This program highlights local people who have played trailblazing roles in the inevitable evolution from unsustainable to sustainable sources of energy. These are people who didn't wait around for governments or non-profits or (finally) utilities to provide incentives. They simply went out and did it.
Our first presenter is Kirby Wilkins, a Reidsville musician and repairer of guitars who, many years ago, performed the analysis that even today seems to elude large portions of the general public – that ultimately we have to “go solar.” His presentation is titled “Ten Years Off the Grid,” and if you infer from this that Mr. Wilkins has produced all of his own electric power for a decade, your inference is absolutely correct. What he will show you – in a truly convincing way – is that energy sustainability, at the residential level, is practical and available to those with limited financial resources. And that's just the start: rainwater capture, composting, organic gardening, tankless water heating, wind power production, photovoltaic power production – the list goes on and on. And of course his guitar repair business is “off the grid” as well.
The second presentation will feature T.S. Designs, a T-Shirt manufacturer located in Burlington. Once again there is almost no way to describe what these people have done over the past decade or so. Water re-cycling, composting (for soil improvement, for space heating, for liquids heating), photovoltaics, wind power, biodiesel, organic gardening, sustainable manufacturing – you get the picture. Not surprisingly, T.S. Designs is the winner of “sustainable business” awards and is recognized throughout the region as one of the most forward-thinking operations on the planet.
True to the title of the program, the focus will be on energy. But you won't have any trouble getting these folks to talk about the other neat things they do. This promises to be nothing less than a blast!
What: Community Energy Pioneers
When: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 9:30 AM
Where: Kathleen Clay Edwards Family Branch Library, 1420 Price Park Rd., Greensboro
Cost: Free
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