Thursday, April 2, 2009

Adam Turtle is presenting a FREE seminar April 24 and 25, 2009!

On Friday, April 24th 10am-4pm and Saturday April 25th 10am-1pm, Adam Turtle, head of the Earth Advocates Research Farm, will be presenting on how to survive during the food and fuel crisis. At this seminar, You will be introduced to the world of permaculture where you will learn how to grow your own food, create an edible landscape garden, compost, rainwater collection, raising and using bamboo, medicinal plants and herbs and building ponds. This free seminar will be held at 1411 Locust Street in Downtown St. Louis. Sponsored by Missouri Renewable Energy, KNLC TV and New Life Evangelistic Center. For further information, contact Jeff at 314-881-3213.

Missouri Renewable Energy is well on the way to a great year in 2009!

Our new lineup of workshops and energy fair dates [make these hot links] are hot off the presses, and we’re excited about a number of new programs. Along with many of our classic workshop courses – Biodiesel; Sun, Wind & Water; Advanced Photovoltaics and the like – we’ve also added a great new list of courses to the mix [list these]. We at MORE value your input – drop us a line (or comment here) if you have any suggestions for future workshops or Energy Fairs!

On the “big picture” end of things, we’re also thrilled to see some of the new green policies that are taking shape – particularly through the new federal stimulus bill.

Here are some especially hopeful signs from the Stimulus Package:

  • $500 million has been promised toward “green collar jobs.” What are these? “Green collar jobs” (think “white-collar” or “blue-collar” jobs), are any occupations that promote a greener, more sustainable future. Such jobs range from sustainable construction to wind generator production to home weatherization. All we at MORE can say is: Hooray! Years before the “Green Collar” craze, MORE was already working to train homeless and otherwise disadvantaged men in the sustainable trades of the future: home biodiesel production, solar panel instillation, greenhouse gardening and more. We couldn’t be more thrilled that the “green collar movement” is finally taking the country by storm – not only helping the environment, but bringing millions of good jobs when the country needs them most. (For more information on the Green Collar movement, click here to see what Van Jones and Green For All have been doing in Oakland, California. It’s downright hopeful stuff!). The plan, as it stands now, would put 460,000 Americans to work on environmentally helpful projects nationwide.

  • Tens of billions more dollars have been apportioned to remake the country’s electric industry into a greener enterprise. Include here is a “smart grid” that will allow us to use renewable energy sources like solar and wind much more easily and affordably. In the long run, this “smart grid” will save America a ton of money, AND be a huge help for the environment!

  • The stimulus will result in DOUBLE the amount of alternative energy products to be produced over the next three years

  • And in ways most important of all, the stimulus will provide funds to weatherize up to 2 million homes --- many of which belong to poor families who can hardly keep up with utility bills --- by sealing leaking windows, better insulating walls, floors and ceilings, and the like. NOTHING will get more “bang for the buck,” and nothing could be a better first step toward helping the poor and the environment.

We’d love to hear from you -- What do you think about the new “green” wing of the stimulus package?

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