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Thursday
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July 4th - September 14th |
Bay Area SF Mime Troupe presents: Veronique of the Mounties in “Operation Frozen Freedom” After bringing “democracy” to Iraq, Syria, and France, the U.S. government, deep in its imperialistic quest to save the people of the world from themselves, turns its gaze to the terrorist threat on its northern border, Canada. Royal Mounted Policewoman Veronique Du Bois must journey deep into the heart of American darkness to recover the one object that may save her country. Why would America turn away from its own economic and social problems and attack the peace-lovers of the north? Who beneits from a constant war on terror? And what has Canada got that’s more valuable than oil? Call or visit website for locations. Info: 415/285-1717, www.sfmt.org . |
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Ecosa Institute 123 East Goodwin Street Prescott, AZ 86303 (928) 541-1002 The Ecosa Institute Total Immersion Program in Sustainable Design Applications are now being accepted for the Fall 2003 semester. Guest Speakers include Antoine Predock, Michael Sorkin, James Wines, Sim Van der Ryn, Sandra Mendler and many others. Travel throughout Arizona to ancient and modern sites, live with your peers & learn sustainable design through actual hands on design project. Limited to 15 participants. For more information visit www.ecosainstitute.org or email: ecosa@mwaz.com |
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Santa Rosa, CA EcoDwelling: A New College of California - North Bay BA and MA Program Concentration EcoDwelling is a 3-semester Concentration offered through New College of California North Bay Campus' (Santa Rosa) Culture, Ecology and Sustainable Community program. New College offers accredited BA completion and MA degrees, with additional concentrations in Ecological Agriculture, Painting in the Landscape, and Consciousness, Healing, and Ecology. The EcoDwelling Concentration is a holistic approach to dwelling in the broadest sense "encompassing the very nature of existence and being" and the entire process by which we inhabit our ecosystems and the planet. It is concerned with the causes of our current dwelling process failure, the principles of success, and the application of principles in the design of equitable, sustainable, universally affordable alternatives. The Concentration provides students with an opportunity to implement vision, theory and design for radically affordable, sustainable means of dwelling, through lecture, discussion, design projects, and hands-on building with cob, strawbales, and other natural materials. The EcoDwelling Concentration is intended for anyone with an interest in any aspect of the dwelling process and its relationship to the whole. It is intended for anyone interested in discovering how to make their own way and means of dwelling more affordable, sustainable and liberating thereby being able to help others do the same. As awareness of our collective crisis increases, the need for those who can recognize, understand, and implement sustainable alternatives will be substantial. New College Northbay: http://www.newcollege.edu/northbay |
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Tuesday
Evenings
August 5th - September 23rd |
Donation $5 to $10 per event (sliding scale). $30 for a series pass, Los Angeles Eco-Village (home of the Bicycle Kitchen), 117 Bimini Place Los Angeles (one block east of Vermont and one block south of First Street) /Bike parking outside HopeDance Media, CRSP, the Los Angeles Eco-Village & the Bicycle Kitchen present: A Solutions Video/Film Festival: Visions For Our Future
CRSP is a nonprofit
organization dedicated to small cooperative ecological communities,
founded in 1980. L.A. Eco-Village, founded in 1993, has been the primary
project of CRSP for the past 10 years, and is in transition to resident
control and ownership. LAEV is a demonstration of the processes for
retrofitting an older built out mid city neighborhood for sustainability. |
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Weekends
August 9th - September 27th |
12-day certificate course - $1,200 or each weekend - $225 or each day - $125 Cost includes registration and tuition, materials, field trips, certification and lunch. Payment due by start of class. Workshop sites in Malibu, the Valley, Hollywood Hills, Downtown L.A., South Central L.A., Claremont EarthFlow DesignWorks in cooperation with the Los Angeles Eco-Village and CRSP present L.A Urban Permaculture Design Course A Hands-on Course in Urban Sustainability the first certificate course ever held in Los Angeles Permaculture Design is the art and science that applies patterns found in nature to the design and construction of human and natural environments. "Though the problems of the world grow increasingly complex ... the solutions are embarrassingly simple" -Bill Mollison, founder of the worldwide permaculture movement Sessions include lectures, tours, workshops, projects, and... fun:
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Saturdays
October 25 - Dec 13th |
8:30 am - 2:30 pm, $45, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA Photovoltaic System Design and Installation Teacher Tom Chatagnier continues his very affordable classes on renewable energy. for info and registration or 925/685-1230 x 2522 www.dvc.edu |
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Friday
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August 1st - 2nd |
10am - 4pm, $100-200 sliding scale for this workshop, $250-500 for the entire series. Classes held at a private home in the Fruitvale area of Oakland. Space limited, please pre-register! Plasters 102: Creating beautiful finish plasters and natural paints This series of hands-classes will explore the wonderful ways we can create beautiful, natural, ecological, (and inexpensive) interiors in an urban area! Taught by experienced builders, designed for the do-it-yourselfer! Info: 510/847-6187, buildnatural@yahoo.com . |
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Saturday August 2 |
$60, COALESCE is in Willits, CA, about 1-1/2 hr north of San Rosa on Hwy 101. Electric Vehicles Build or buy an economic alternative to gas engines. Conversions, hybrids, and scratch-builts. Taught by Michael Hackleman, author, talk-show host, and long-time renewable energy advocate. To pre-register or for more info, class dates, and maps, contact Michael Hackleman. Email: mhackleman@saber.net (preferred). Phone: (707) 459-0271. |
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Saturday August 2 |
11am - 3pm. Cost: $15-$25, no one turned away for lack of funds. Oakland. Backyard Graywater Treatment Wetlands The Guerrilla Graywater...People present a day-long, hands on workshop on designing and building small-scale graywater treatment wetlands. These systems use recycled materials and simple tools to create small wetlands that treat the water from a sink or shower for use in your garden. In this workshop you will learn basic plumbing skills, methods of wastewater treatment, what plants to use in different situations, and how to design a graywater treatment wetlands for your home. We will be constructing a small treatment wetlands at a house in North Oakland. Call for location and more information. Info: 510/428-2354. |
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Saturday August 2 |
1pm - 5pm, $5 10, no one turned away for lack of funds, Iglesia Presbiteriana de la Mision, 3261 - 23rd St, @ Capp, San Francisco. Impact of U.S. Weapons of War on Economic, Social and Physical Health A Teach-in/Speak-Out on U.S. Weapons of Mass Destruction and YOU! Info: 415/487-6431, info@bauaw.org ,http://www.bauaw.org |
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Saturday - Sunday August 2nd - 10th |
$1,095 or $135 per day if taken individually, The Lyle Center, California State University, Pomona, CA Sustainable Living 9-Day Intensive The Solar Living Institute, in partnership with the Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at CSU Pomona, will offer a comprehensive set of workshops in Sustainable Living and Regenerative Design from August 2 through 10, 2003 at the Lyle Center. The Lyle Center is a demonstration site featuring thermal solar hot water research, photovoltaic panels, a windmill, and passive solar buildings. A wetlands contains runoff from the site, walnut woodlands, edible landscaping, and permaculture gardens linked to the aquaculture ponds. A straw bale greenhouse with photovoltaic shingles is used to raise tilapia fish and is linked to the organic gardens. The integrated waste management system emphasizes recycling and composting. The term "regenerative" was chosen to emphasize the intention of the design to restore natural systems, not merely sustain them, while integrating the needs of the human community. Please join us for this unique workshop intensive.
$1,095 or $135 per day if taken individually (Register Now!) For more information and to sign up, visit: http://www.solarliving.org/ or http://www.solarliving.org/description-sustain.cfm#sustain |
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Sunday
August 3rd |
3:30pm, Free, Parkway Theater, 1834 Park Blvd., Oakland. Film : Visions of Utopia: Experiments in Sustainable Culture “Visions of Utopia" features an overview of the wide range of histories, philosophies, and lifestyles currently available in shared living communities. An open discussion with film maker Geoph Kozeny will follow. Info: 510/595-0873 . |
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Sunday
- Tuesday
August 3rd - 5th |
Sunday, 2:00pm, 4:15pm, 7:15pm, 9:20pm, Monday & Tuesday, 7:15pm, 9:20pm, Red Vic Movie House 1727 Haight Street San Francisco, CA  Blue Vinyl will screen for three days @ the worker owned Red Vic Movie House in San Francisco Now you have 8 more chances to see Blue Vinyl. This time it will be on the big screen. All the humor and hard-hitting questions will be bigger than life. Now is your chance to bring your clients, employees and friends to see what all the fuss is. For more information on the movie visit http://www.bluevinyl.org For info about the showing phone: 415-668-3994 or email managers@redvicmoviehouse.com |
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Monday
August 4 |
7:30pm, Call for location Berkeley Biodiesel Cooperative Orientation Those interested in making biodiesel welcome for new member orientation. Some technical questions can be answered. Info: 510/594-4000 x777, biobauerx@hotmail.com . |
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Monday
August 4 |
8pm, $5 Donation, Montclair Presbyterian Church, 5701Thornhill Rd., Oakland. Cultivating Healthy Farms, Foods and Communities in the East Bay Farming in the East Bay is a story of the steady loss of prime agricultural land to urban development and also an exciting tale of innovation of alternatives to corporate-owned, industrial farming. This month’s close-to-home talk features: * Gail Wadsworth, who links sustainable farmers to low-income neightborhoods in Richmond and schools to local farms; * Rick Knoll who founded Knoll Farms, a diverse agro-ecosystem producing fruits, vegetables and herbs year round using sustainable agriculture practice. Rich will show slides and describe Knoll Farms’ creative and ecological sound responses to the challenges of family farming. Info: 510/527-8043, www.close-to-home.org . |
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Tuesday
August 5th |
1:00 -3:00 pm, Free, SF Environment, EcoCenter, 11 Grove Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 San Francisco Department of the Environment invites interested parties to attend a Public Meeting on Arsenic Treated Wood The City of San Francisco recently passed an ordinance banning the use of arsenic treated wood in the construction of new City buildings and structures. Section 1302 of the ordinance requires the Department to hold a public meeting to review and adopt a list of environmentally preferable alternatives to preservative-treated wood containing arsenic. The Department of the Environment (SF Environment) has been working with technical experts and City departments to develop this list along with sample price and availability information. To see full text of the ordinance please see http://www.sfgov.org/site/government_index.asp, municipal codes, administrative codes, search arsenic. For further information or questions please contact Nisha Chauhan at 355-3760. |
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Thursday
August 7th |
7:00pm, Donations requested, New College of California, 766 & 777 Valencia St, San Francisco. Film: Brothers and Others — The plight of people of Arab descent in the U.S. since 9-11 the impact of illegal detentions on peoples’ lives. Info: Cynthia, 510/528-5403 . |
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Thursday
- Sunday
August 7th - 10th |
$137-$412, Merritt College, Oakland/Berkeley, CA Eco Wave 2003 - Ecological Design: The Unstoppable Wave A Global Interdisciplinary Conference on the Next Great Wave in Architecture. Over 100 speakers and special events, plus architectural and technical exhibits, eco bookstore, and self-guided Bay Area eco design tours.
for more information visit theSan Francisco Institute of Architecture's website: http://www.sfia.net/conference.asp#early |
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Friday August 8th  |
First 60 Electricians, Contractors, Affordable Housing Specialists $50, Next 270 registrants $100, All others $150 Santa Monica, CA Solar Electric (PV) Systems Installer Training If you are a contractor, an electrician, or affiliated in any way with affordable housing, this class is for you. These day-long classes are geared to those with previous electrical experience who need the code and installation information specifically related to photovoltaic installations. The goal of the program is to increase the pool of qualified installers available to serve the public throughout the state. The recommended prerequisite for attending this class is apprentice or journeyman level electrician status or equivalent experience. The course covers basic PV concepts, site analysis, performance calculations, pv array and balance of system installation issues, special wiring considerations, wiring methods, and issues relating to the NEC code and utility interconnection. Photovoltaic system equipment will be available to demonstrate the principles shared in class. Classes are taught by a pool of experienced instructors who have years of hands-on solar electric experience, including Bill Brooks of Endecon Engineering, Douglas Livingston, veteran PV instructor, Jeff Oldham, Project Manager of the Real Goods Solar Living Center and 20 year PV veteran Douglas Bath. Students are provided with a thorough 200-page course manual, a 600-page Solar Living Sourcebook, the definitive work on renewable energy, and other resource materials. To register for classes, contact the Solar Living Institute by calling 707-744-2017 or by emailing: sli@solarliving.org. Cancellations made prior to 2 weeks from workshop date will be charged a $25 cancellation fee. Cancellations made within 2 weeks of workshop date are non-refundable. Schedule of Solar Installer Training Classes:
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Friday
August 8th |
Noon - 1:30pm, $9 - includes optional tour of CoHousing community, Swan's Market CoHousing Common House 930 Clay Street, Oakland (Between 9th & 10th Streets) Entry directions at front gate Sustainable Business Alliance Networking Lunch: RSVP: http://www.sustainablebiz.org/cgi-script/CSMailto/forms/AugustLunchSignup.htm |
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Friday
August 8th |
7:30pm, $20, Aurora Theatre, 2081 Atkinson, Berkeley. The Accidental Activist Kathryn Blume's one woman show, is an irreverent look at taking action for peace as "an artist, as a woman and as a citizen of planet earth." Info: 415/621-1216 . |
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Friday
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August 8th - 9th |
Veterans Memorial Building, SF, 401 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco. Defeating Militarism and the Politics of Fear Speakers include:
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Saturday
August 9 |
6:30pm - 9pm, Aquatic Park, Berkeley, Wheelchair accessible. Peace Lantern Ceremony for Atomic Bomb Victims Make lantern shades and float them on the water in a beautiful Japanese ceremony remembering the victims of the atomic bombings (Nagasaki, Aug. 9, 1945) and of all wars. Info: 510/594-4088, http://www.ProgressivePortal.org/lanterns/ . |
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Saturday
August 9 |
11:00am - 6:00pm, $15-50 sliding scale, Palo Alto. Please RSVP. Bring lunch to share potluck-style, we'll eat somewhere in the middle. Biodiesel Class This will be a hands-on workshop, bringing folks from the beginnings of biodiesel homebrewing up through to making liter batches. We will also cover quality testing, washing, equipment, quality testing, ethanol biodiesel, industrial processes, things to do with glycerine byproduct, co-ops and other regional scale production, etc. Optional text available for 5 bucks. It is recommended that you at least slightly familiarize yourself with biodiesel by checking out www.journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html Info: 415/608-2323, wrench@tinkersworkshop.org |
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Saturday-
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August 9th - 10th? |
Calaveras County east of San Andreas Straw Bale Raising Party We've got our post and beam structure up (courtesy of an excellent contractor) and now we're ready to have a strawbale raising party. You're invited. It will take place on Sat., Aug. 9 and possibly Sun., Aug. 10 in . Please email Holly Mines at hymines@yahoo.com if you'd like to join us. We have camping space, electricity, a porta potty, running water, etc. More details to follow for those who are interested. Also, we need STRAWBALE TOOLS, such as saws, needles and other items you may have. Please let me know if you can lend/sell or rent your tools! |
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Saturday
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August 9th - 10th |
$100, Summit is located 3 miles west of Willits, CA. Wind Energy Basics of wind and harvesting electricity from it. Lower and extend 48-ft tower, re-rig, and re-raise. Taught by Michael Hackleman, author, talk-show host, and long-time renewable energy advocate. To pre-register or for more info, class dates, and maps, contact Michael Hackleman. Email: mhackleman@saber.net (preferred). Phone: (707) 459-0271. |
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Saturday
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August 9th - 10th |
There is no fee, plenty of space to camp and all meals will be provided by us, Sebastopol, CA Cob Home Wall Raising Party My wife and I are building a cob home in Sebastopol and we need more hands if we are to finish before the rains come. We are having a wall raising party from August 9-13. Though I am certainly not an expert builder I'm sure anybody who comes and spends a few days with us will get some new info and ideas as well as a chance to network with other people who are into natural building. I can be reached by email randiandmike@saber.net or by phone - home: (707) 865-2095 or work:(707) 869-3481. |
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Sunday
August 10th |
1:30pm, Robert Payne Park, 5800 Patterson Pass Rd, at Vasco, Livermore. Stop the War Makers: Hands Around Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab A nonviolent rally and march around Livermore nuclear weapons lab. Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now! Info: Tri-Valley CAREs, 925/443-7148, http://www.trivalleycares.org . |
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Sunday
August 10th |
10:00am - 3:00pm. Free. Oakland, Please rsvp to obtain the exact workshop location. Introduction to Homebrewing Biodiesel Learn the basics of making biodiesel, and see the whole process from collecting oil, brewing the biodiesel, washing it, filtering it, and putting it in your vehicle. Bring a delicious dish to share for a potluck lunch. Info: jenniferradtke@yahoo.com . |
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Monday
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August 11th - 12th |
9am - 4pm, $50 plus additional donations, Oakland Community Building Workshop A co-facilitated experiential process Info: angela@sevin.org . |
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6:30pm reception, 7:00pm - 9:00pm Program, Donation $3 - $7 to cover food, no one turned away. and we'll pass the hat for our musicians. Swans Market Courtyard, Clay & Ninth, Oakland, CA 94103 ADPSRs Building Ecology Forum ADPSRs Annual Membership Meeting and Party
Live Music Lest things get too serious, we've got a fun musical performance for this year's membership meeting! Frankie J. Meyer, natural builder/designer and country western singer of great charm and humor, is coming all the way from Austin Texas on a musical tour with friend Bill Oliver, also known as Mr. Habitat and the Eco-troubador. No telling what surprises these witty songsters might come up with when they play for us! You don't have to be a member to attend - Bring your friends! ADPSR NorCal Chapter POB 9126 Berkeley, CA 94709-0126 510 845-1000 adpsrmail@aol.com |
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Friday
August 15th |
9:00am -11:00am, Free, San Francisco Building Department 1660 Mission St., Room 2000 Streamlining Solar Projects in San Francisco A working group from SPUR , AIA SF, USGBC, and ADPSR members has been working with San Francisco government agencies to encourage "Greening" the building codes in San Francisco.
This meeting will address all of these issues. It is hosted by the SF Department of Building Inspection and is open to the public. I encourage those with an interest in the permitting procedure for solar installations to attend. City staff in attendance should include: SF Building Department, SF Planning Department, and SF Department of the Environment. For more info : Raphael Sperry 450 architects, inc. 450 clementina street san francisco, ca 94103 t. 415.546.0450 f. 415.546.0550 e. raphael@450architects.com |
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Saturday
August 16th |
1:00 PM, Admission is $5.00, Osher Great Hall, San Francisco Zoo, Pedestrian Entrance at 47th Avenue & Sloat Street Entrance (park along Sloat Street or take public transportation) New Parking Lot off the Great Highway (enter off Great Highway or Sloat Street) Bamboo Talk and Rare Plant Auction Durnford Dart, who established his pioneering crop in 1989, is an acknowledged world expert on the marketing and cultivation of bamboo, he is one of the very few independent, non-funded growers to establish a bamboo farm outside Asia. The plant auction is to help raise funds to cover Durn's travel expenses. His book, The Bamboo Handbook, was published in 1999 and is an informative and fascinating introduction to the world's largest grass. Of the 1,500 bamboo species worldwide, Durnford's Belli Bamboo Parkland boasts a plantation of over 65 acres containing 250 individual running and clumping species. "Bamboo species are found from the snowline to the equator and its uses are only limited by one's imagination," he says. "Bamboo is ideal for landscaping, it provides nutritious food, building materials, scaffolding, stage sets, household and garden utensils …" Durnford's main market crop is edible bamboo shoots and poles where he has generated a rapidly growing market. In addition, he imports and distributes many styles of bamboo flooring, a durable, eco- friendly alternative to wood. "Chop a tree down and you have to wait 20 - 40 years for another one to grow", he points out. "Bamboo can be harvested annually, will keep regenerating for hundreds of years and over fifteen years will yield five times the amount of timber that you'd get from Pine. The flooring is durable, attractive and it's an environmental godsend. " Hosted by the Northern California Bamboo Society, the SF Zoo Horticulture Department and the SF Zoo Membership Department For more information visit Durnford's website: www.bamboo-oz.com.au |
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Saturday
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August 16th & ?17th |
$6, Under 14, free, LA County Fairgrounds, Pomona, CA Southern California Renewable Energy Expo 25 workshops, 100 exhibitors, solar powered music, EVs Contact: Ray Boggs Phone: 888-647-6527 Fax: 760-955-3416 Website: www.socalenergyexpo.com |
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Saturday - Sunday August 16th - 17th |
$100, Summit is located 3 miles west of Willits, CA. PV (Solar Electric) Systems: Generate electricity from solar panels for homestead power, direct use, or net metering. Upgrade a PV-powered spring pump. Taught by Michael Hackleman, author, talk-show host, and long-ti | ||||||||||||||||
