For Print: Friday Saturday Sunday

The Renewable Energy Roundup and Green Living Fair Schedule of Talks, Mini-Workshops, and Tours Select the way you want it displayed: As Table As List Roundup HOME Clicking on any item shows details in a separate window. Friday, September 26, 2008 (Grounds open at 12:00 noon) Green Arena Red Arena White Arena mini-workshops Blue Arena Pavilion A kids' activities Tours Noon 1:00 pm Renewables for Low-Income Homeowners: The Rays of Hope Project --- Effie Brunson --- FREE Doing It Yourself: The Down-and-Dirty of Building a Better Tomorrow In Your Garage Today --- Luke Iseman --- FREE My Ego @ 3 --- Heather M. Williamson --- FREE Growing Gourmet Garlic in Texas for Fun and Profit --- Bob Anderson --- FREE Healthy Aspects of Grass Fed Beef --- Gerry Shudde --- FREE 2:00 pm Animal Farm: 15 Years Off The Grid --- Cas Vanwoerden --- FREE Solar Water Heating - The Most Cost Effective Renewable Energy --- John Mann --- FREE Making Community Wind Happen with the Northwind100 --- Jim Brannen --- FREE Sustainable Building Using Giant CEB Blocks -- The EarthCo Megablock Process --- Larry Williamson --- FREE 3:00 pm LEED Green Building with Combined Heat and Power: It's Time --- Rich Herweck --- FREE Rainwater Harvesting Options in Texas --- Billy Kniffen --- FREE Is Organics Over? --- Melanie McAfee --- FREE Biodiesel and Vegetable Oil as Diesel Fuel --- Jason Burroughs --- FREE August E's --- Executive Chef Leu Savanh --- FREE 4:00 pm Sorting Through Green Building Programs --- Don Ferrier --- FREE Pedernales Electric - Green Works Initiative --- Diana Gonzales --- FREE What is Zero Waste? --- Melanie McAfee --- FREE Site Evaluation & Septic 101 --- George Witta --- FREE 5:00 pm Keynote: Organic and Local Food for Sustainability --- Mason Arnold --- FREE Saturday, September 27, 2008 (Grounds open at 9:00 am) Green Arena Red Arena White Arena mini-workshops Blue Arena Pavilion A kids' activities Tours 9:00 am 10:00 am Putting the Lessons of the Roundup to Work! A Case History of Solar/Rainwater/Green Building & Gard --- Glen Trahan --- FREE Distributed Generation - Interconnection Issues --- Marble, Sanford C. --- FREE All Natural Solutions For a Safer Yard --- Tropical John Thomas --- FREE Emissions Reduction Goal Easily Within Our Reach --- Susan Meredith --- FREE 11:00 am Small Wind 102: The Basics of Wind --- Ken Starcher --- FREE A Fresh Approach to Growing Your Own Food --- David Lewis & Catherine Robert --- FREE The Last Home You Will Ever Build --- Don Ferrier, CGB --- FREE The German Model For Rainwater Collection --- Joseph Wheeler --- FREE Cooking With Cheese --- Robyn Just & Chrissy Omo --- FREE Noon Smart Building in a Hot Climate --- Mary McLeod --- FREE Texas Energy Efficiency Legislation for Political Subdivisions --- Stephen A. Ross --- FREE Solar Thermal Using Evacuated Tubes --- Hollis Fitch III --- FREE 1:00 pm Keynote: Self Reliance and Building a Sustainable Future --- Matthew Stein --- FREE 2:00 pm Building a Green Home: This Way or That Way? --- Robert Zirkel --- FREE Biodiesel Basics --- Jess Hewitt --- FREE Solar Electric Design and Installation for the Home --- Hunter Berry --- FREE Solar Swimming Pool & Residential Heating --- David Bebeau, Owner --- FREE Cooking With Edible Herbs & Flowers --- William Varney --- FREE 3:00 pm Rainwater Harvesting Basics --- Dick Peterson --- FREE Using Geothermal Energy in Texas --- Tom Hawk --- FREE Building A Safe, Affordable, Enviormentally Friendly Home --- Ralph Smoot --- FREE 4:00 pm Texas: Epicenter of the Clean Energy Universe? --- Mike Sloan --- FREE Evaluating the Performance of Photovoltaic Installations --- Prof. Mack Grady --- FREE Selecting the Proper Sized Wind Turbine for Your Application --- Tony Jimenez --- FREE Sustainable Landscape Architecture --- Michael Morrow --- FREE Cast Iron Cooking and Exotic Food --- Bruce Deuley --- FREE 5:00 pm The Texas Hill Country’s First Official Certified LEED® Home --- LaVerne Williams, AIA, LEED® AP Environment Associates, Architects & Consultants with the home owner --- FREE Plugging Children into Nature --- Sherra N Theisen, PhD --- FREE Healthy Land. Sustainable Future. --- Merridee McClatchy --- FREE Sunday, September 28, 2008 (Grounds open at 9:00 am) Green Arena Red Arena White Arena mini-workshops Blue Arena Pavilion A kids' activities Tours 9:00 am 10:00 am Big Problems, Localized Solutions --- Jake Stewart --- FREE Help Your Parents Put $500 in Their Pockets! --- Matthew Evans, Hallie Casey and Joanna Casey --- FREE Community Supported Agriculture --- Brad Stufflebeam --- FREE Pure Drinking Water Anywhere/Anytime --- Robert L. Macosko --- FREE Benefits of Eating Plant Based, Raw, Local, & Organic Foods --- Chrisa M. Emrick --- FREE Turtle Rock Ranch Tour --- Chip Wolfe --- $25 11:00 am Austin's First Official LEED Platinum Home --- LaVerne Williams, AIA, LEED AP Environment Associates, Architects & Consultants with the home owners --- FREE Solar or Wind Powered Water Pumping --- Brian Vick --- FREE EVERY DROP COUNTS...Having the Freedom to Sustain Your Home or Business with Rainwater --- Barry and Tamarah Wall --- FREE Noon Keynote: Green Building by Design, Not By Device --- Peter Pfeiffer --- FREE 1:00 pm Solar Water Heating for the Home or Business --- Thomas Isaac --- FREE Cooking Smart: Solar Cookers and Greening the Traditional Kitchen --- Monica Salyer --- FREE Greenbuilding in the Real World --- Wayne Jeansonne --- FREE Small Wind up to the Big Stuff --- Mike Correale --- FREE All About Texas Olives --- Saundra Winokur --- FREE 2:00 pm The Latest on Plug-In Cars --- Mark Kapner and Dan Petit --- FREE Protecting the Right to Farm --- Judith McGeary --- FREE Cleaning Green: Creating Healthy Spaces at Home and at the Workplace --- Amanda May --- FREE Select the way you want it displayed: As Table As List Roundup HOME