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EarthWorks to Offer 42
Workshops
More
Depth and Variety Than Ever at This Year's
Expo
Denver’s 3rd annual
EarthWorks Expo, coming to the Merchandise Mart August 22-23, will
feature the most extensive lineup of workshops we’ve ever offered:
42 in all, covering a wide range of practical topics including
composting, home energy efficiency, urban agriculture, herbal
medicine, solar hot water systems and more. Every workshop is
presented by one or more qualified experts, and all workshops are
included in the price of admission.
To accommodate this many
presentations, workshops will be scheduled six abreast during both
days of the Expo. Each presentation runs 70-75 minutes, including
time for audience Q&A. No workshops are scheduled during keynote
speeches.
Every workshop is
intended to give Expo attendees practical, useful information that
they can take home and put to immediate use. Workshop presenters are
asked not to pitch specific products except in answer to audience
questions.
Here’s just a sample of the many offerings at
this year's Expo:
Passive Solar, Nature's
Purest Renewable Energy Source, by Paul Kriescher of Lightly
Treading, Saturday Aug 22 starting at 10:40 am
Permaculture and the
Edible Landscape, by Bill Melvin of Ecoscape Environmental
Design, Saturday at 12:10 pm
What Is Your Carbon
Footprint?, by John Bulik of SolarTEK Energy, Saturday at 12:10
pm
Starve a Landfill,
Feed a Worm! by John Anderson, master gardener and
worm-composting expert, Saturday at 3:10
pm
Green Building with
the Naked Eye, by Andrew Michler of Baosol Sustainable Building
Consulting, Saturday at 4:40 pm
Review, Reduce,
Renew: Take Charge of Your Home Energy Use, by Eric Van Orden
of Standard Renewable Energy, Sunday at 10:40 am
Transition Town:
Relocalization in Your Community, by Michael Brownlee,
co-founder of Transition Colorado, Sunday at 1:40
pm
Fundamentals of
Grid-Tied Solar PV, by Tony Boniface and Steve Schoo of
Independent Power Systems, Sunday at 1:40
pm
Building Our
Sustainable Solar Home: An Owner/Builder’s Perspective, by Dale
Miller, green home-builder, Sunday at 3:10 pm.
Other workshop topics
include Green Money Made Simple, Happy Green Birthday, Peak Oil and
Climate Change, Herbal Medicine Basics, Deepening Community
Leadership, Grow Fresh Vegetables All Winter in Colorado,
Understanding Mushrooms, Our World of Water, Elephants in Peril,
Solar Water Heating Basics, and Greening Your Goodbye. This is only
a partial list.
In addition to dozens of
informative workshops, EarthWorks Expo 2009 features 150 exhibitors
representing a Who’s Who of local solution providers in renewable
energy, green building and Earth-friendly products and services;
great keynote presentations by Albert Bates and Woody Tasch; special
programs for children including birds and animals from the Denver
Zoo; live musical entertainment and more –– all for just $5
admission at the door (students and seniors only $3). Parking is
free.
Plan now to "Join the
Evolution" at EarthWorks Expo 2009, Denver’s biggest and best
all-local green living event of the year, August 22 and 23 at the
Merchandise Mart, 451 E. 58th Avenue near I-25 in north Denver. For
more information, VISIT
OUR WEBSITE. The complete workshop schedule will be posted on
the web by July 15.
EarthWorks Expo 2009 is sponsored by 99.5
The Mountain, Xcel Energy, the Denver Post, the Denver Zoo, the
ReDirect Guide, Natural Awakenings, KUNC 91.5 FM, 7News KMGH-TV,
Anderson & Associates, High Country News, Westword, Boulder
Weekly, NEXUS, SolaRover, 50-Plus Marketplace News, Livewire Urban
Radio, Mountain Utility Electric Vehicles, Independent Power Systems
and Waste-Not Recycling.
Sustainability With Taste: Soiree at Denver's
Mercury Cafe
Next Wednesday evening, July 15th, 6-8
pm, the Mercury Cafe is hosting a Wine & Cheese Soiree with a
sustainability theme. It's an appropriate locale for such an event
–– the Mercury
is undoubtedly one of Colorado's greenest eateries, powered by wind
and solar energy, with a menu full of organic vegetarian fare. The
program is free of charge and features presentations by David Steele
of Enduring Energy and other local experts on practical ways to make
your home or business more sustainable. They promise plenty of time
for Q & A and, of course, wine and
cheese.
The Mercury Cafe is located at 2199
California Street in downtown Denver. For more information, call
303-596-6063.
Paul Hawken Hits One Out of the
Park
University of Portland 2009 Commencement
Address
The University of Portland’s
graduating class of 2009 got a powerful send-off when legendary
environmentalist-entrepreneur-author Paul Hawken took to the podium
to deliver the commencement address. His sobering yet optimistic
message should be taken to heart by every person who cares about the
future of life on planet Earth. Hawken began: "Class of 2009: you
are going to have to figure out what it means to be a human being on
earth at a time when every living system is declining, and the rate
of decline is accelerating. Kind of a mind-boggling situation... but
not one peer-reviewed paper published in the last thirty years can
refute that statement. Basically, civilization needs a new operating
system, you are the programmers, and we need it within a few
decades." For the whole text, GO
HERE.
July 11: Peak Oil
Day?
Found in Richard
Heinberg’s MUSELETTER #207, July 7, 2009
One year ago, on July 11, 2008, the
price of a barrel of oil hit a record $147.27 in daily trading. That
same month, world crude oil production achieved a record 74.8
million barrels per day. Since then, the price of oil has tumbled
dramatically, currently hovering around $61/bbl. Global oil
production has also retreated with falling demand in a recessionary
economy. By all accounts, the price of oil is likely to rise as the
global economy recovers; but whether the volume of oil produced can
again increase with rising demand is an entirely different question,
to which the answer may be: Not likely. In short, it is possible
that July 2008 actually marked the moment of “Peak Oil”
–– the point where global oil production cannot
increase, despite rising demand and rising price. For the whole
story, GO
HERE.
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