Community Energy Conference on Salt Spring
Advance tickets for the April 23 Community Energy Conference and Social are now on sale at Salt Spring Books. Tickets are $15 in advance, and your conference ticket is also a free pass to the Earth Day (April 22) film night, 7:30 pm at Mahon Hall. The film night will feature shorts, and a feature documentary on creating community solar and energy democracy.
The 2016 Community Energy Conference and Social is an all-day event on Saturday, April 23rd at GISS where you can learn the latest in energy efficiency and renewable energy news as they apply to our lives right here on the Gulf Islands. Doors open at 8:30 am, conference begins 9:30.
Keynotes:
John Farrell, an inspiring community solar leader from Minnesota will speak by video on Democratizing Solar For A Resilient Low Carbon Community
Alex Love, General Manager of Nelson Hydro, will speak on BC’s First Community Solar Garden
Workshops
• Rooftop Solar 101
• Low Carbon Investing
• Electric Vehicles: Save Money, Energy and Carbon
• Awesome E-Bikes: An Introduction
• Community Solar: What’s Happening in Our Region?
• Energy Lessons Learned By Living Off the Grid
• Co-housing: Building a Lower-Carbon Community
• The Latest in Heat Pumps
• Home Retrofits and New Home Design
• Year-Round Harvest with Linda Gilkeson
• Low-Carbon, Subtropical Food Growing On SSI… really?
• Greener Travel For Lower Carbon Footprints
• The Ins and Outs of Electric Vehicle Charging
• Planning and Building for Energy Efficiency
• Net Metering with BC Hydro
Also Part of the Conference:
Tours of the GISS Solar Scholarship Array
A Supervised Children’s Room
Post-Conference Tour of Jane Squire’s Sustainable Greenhouse work
Save $10 now – Your Advance Ticket gives you a free pass to the Energy Democracy Film night on Earth Day (evening) and $5 off the Conference door price of $20.