[Sdpg] SolFest 2003 August 23rd and 24th at the 12-acre Real Goods Solar Living Center in Hopland
Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson
lakinroe at silcom.com
Wed Jul 16 06:10:46 PDT 2003
http://www.solarliving.org
SolFest 2003 is slated for August 23rd and 24th at the 12-acre Real Goods
Solar Living
Center in Hopland, 94 miles north of San Francisco.
We are underway with plans to bring you
the best ever weekend of incredible education mixed
with fun.
Join us to experience first hand the latest
renewable energy technologies and healthy lifestyle
practices. Meet kindred spirits working on the
cutting edge of technology and future thinking
to pioneer innovative solutions and sustainable
lifestyles. Find out what's hot in renewable
energy systems (such as solar roofing), learn about
hydrogen fuel cells as well as efficient,
environmentally sound building materials that will
help you achieve your goal of walking lightly
on the planet and becoming energy independent.
SolFest is a family affair with more programs and
workshops for children added each year.
The Central Oasis at the Solar Living Center
features a fun zone where kids can cool off in the
bubbling stream while learning about solar energy
and the characteristics of life-giving water.
The "flow-form," designed by Rudolph Steiner
soothes the children's spirits while activating
their imaginations. This year, children will paint
a mural on a biodiesel school bus touring the
country as well as create stepping stone mandala
spirals around the Solar Living Center
ponds. Activities and art projects that cater to
their special brand of curiosity guarantee that
parents will be able to stay as long as they like
because SolFest is for children too.
SolFest 2003 highlights will include a special
focus on alternative fuels including hydrogen
and the increasingly popular biodiesel. In
addition, we're expanding our workshop categories
to include a designated Food and Farming series of
informative one-hour presentations
throughout the weekend.
In conjunction with the ecological Farming
Association, SolFest will be facilitating a special
Greening the Farm seminar on Friday, the day before
SolFest. Farmers from all over the
country will have an opportunity to learn how to
transform their current fossil fuel based
energy sources into renewable technologies. To
learn more, contact the Ecological Farming
Association at info at eco-farm.org or call
831-763-2111 and ask for Lynn. Sponsorships for
this unique collaboration are available and include
a variety of seminar and SolFest benefits.
Since we can’t accommodate 10,000 people year
round, this year we’ll help you get the tools
you need to develop your own sustainable community
with workshops and a panel of shared
housing and intentional community experts.
Gracing our SolFest driveway this year, as
attendees make their way to the central event
area, will be the Foundation for Global
Community’s Walk Through Time, a 90-panel display
depicting the cosmological evolution of earth. The
display was originally created by Hewlett
Packard employees to give a context to their
decision making processes.
SPEAKERS AND MUSIC
Our keynote speakers this year include nationally
acclaimed columnist and radio
commentator JIM HIGHTOWER; author, activist and
renowned eco-psychology pioneer
DAVID ORR (author of Earth Literacy and Earth in
Mind) from Oberlin College in Ohio;
GRANNY D (aka Doris Haddock), a long-time activist
who received widespread recognition in
1999 for her walk across the U.S. at age 90 to draw
attention to campaign finance reform;
activist and author STARHAWK just back from Israel
and Palestine; environmentalist and
activist JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL who lived on a
200-foot-tall ancient redwood tree for two
years; actor ED BEGLEY, and MOLLIE KATZEN, famed
author of The Moosewood
Cookbook. Also presenting will be NEIL ROSSMEISSL,
with DOE's Office of Hydrogen, Fuel
Cells and Infrastructure Technologies Program, who
has been working on hydrogen
technologies and
issues at DOE since 1993.
SolFest entertainers bring the message of
sustainability to life in music, drumming, and
drama. They remind us that living a sustainable
life encompasses heartful expressions
through the performing arts, too.
This year's entertainment include multi-talented
East Texas musician and songwriter
MICHELLE SHOCKED, local folk legend HOLLY NEAR with
pianist Adrienne Torf;
balladeer extraordinaire JIM PAGE; Tai ko drumming
by DANCE BRIGADE; danceable
northern California festival favorites !AKIMBO; the
original flamenco jazz reggae music of
ALMA MELODIOSO; and a character created by former
Solar Living Institute volunteer
Lindsay Hassett, BETTY BIODIESEL; and more.
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SOLFEST
WORKSHOPS http://www.solarliving.org/solfestworkshops2003.pdf
With over 55 workshops on sustainable living and
renewable energy, tons of delicious
organic food, beer and wine, and up to 10,000 of
your closest friends, this is an event not to
miss!
Workshops during the SolFest weekend inspire and
inform SolFest participants. Yearly
surveys indicate that most attendees come to our
event expressly for the workshops. Here is
a sampling of workshops titles scheduled for 2003:
Fuel Cells and Marketplace Challenges,
Off-Grid Financing, Cob and Strawbale Construction,
Solar Hot Water, Wabi Sabi for
Westerners, Practical Hydrogen, Building with a
Conscience, Bringing Nature Home and
Save Money from Solar Tax Rebates. Many SolFest
workshops are previews of year-round
workshops offered by the Institute. Stay tuned.
We’ll have our SolFest schedule available by
July 7th.
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SOLFEST EVENT GUIDE – BOOK YOUR AD BY JUNE 20th
The SolFest Event Guide will be featured as an
insert in the East Bay Express and SF
Weekly as well as distributed in 17 Whole Foods
stores throughout Northern California the
last week of July. The first week of August, look
for it in the North Bay Bohemian. Over a
quarter of a million readers will be inspired to
attend SolFest with our complete schedule and
itinerary of weekend activities. If you are
interested in advertising, see the SolFest Ad Rates.
SPONSORS
Sponsors for this year's SolFest include: DOE's
Office of Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and
Infrastructure Technologies Program, BP Solar,
Gaiam, Mother Earth News, Mother
Jones, Real Goods, YurtBoy.com, Utne magazine,
Natural Home, Conscious Media,
Inc., E Magazine, Solar Today, Wolavers Certified
Organic Ales, Ukiah Brewing
Company and Restaurant, AstroPower, Yokayo
Biofuels, Frey Vineyards, Evergreen
Solar, Eternal Natural Artesian Water, Earth Island
Journal, Foundation for Global
Community, In Business Magazine, TS Designs,
VegNews, Birkenstock, Green Money
Journal, Home Power Magazine, Barbara's Bakery,
Toyota, PowerLight, KRCB Radio
& Televisioin, Clif Bar, KZYX&Z, 97.7 The River,
Sunny Boy Inverters, California
Energy Commission, and North Bay Bohemian.
Sponsorships Available!
SolFest prides itself in creating a wide range of
marketing and advertising benefits available
for your sponsorship contribution. Benefits include
our national advertising campaign (full page
ads in Natural Home, Mother Jones and E Magazine),
and regional radio and print ad
campaigns covering San Francisco, the entire North
Bay, the Sonoma, Mendocino Coast and
Mendocino County. Sponsorship at any level will
include booth space and amenities. SolFest
offers a variety of special incentives to inspire
sponsors to return year after year. Benefits
always include access to the VIP hospitality tent
replete with organic delectables, links on
the Institute's Web site and this year all
sponsorships include ads in the SolFest program
distributed throughout Northern California to over
100,000 people prior to the event.
In addition to the SolFest marketing advantages,
sponsor-generated publicity and promotional
campaigns benefit greatly from their SolFest
affiliation, capitalizing on the national reputation
of the Institute and event as THE source for
sustainability and renewable energy education.
For information regarding SolFest 2003
sponsorships, please contact Belle Starr by emailing:
Belle at SolFest.org or calling 928-649-8180.
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EXHIBITORS
Book Now! Click here for SolFest 2003 Exhibitor
Pricing and Map, Registration Form,
or General Exhibitor Information
Booth spaces are nearly sold out. Make arrangements
TODAY!
For more information on exhibiting at SolFest 2003,
contact Andrea Tintle by calling
480-488-8792 or by emailing: Andrea at SolFest.org.
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Sponsors, Exhibitors, Partners
Speakers/Music | Workshops | Book Your Ad |
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VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Step right up and let us count on you to help make
SolFest the incredible event that it is.
You'll receive FREE ADMISSION. Volunteers may also
be able to camp on site at the Solar
Living Center, and get a fabulous organic cotton
SolFest Staff T-shirt. Sign up now to
volunteer and mail or fax it to the Solar Living
Institute, P. O. Box 836, Hopland, CA 95449,
Fax: 707-744-1682. Or, to receive more information
on volunteering, contact Coral Mills at the
Solar Living Institute at 707-744-2100 ext. 2102 or
email: coral.mills at solarliving.org
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