Workshop
Descriptions (for a complete listing of all workshops, click here)
Build
Your Own Solar Cooker
Virginio
Mendona & Eric
Fedus
Did you know that you can cook food
with the heat of the sun in your
backyard? A simple "box" style solar-cooker
can trap enough heat to reach temperatures
in excess of 250F. In this workshop
we will start by discussing how solar
cookers work, what types of solar
cookers exist, and the amazing number
of things you can do with them. Then,
using basic materials we will divide
into groups to assemble several simple
box-cookers that you can easily replicate at home.
Virginio
grew up in the Azores Islands where people
had to be pretty self-sufficient and knew
at night exactly where the chicken on their
table came from. He now helps people with
composting, building solar cookers and
solar panels, riding around in his 1986
veggie oil-powered Jetta that he pulled
out of a junk yard 6 years ago.
Eric
has visited over 75 organizations worldwide
that work with issues of sustainable livelihoods.
He currently serves as advisor to Grupo
Fenix in Nicaragua where he worked extensively
with solar cookers and other development
projects. He also dabbles in issues of
systems thinking and is certified in Permaculture
and in ZERI Systems Design.
CCD:
The Current State of Bee Keeping & Organic Solutions
Ross
Conrad
Learn
about the current state of the honeybee
and the beekeeping industry and alternatives
to the failing status quo. We will
cover safe, nontoxic and effective
methods for controlling hive pests
and diseases such as mites and foulbrood.
Whether you are looking to use fewer
chemicals and increase your profit
margin, or are committed to keeping
bees organically, this workshop is
for you. Ross
Conrad learned his craft from the late
Charles Mraz, world-renowned beekeeper
and father of apitherapy. Ross wrote
Natural Beekeeping: Organic Approaches
to Modern Apiculture, and gives talks
and writes articles on beekeeping,
organic farming, natural healing, and
health issues. His small business,
Dancing Bee Gardens in Middlebury,
VT, supplies friends, neighbors, and
local stores with honey and bees for
apple pollination in the spring.
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 Sustainable 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.
Fun
Fast Green Cleaning
Leslie
Reichert
Want
to start going "green
when" it comes to cleaning?
Not sure exactly where
or how to begin? This
workshop will give you
great tips and tricks
to make your cleaning
green and fun. Leslie
Reichert is a green cleaning coach
with over 20 years experience in the
cleaning and air quality business.
She holds classes at her store, Backdoor
Vacuums and Homekeeping in Uxbridge,
MA.
Get
Cultured or Fun with Fermentation
Stewart
Taffe
Learn
the basic techniques on how to ferment
your foods and drinks just like your
ancestors. Using traditional processes,
many of the foods we ferment make
nutrients and minerals more accessible
during digestion. The recipes are
easy and can save you quite a bit
of money by doing them at home.
Ever
since Stewart was exposed to nutritious
and seasonal food he searched for ways
to process the food for the winter.
Four years ago he started with basic
sauerkraut, and now has many different
ferments and cultures going at once.
When Stewart is not fermenting, he
works as an educator for the Apeiron
Institute for Sustainable Living and
as an extra hand on Zephyr Farm.
Introduction
to Sustainable Biofuels
Patrick Keaney
Green Grease Monkey is
a collective that has been
converting diesel engines
to run on waste vegetable
oil (WVO) for four years.
They also make biodiesel,
a cleaner-burning diesel
alternative from vegetable
oil. This workshop will
introduce people to the
basic concepts behind biofuels
and will present the challenges
we face as we enter into
the "green energy" era.
Patrick Keaney is the co-founder of Green Grease Monkey, a Boston-based collective
that has been converting diesel engines
to run on waste vegetable oil since April,
2004. Striving for Sustainability: Holistic Home Design and Creation
Erin & Jim
Malloy with Maryellen Synder
This workshop will explore the social,
environmental and economic benefits of
thoughtful and heart-full home design
and food cultivation using our off-grid
earthen home as an LIVING model.
Erin and Jim designed and built, as well as led hundreds of volunteers in the
creation of their earthen home in North
Central Vermont. They live comfortably
in their inexpensive; energy efficient;
wind, solar & wood-powered cob home surrounded by a fruit orchard. Maryellen Snyder documented
this process through her photography
and is an environmental educator working
with Apeiron.
Water & Energy Conservation by Aquatronics Industries and Global Green Technologies
Howard
Schachter
This workshop presents practical methods of water and energy conservation, alternatives
to bottled water, and a sustainable living concept utilizing an energy saving
constructed living design that features recycled EPS plastics, and is fully equipped
with rain water supply, solar energy and a composting toilet. Howard Schachter is a graduate of Metallurgical Engineer University of Wisconsin
(1955) with over 50 years in the industry.
For the last 30 years he has been dedicated
to designing and installing environmental
systems in harmony with nature with
special emphasis on water remediation
and conservation.
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