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Wednesday
July 2nd |
1:00pm - 4:00pm, San Jose Green Building Materials in San Jose Lynn N. Simon, AIA, will discuss selection of building products that conserve resources, reduce pollution and waste, are low-toxic, and have low embodied energy. The information presented in this class is relevant to the "Materials and Resources" section of the USGBC LEED(tm) building certification. Please register for the free PEC classes by calling 415-973-7268 or signing up online at www.pge.com/pec/classes |
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Friday July 4th |
$300 (residential course); $50 late registration fee, Occidental Arts and Ecology Center, 15290 Coleman Valley Rd., Occidental, CA Introduction to Natural Plasters, Paints and Pigments Learn to transform the walls of your home using nature as your palette. In this weekend hands-on intensive, you will learn to make and apply a variety of interior wall finishes from fine clay plasters to milk paints. The techniques and recipes we will experiment with are suitable for earthen and conventional (sheetrock) wall systems, and can be applied to new or existing interiors. With clay, sand, straw, and your imagination, you can create gorgeous wall finishes that are virtually nontoxic and fun to apply. This is a great course for homeowners, natural building enthusiasts, and anyone interested in exploring alternatives to traditional drywall, wallpaper, paneling and painting. For more info: 707/874-1557 x201, inquiry@oaec.org. |
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Saturday - Sunday July 5th - 6th |
$250, Real Goods Solar Living Center, 13771 S. Highway 101, Hopland, CA Introduction to Photovoltaics This 2-day workshop covers the basics of electricity, load analysis, system sizing, and the components of various systems. Hands-on session includes wiring of a photovoltaic system and an extensive tour of the solar and wind energy systems at the Real Goods Solar Living Center. Day two provides a detailed look at component options and system design, including the integration of wind and hydroelectric sources, generators, and utility intertie systems. Students will have the opportunity to design their own site-specific system. For more info: 707/744-2017, sli@solarliving.org, http://www.solarliving.org/description.cfm. |
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Sunday July 6th |
4:00pm - 6:00pm, Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar St., @ Bonita, Berkeley, CA War Tax Resistance Information & Support Gathering More than half of our federal income taxes are being used for war. Find out about a variety of ways to respond. Topics will include: Creative legal protests; Refusing to pay all or part of federal taxes and the possible consequences of this form of civil disobedience. Redirecting resisted taxes to local alternative funds and/or community organizations; Local support networks for war tax resisters. For more information: Northern California War Tax Resistance, 510/843-9877, nowartax@yahoo.com. |
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Monday July 7th |
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. For more info: 510/594-4000 x777, biobauerx@hotmail.com. |
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Monday - Friday July 7th - 18th |
Paonia, Colorado Women's Photovoltaic Design and Installation This two week course will teach participants how to use PV (photovoltaics) technology to produce their own electricity from the sun. This class has a strong hands-on component during the second week of instruction. Troubleshoot existing systems, program inverters and controllers, examine code violations, learn about water pumping, and install a full PV system. Classroom curriculum includes system sizing, site analysis, hardware specification and component selection. Textbooks are included. For more information visit: http://www.solarenergy.org/womens.html |
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Tuesday July 8th |
7pm - 10pm, $35, Building Education Center, 812 Page St., Berkeley, CA Bamboo Building Strong as steel in tension, timber bamboo can grow three feet in a day, be sustainably harvested every year and uses a small fraction of the land required by trees. Turning greywater into a construction material is possible if you know how to work with it. Architect Darrel DeBoer will cover proper tool usage and joinery as well as design ideas that avoid the more difficult, time-consuming joints. For more info: 510/525-7610. |
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Wednesday 7/9/2003 
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6:00 pm reception, 6:30 pm lecture, Donation $3 - $7 PG&E's Pacific Energy Center 851 Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103 ADPSR's Building Ecology Forum: co-sponsored by Pacific Energy Center, East Bay AIA COTE and the Ecological Design Institute To Be Determined Call ADPSR 510-273-2428 or Pacific Energy Center 415-973-7268 email: WxB0@pge.com website: www.pge.com/pec to confirm event dates and topics. |
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Wednesday - Sunday July 9th - 20th |
$400 before July 1st, $500 after July 1st, Pragiri Farm, near Arlington, Washington Ecovillage Design: A 10-Day Immersion Course This particular course will be the final Graduate Design Project for an M.A. in Whole Systems Design at Antioch University Seattle. It is intended to serve as the prototype for more VDI presentations in the future. The course will be modeled upon comparable, international-standard, Permaculture and Village Design courses offered around the globe, but adapted to the unique perspectives and purposes of the Village Design Institute. In comparison to other courses, ours will have much more of a focus on the Design Studio phase. We're not merely presenting information or showing examples of work that's already been done - we want to guide course participants through the very organic process by which they can prepare themselves for doing their own, comprehensive, multi-dimensional site design work. In this regard, we will be working extensively with maps, on-site evaluation, and the community-centered Group Design Process. We want to balance theory with practical hands-on application; we want the course to have a real community feel; and we want to introduce body and sensory awareness as essential aspects of good ecological design. For a complete explanation and interpretation of the philosophy and intentions underlying this type of course, see Context Paper. For an abbreviated version, see course Design Criteria. It is important to emphasize that the faculty presenting this Ecovillage Design course have actively gone out and experienced the best that the world has to offer in this emerging new field. We're taking all we have learned - through intensive college course work, through leading-edge international design presentations, through residencies and extended practicums at premier ecovillage models, and most importantly, through our own daily, practical, hands-on efforts - and applying this collective body of knowledge to the creation of a dynamic, timely, useful, regionally-based, holistic - mind, body, spirit - learning experience. For further qualifications, see Faculty and Staff. Site course info page lists links for registration, food menu, directions, and other pertinent information. Contact info is on the website: http://villagedesign.org Course information available at: http://villagedesign.org/vdi_courses.htm |
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Thursday July 10th |
7:00pm, Donation requested, no one turned away for lack of funds. Environmental Technology Center, Sonoma State U., 1801 East Cotati Ave, Rohnert Park, CA Films on Green Design
For more info: Armando Navarro, 707/664-2577. |
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Friday July 11th  |
First 60 Electricians, Contractors, Affordable Housing Specialists $50, Next 270 registrants $100, All others $150 Real Goods Solar Living Center Hopland, 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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Saturday July 12th |
$75, includes vegetarian lunch Northern California Cohousing Tour The tour, led by David Ergo of Cotati Cohousing, will visit Two Acre Wood and Cotati Cohousing in Sonoma County as well as four communities in San Francisco's East Bay. For more info: joani@swansway.com, https://secure2.anu.net/cohousing/tour/tour.html. |
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Saturday July 12th |
$65, Real Goods Solar Living Center, 13771 S. Highway 101, Hopland, CA Grid-Tied Solar Electric Systems and Rebates This workshop is designed to give you the knowledge needed to evaluate energy use patterns and to plan for energy alternatives. Find out how you can generate clean, renewable electricity to your home and provide excess power back to the utility company. In this half day class, you will learn the basics of utility intertie systems, net-metering laws, costs and paybacks, as well as up-to-date information on the CA Energy Commission (CEC) state rebate programs now available. Info: 707/744-2017, sli@solarliving.org, http://www.solarliving.org/description.cfm. |
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Saturday - Sunday July 12th - 13th |
Free, Space is limited — please pre-register, Canyon, CA Strawbale/Earthen Cottage Building Workshop By getting your hands dirty, you will get an introduction to the 10,000 year old art of natural building. Including: cob (earthen) & strawbale techniques, siting, foundations, passive solar, local materials, and more. Formore info: 510/557-7017, dangballs@hotmail.com. |
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Sundays July 13th & 20th |
$550, Willits, CA Introduction to Cob and Natural Building This course covers the basics of building with cob along with other natural building materials such as strawbale and slipstraw. Students will learn how to select and test materials for cob and to formulate the ideal cob mix. Various cob wall building techniques will be taught, such as attaching wood to cob, placing windows and doors, and sculpting architectural details with cob. We will work on hybrid buildings that smoothly integrate cob with other natural materials for exterior and interior walls. This course includes philosophical and theoretical discussions on building design and siting, including passive solar design, foundation and roof work, and natural finishes. For more info: Seven Generations Natural Builders, 415/868-0930, sasha@sgnb.com, www.sgnb.com. |
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Sunday - Wednesday July 13th - 23rd 
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Kansas to California The 6th Bi-annual American Solar Car Race Challenge! From July 13th to 23th, 2003, 2300 miles of solar raycing will challenge teams from around the world. High tech and high efficiency solar cars will cross the Great Plains, climb the Rocky Mountains, and dash over the Great American Desert to the finish line in Southern California. to learn more and for volunteer opportunities visit the website. Cars from Stanford, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, UC Berkeley are entered in the race. For more info please visit http://www.formulasun.org/asc/index.html |
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Monday
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June 14th - 15th |
Alexis Park Resort Hotel in Las Vegas, NV Electric Power in the Southwest Conference This conference will help provide energy professionals from all sectors a better understanding of current market and regulatory conditions in the Southwest, and the faculty of expert speakers will offer insight as to how evolving policies are shaping the markets of the future. Program Co-chairs: Arthur O'Donnell of The Energy Overseer and Fred Schmidt Esq. of Hale Lane Peek Dennison and Howard. Information or registration: call us at (800) 854-8009; or visit this web site http://www.clenews.com/LSI/03/03resnv.htm. |
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Monday - Thursday July 14th - 17th |
$950 registration fee includes most meals, lodging (double occupancy), classroom and conference materials. Single room surcharge is $130. $750 registration fee if no lodging is required., Santa Barbara, CA The Solar Schoolhouse Summer Institute for Educators Educators attending this summer seminar will learn about the science and history of heating, cooling and powering our homes with the Sun. Participants will build solar cookers, model passive solar homes, solar electric cars/fountains, and conduct energy audits. We will visit several local low-energy, solar buildings to see these designs in practice. In addition to learning the science of proper building design (e.g. thermodynamics, electricity, seasonal changes) and how to fit these exercises into your curriculum, participants will walk away with practical knowledge that they can apply in their own lives. Integrating solar energy education into your curriculum can provide an element of excitement and hope for the future. Solar Schoolhouse - Education Energized by the Sun http://www.solarschoolhouse.org/ssh/ssh_si2003.html For more information contact Tor Allen The Rahus Institute/ Martinez, California ph: 925-370-7262/ fax: 815-461-1465 tor@rahus.org http://www.rahus.org Free subscription to Solar e-Clips available at... http://www.californiasolarcenter.org http://www.solarschoolhouse.org |
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Saturday - Sunday July 19th - 20th |
Individuals: $100/day or $175 for both days, Couples: $175/day or $300 for both days Price does not include meals or lodging. Please bring your own lunch.)Angles Camp, CA California Straw Building Association (CASBA) presents: CASBA Introductory Straw Bale Workshop
Lodging, including
camping, is available in the town of Angels Camp. A list of motels and
campgrounds will be sent with registration acknowledgment. |
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Monday - Friday July 21st - 25th |
Paonia, Colorado Women's Carpentry: Empowerment with Power Tools The carpentry class for women is an introduction to the uses and techniques of power tools and the fundamentals of carpentry. The five-day class will cover basic power tools used for the construction of a shed with the aim of giving participants the confidence and abilities to use these skills towards their own projects. Women instructors with a wide range of experience in the carpentry trade will facilitate this class. For more information visit: http://www.solarenergy.org/womens.html |
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Friday - Sunday July 25th - 27th |
$5 per adult per day, with weekend, youth, and senior discounts, volunteers and children under 12 free. Camping is available (free for volunteers). Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day, OR The Fifth Annual SolWest Renewable Energy Fair Admission includes over 40 free workshops on both off-grid and grid-intertied renewable energy (RE) and sustainable living topics. Fifty exhibitors show tools for energy and lifestyle self-reliance. Keynote speakers emphasize the limitless possibilities for renewable energy. An Electrathon race highlights efficient, lightweight vehicle technology. For more information contact: Jennifer Barker SolWest/EORenew PO Box 485 Canyon City, OR 97820 phone 541-575-3633 info@solwest.org or visit www.solwest.org |
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