Sunday is a short, but sweet day at the fair. Here are my faves for the day:
10:00 Gary Krysztopik: The Shocking Truth about Electric Vehicles
11:00 Roxanne Welch: Green – What does it mean and why should you care?
12:00 Chris Maxwell-Gaines: The Next Revolution in Water Conservation
12:00 Peter Pfeiffer: Net Zero Energy Home/Lessons Learned – What Green Homebuilding should mean to You
2:00 Scooter Cheatham: Why Wild Plants are Key to Sustainability
I hope everyone had a great weekend at the fair.
See you next year.
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Here are my personal picks for Saturday 9/25 for each time slot. It is such a good lineup, I may have more than one selection for each slot. Again, you can't go wrong with these or any of the other presenters.
10:00 John Hoffner: How is the Message Transmitted? – Clean Energy and the Environment in the Modern Era of Information
11:00 Michele Hallahan: Greenwashing – the Green-Eyed Monster
12:00 Rainwater Collection: where have we been, where do we go from here?
2:00 Waking a Sleeping Giant: Greening the Church
2:00 Tadeusz Patzek: Energy, The US, and the Finite World
3:00 Eric Herm: Son of a Farmer, Child of the Earth
3:00 Thomas Isaac: Solar Water Heating for Home & Business
3:00 Amanda Love: Nourishing Foods Cooking Demo with Amanda Love, The Barefoot Cook (been a fan and client of hers – she makes magic with food!)
4:00 Suzanne White: Site Assessment – Understanding your Property's potential for Solar
4:00 Wayne Jeansonne: Building Green in the Real World
4:00 Geothermal Systems – Reduce your Energy Consumption and your Carbon Footprint.
5:00 Robin Schneider: The Journey to Zero Waste… or Darn Close
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I always enjoy going to the Renewable Energy Roundup. Here are my personal picks for Friday 9/24 for each time slot. You can't go wrong with these or any of the other presenters.
1:00 Judy Barrett: Herbs as an Alternative to Chemical Inside and Out
I have read her newsletter for years and found it informative. I also generally find chemicals to be an unnecessary allocation of resources that would be better used elsewhere.
2:00 John Umpress: Net Zero Energy Homes – They're Easier Than You Think!
I have been to numerous seminars where John has presented and I always learn something. John speaks with a frankness that is refreshing: he challenges architects and builders and even questions the motives of the company for which he works, Austin Energy.
3:00 Dick Peterson: Build-A-Barrel Workshop
Many of my the permacultural strategies I use around my home and in my designs were transmitted to me via Dick Peterson. He is a wealth of knowledge and I am sure this seminar will veer into many of the realms that are adjacent to rainwater harvesting.
4:00 Lloyd Lee: Zero Energy Homes – Nuts and Bolts, Dollars and Sense
The City of Austin has mandated Zero Energy Capable homes by 2015. I am most interested in the dollars part of this presentation as budget is always the hardest nut to crack.
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Austin Designer Efrain E. Velez' Tertulia Chairs featured in this year's Design showcase 2010. These folding chairs are perfect for porches, around a campfire or anywhere a hootenanny can break out!
Please vote and Share.
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Design Within Reach has just started a trade discount program for
architects and designers. The discount is 15% on all items regardless
of quantity. Sweet!
Tags: Furniture, Modern Design
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Hope you all got to see these – they were really great. Oh, and got the rain, too.
Tags: Austin, Phenomena
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Wood siding and soffit are installed. Stain and stucco colors have been selected. Cabinets will be installed on Monday. Moving along nicely.
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If you have ever wanted to get in touch with Austin City Council, here is the link to their group mail:
Currently on their agenda: banning plastic bags in the City of Austin.
Tags: Activism, Austin
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