A sampling of our Interviewees! Stay tuned for a more completed list.
Vermont: June-August
Lori Barg: Solar Hot Water
Homemade solar hot water heater designed with roofing tin and piping, for just $150.
Jill & George Bubier: Off-Grid Living & Passive Energy
Off-grid living as a simple solution for paying less for energy.
Robert & Susan Lloyd: Off-Grid living
Simple ways to be a food and energy producer
Moe O’Hara: Upcycling
Giving products a second life to avoid being tossed away.
CarShare Vermont: Car share program
Car lending program to reduce transportation emissions and vehicle maintenance costs.
First Unitarian Universalist Church: Photovoltaic Carport
Reducing future energy costs with small-scale, renewable energy installations.
Massachusetts: September 2-6
Pedal People: Human powered delivery service
Transporting goods by way of bicycle power
Cambridge Energy Alliance: Energy audits
Energy Audits: How to save on home heating and cooling costs
Boston Food Swap: Sharing surplus food goods
Food bartering program
New York: September 6-9
I Am Not A Virgin: Up-cycling beer bottled to jeans
Recycling unusable glass into trendy, upscale jeans
Renaissance Charter High-school for Innovation
Environmental ethics and lifestyle growth via Roof top garden systems
Ulster County Tool Bank: Tool Shed Cooperative
Sharing neighborhood supplies, condensing consumption
Ohio: September 10-12
2100 Lakeside Shelter
The use of sustainable practices, such as: WVO vehicles, waterless urinals and metered showers to reduce consumption and save on energy, for the larger purpose of maintaining the health and well-being of the shelter.
Natural Building Network & the Village Building Convergence
Building with alternative building materials
Michigan: September 13
Georgia Street 313:
Abandoned parking lots, revitalized into urban gardens and community outreach centers
Illinois: September 13-16
Midwest Permaculture:
Sponsoring symbiotic relationships between land & people. Self Producers
The Plant:
Old mill space acting as a vertical farm and incubator for small businesses
Indiana: September 18-20
5-Kingdom Development:
“Dedicated to creating abundant lifestyles for the 21st century economy by guiding communities, organizations, and industries in the most productive, positive projects through integration of education and implementation of sustainable systems.“
Missouri: September 21-24
Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage:
Collaborate living
Fairfield, Iowa: September 25-27
Minneapolis:September 27-30
Harvest Moon Farmers: Backyard farming
Growing food on small plots of land for resiliency
Community Design Group: Sustainable mobility
Easing mobility in metropolitan areas
Open Streets Festival
Colorado: October 1-October 5
Elui: Upcycling
Montana: October 6-9
Washington: October 10-15
P-Patch Community Gardening: Cooperative Gardening
Community Gardening and CSA programs
Oregon: October 15-17
POD Alternative Dwellings:
Small, portable housing and living with our means
California: October 18-27
Lucy Penido: Native Gardening
Using local fauna to maintain natural habits and secure sustainable ecosystems
Beth Terry: ” My Life without Plastic”
Removing plastic from the equation
Bioneers Conference
Stanford Woods Institute
Nevada: October 28
Arizona: October 29-30
New Mexico: October 31-November 1
Earthship Houses:
Alternative building materials/sustainable housing
Texas: November 2-6
Sustain Center
Integrated sustainable systems
Dripping Spring Ollas:
Simple and efficient irrigation systems planting and small gardens
Pure Salvage Living:
Building houses with recycled material
In.gredients:
Package free and zero waste grocery store
New Orleans: November 7-9
Mississippi:November 10-11
Tennessee: November 12-13
Georgia: November 14-16
Box Car Grocer:
Locally sourced food market
Ark Fab, Georgia Tech:
Sustainable micro-ecosystems: Aquaphonics
Tennessee: November 17-18
North Carolina: November 19-22
South Carolina: November 23-24
Groovy Garbage:
Reusing and revitalizing goods
Virginia:
Relay Foods:
Washington D.C: December 1-
