAC) began work with TAC six years ago as the
Sludge Field Organizer. She also worked in Massachusetts
on clean energy, hunger and homelessness, student and
consumer rights, and other public interest issues.
Later, as director of a statewide water quality organization,
she helped create the strongest standard for rocket
fuel in drinking water in the country.
Renewable Energy Sources
Overview
Daniel Cartier
This workshop focuses
on explaining renewable sources and the benefits they
bring. Solar electricity, wood pellet, hydro, biodiesel,
solar thermal, fuel cells, wind energy, wave power
and green power will all be discussed. Photos of real
world projects from Rhode Island and around the world
will be presented.
Dan Cartier is a Mechanical
Engineer educated at URI with a Certification in Energy
Management. Dan has worked with renewable energy systems
for over twenty years. Currently Dan is working for
the Chariho Regional School District as Director of
Building and Grounds and consults on renewable energy
systems as well.
Retrofitting Your Home
with Renewables and Energy Saving Ideas
Dan Cartier
After this workshop, the
average home owner will be able to map out a plan that
will allow them to live a fossil free life. It will
cover available energy saving options for the local
homeowner, renewable energy systems that can be installed
in the typical home, as well as green fuels locally
available for cars or trucks.
Dan Cartier is a Mechanical
Engineer educated at URI with a Certification in Energy
Management. Dan has worked with renewable energy systems
for over twenty years. Currently Dan is working for
the Chariho Regional School District as Director of
Building and Grounds and consults on renewable energy
systems as well.
Solar and Wind Options
for Clean Energy
Bob Chew
Learn how to incorporate
solar and wind systems into your home or business.
Bob Chew will discuss renewable energy options- how
to create them, what they can do for you and the environment.
Robert Chew has been a solar designer/ contractor since
1977. He is president of SolarWrights, inc., a solar
contracting firm headquartered in Bristol, RI with
offices throughout New England.
Solar Hot Water: Basic
System Design
Dan Cartier
This workshop will review
the basics of solar hot water systems and the best
systems for New England. Decision making, basic system
design, necessary installation skills, resources for
solar hot water education and component selection and
purchasing will all be outlined and explained. Photos
of real world projects will be shown.
Dan Cartier is a Mechanical
Engineer educated at URI with a Certification in Energy
Management. Dan has worked with renewable energy systems
for over twenty years. Currently Dan is working for
the Chariho Regional School District as Director of
Building and Grounds and consults on renewable energy
systems as well.
The Soulful Landscape
Erica Wheeler
This workshop is designed
to foster the emotional connection between people and
place, awakening the sense of engagement needed to
participate in land stewardship today. Inspired by
song, story, and visual art, participants are empowered
to find their own creative voice through a series of
writing exercises followed by group sharing and discussion.
Everyone will leave with a deeper self-connection and
a method of writing for further exploration. All levels
of writing and experience welcome!
Erica Wheeler is a workshop
facilitator and award-winning songwriter featured on
NPR’s “All Things Considered”. She synthesizes her
background in the performing and creative arts with
her lifelong passion for environmental studies, cultural
history, and earth based spirituality to provide a
unique, compelling, transformative workshop experience.
Sustainable Food Systems
Noah Fulmer, Susan Letendre, Alicia Lehrer
In this one hour workshop
we will examine our current food system and its limits.
We will spark ideas with a few short films from the
“Good Food” film series from Media that Matters. We
will then have an open discussion of a few alternative
sustainable models now being explored locally.
Noah Fulmer has worked
with Farm Fresh Rhode Island over the last two years,
developing the local food web marketplace http://www.farmfreshri.org/,
organizing local food forums and farmers markets. Noah’s
primary goal is to connect local food producers to
local consumers and institutions and to develop a great
working model of a local food system.
Susan Letendre has spent
the last six years developing leadership skills and
knowledge in RI youth in the arena of Food Security.
Susan has worked with 800 students, helped develop
multiple school gardens and greenhouses and explored
world-wide food systems first-hand. Susan has an amazing
global perspective on food systems.
Alicia Lehrer has led
the Southern RI Conservation District for the last
9 years. She holds a Master’s Degree in Natural Resources
Science and is a water quality specialist. Alicia has
been involved in preserving local agriculture through
the Farm, Forest and Open Space program connecting
farmers directly to resources that help them to remain
viable.
Tracking
Series:
New England Trackers is dedicated to sharing wilderness and survival-related
knowledge, and organizing gathering places and "dirt
time" sessions for those in the New England area.
Fire
by Friction
Tom Turk and Tim Grantham
Learn
the basics of traditional fire making and
see what rubbing two sticks together can
teach you about survival in the wilderness
and civilization. We will gather materials
from the landscape, build a low-smoke fire
structure, and generate hot coals with a
bow drill. Come join us and give your hands
a go at "busting out a coal".
Tom
has been a primitive firebug since 1978 after
discovering Larry Dean Olsen's "Outdoor Survival Skills." He is an AMC 4000 Footer and a member of New England Trackers.
Tim
Grantham has had a lifelong love affair with
old skills and ways of living. He has studied
primitive skills with the Tracker School
and has been trained in the Vision Quest
experience with Earth-Heart. Tim has taught
survival skills and ceremony at the Apeiron
Institute for Environmental Living and works
with schools and local Boy Scouts. He is
a member of New England Trackers.
Foxwalking,
Owl Eyes and Concentric Rings: Traditional
Awareness Skills for Wilderness and Society
Tim Kowalik and Cynthia Kazmirsky
Isn't
it amazing how peaceful a walk in the woods
can be? That quiet world with just a few
birds chirping here and there? Well, that
false sense of nature is the result of your
approach having sent the wildlife big and
small scurrying for cover a good 10 minutes
before you arrived! And those chirping birds—they
are broadcasting your location and direction
to all of creation. In this workshop, learn
and practice techniques that reduce your
presence in any environment while increasing
your awareness of “all that is.”
Tim
Kowalik has been studying primitive skills
and awareness in the aboriginal traditions
taught by Tom Brown, Jr. and the Earth-Heart
Institute. He has taught awareness and basic
survival skills at the Apeiron Institute
for Environmental Living, the Bioneers by
the Bay Conference, and to schools and scout
troops. Tim is a founding member of New England
Trackers.
Cynthia
Kazmirsky, from childhood has played in the
woods and swamps, and honored the plants
and nature. A child of Slovak Farmers she
became aware of the healing spirit of plants
and herbal medicine. Her love for nature
led her to search out a like minded community,
which she found through Tom Brown Jr. and
The Tracker School. She now lives in the
woods of south central Connecticut and caretakes
the land that owns her.
Gratitude
Ceremony
Tim Grantham and Tim Kowalik
People
who live close to nature are constantly grateful
for all that the Earth provides. This state
of thankfulness is something we often lack
in modern society. Let us come together today
with like-minded people in a Ceremony of
Gratitude for the land which supports us.
The Ceremony will include a fire, drumming,
smudging, and an opportunity to share your
gratitude.
Tim
Grantham has had a lifelong love affair with
old skills and ways of living. He has studied
primitive skills with the Tracker School
and has been trained in the Vision Quest
experience with Earth-Heart. Tim has taught
survival skills and ceremony at the Apeiron
Institute for Environmental Living and works
with schools and local Boy Scouts. He is
a member of New England Trackers.
Tim
Kowalik has been studying primitive skills
and awareness in the aboriginal traditions
taught by Tom Brown, Jr. and the Earth-Heart
Institute. He has taught awareness and basic
survival skills at the Apeiron Institute
for Environmental Living, the Bioneers by
the Bay Conference, and to schools and scout
troops. Tim is a founding member of New England
Trackers.
Survival
Shelter
Tim Kowalik and Paulinka de Rochemont
Would
you know how to survive a cold and rainy
night when lost in the woods? Come take a
lesson from the squirrels and learn to make
a simple shelter with natural materials and
no tools that will keep you alive and dry
even in cold and wet weather.
Tim
Kowalik has been studying primitive skills
and awareness in the aboriginal traditions
taught by Tom Brown, Jr. and the Earth-Heart
Institute. He has taught awareness and basic
survival skills at the Apeiron Institute
for Environmental Living, the Bioneers by
the Bay Conference, and to schools and scout
troops. Tim is a founding member of New England
Trackers.
Paulinka
de Rochemont, born and raised a city girl,
has had a longing for wild places and nature
as long as she can remember. Now a student
of Tom Brown Jr., a member of the New England
Trackers and living in the woods of West
Greenwich, RI, she finally found a way to
make the world a better place by caretaking.
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Walk In the Woods
Marc Tremblay, CF
Walk through Apeiron’s
woodlands. Identify local trees & shrubs. Discuss forest and wildlife management, forest health and stewardship.
Review proposed thinning of white pine for sustainable
harvest of natural building sources.
Marc Tremblay is a Certified
Forester with 25 years of experience working with private
forest land owners.
Water for Rhode Island
Today and Tomorrow
Greg Gerritt, Eugenia Marks, Beverly O’Keefe
A panel presentation by
3 of the people involved in creating the booklet “Water
for Rhode Island Today and Tomorrow” and the conference
of the same name. Topics to be covered include how
much water does RI use, how much is available, what
we can do to conserve, and what the future holds.
Greg Gerritt is a long time activist on environmental
and economic issues, and former Green Party candidate
for mayor of Providence. Gerritt is currently focused
primarily on issues of prosperity and global warming.
Eugenia Marks serves as
Senior Director for Policy at Audubon Society of RI
where she has worked for 27 years. She has worked in
freshwater resources and water policy through these
years, with the RI Water Resources Board and RI DEM
to achieve water policies that serve the public interest.
Beverly O’Keefe is a Supervising
Planner for the RI Water Resources Board. O’Keefe serves
on the Executive Board of the URI Master Gardeners
as the Advanced Education Coordinator, and is affectionately
known as "The Water Lady" across the state by those who have adopted rain barrels and rainwater harvesting
techniques.
What is Bio-Diesel
Bob Cerio
Introduction to Bio-Diesel,
the fastest growing alternative energy resource today
and a look at its emerging markets.
Bob Cerio has over twenty
four years experience in the field of Energy Conservation
and Management with a focus on integrating renewable
energy resources into an energy portfolio.
Yoga as Touching the Earth
Karina Lutz
A moderate yoga practice
to start the day with emphasis on opening the root
chakra, feeling the earth’s presence, and opening to
our communion with it.
Karina is a poet, activist,
freelance writer, and yoga teacher. She has worked
in energy and the environment since 1988, currently
in development and advocacy for People’s Power & Light, a local nonprofit dedicated to affordable and sustainable energy.
