A second Sustainability Showcase sponsored by Oconee County Democratic Committee October 24
The Priests house is in the narrow area of an Athens mailing address in Oconee County, this near the newer shopping centers near the border of Clarke and Oconee counties.
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:39:04 -0400
Subject: [oconee] A second "Sustainability Showcase"
Woven brightly, 
Daniel J. Matthews, Jr.Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 16:39:04 -0400
Subject: [oconee] A second "Sustainability Showcase"
Hello everyone concerned with our future
The Oconee Democrats are gearing up for another "Sustainability
Showcase" -- two weeks from today. The event will take place from 3 to
5 on Sunday, October 24th. See the information below about this fun and
informative event that showcases Democrats' concern for the environment,
green jobs, and the increased national security that comes from greater
independence from oil and the electric grid.
If you can help that day, please let me know. We'll have informational
stations set up -- and we could use drivers willing to ferry people in
their hybrid or bio-diesel cars.
More than 100 people attended when we held the showcase about a year and
a half ago. Come see what is new - from strawberry towers to cold frames
and the neat bamboo grape arbor.
Let me know if you have questions -- and please forward this to folks
who might be interested in attending and/or willing to help that afternoon.
Thank you very much for your continued interest.
Pat Priest
706/353-8310
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"Sustainability Showcase"
Sunday, October 24th
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Meeting point: Nature's Outpost on Epps Bridge Parkway
A whole host of innovative, earth-friendly products and projects will be
on display at the second "Sustainability Showcase" sponsored by the
Oconee Democrats at a home just off Epps Bridge Parkway.
The free showcase is set for 3:00 to 5:00 om Sunday, October 24th. During these two hours, experts
will be on hand at the site to discuss low- and high-tech projects such
as solar power, cisterns, solar cookers, people-powered mowers, worm
composting, clotheslines, using bamboo in gardens, and more.
Because sustainability is the focus, carpooling is built into the event.
Visitors will be ferried to the showcase site in hybrid and bio-diesel
vehicles from a gathering point at the Nature's Outpost store near
Kohl's on Epps Bridge Parkway. Drivers will describe the hybrid or
bio-fuel technology during the short ride. Hybrids such as the Toyota
Prius produce 90% fewer emissions than regular vehicles and get about 50
miles per gallon.
The showcase site is owned by Pat and Neal Priest. They have worked to
make their home earth friendly in its carbon footprint and safe and
welcoming to pollinators and other creatures.
The Priests had to cut down trees to create an ideal spot for their two
solar arrays. With the help of experts, they then used the felled
timber to make low-impact garden beds, where they grow blueberries and
staples such as onions. They installed a 3,000-gallon cistern to catch
rain off the metal garage roof to water the beds.
"It is a marvelous feeling of security to know we have that water to draw
from," said Pat Priest. "And for our garden, we don't have to pull from or pay for county
water, a system that takes a lot of electric power to move across the
miles from a treatment plant."
Their solar set-up installed by OneWorld Sustainable offsets the
couple's power bill because they sell the electricity they generate back
to the grid. It will take a while to pay off their investment, but they
wanted to supply green energy to an industry that is heavily reliant on
coal, a major contributor to global warming. And as a physician, Neal
Priest sees a lot of children and others with respiratory ailments in
the emergency room, so he was willing to invest in a cleaner future for
everyone.
"The event is really a celebration of the natural
world, with information from knowledgeable people about things everyone
can do," said Dr. Priest. "There is a new focus this year on pollinator-friendly steps
people can take, from undoing your lawn to building simple homes for
native mason bees. Pollinators -- so crucial to agriculture -- are
under threat from pesticides, loss of habitat, disease, and other ailments."
Jonathan Veit, chair of the Oconee Democrats, said of this second
Sustainability Showcase the group has sponsored: "We want to underscore
our commitment to learning more about how we can save water and energy
and stave off the worst of global climate change so that we can be
better stewards of the planet for the sake of our children."
The public is welcome to attend this free event and tour the garden and
garage where the solar panels and cistern are installed. Show-and-tell
stations will be set up around the yard.
For more information, contact Pat Priest at patricia.priest@yahoo.com or
706/353-8310.
The Oconee Democrats are gearing up for another "Sustainability
Showcase" -- two weeks from today. The event will take place from 3 to
5 on Sunday, October 24th. See the information below about this fun and
informative event that showcases Democrats' concern for the environment,
green jobs, and the increased national security that comes from greater
independence from oil and the electric grid.
If you can help that day, please let me know. We'll have informational
stations set up -- and we could use drivers willing to ferry people in
their hybrid or bio-diesel cars.
More than 100 people attended when we held the showcase about a year and
a half ago. Come see what is new - from strawberry towers to cold frames
and the neat bamboo grape arbor.
Let me know if you have questions -- and please forward this to folks
who might be interested in attending and/or willing to help that afternoon.
Thank you very much for your continued interest.
Pat Priest
706/353-8310
------------------------
"Sustainability Showcase"
Sunday, October 24th
3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Meeting point: Nature's Outpost on Epps Bridge Parkway
A whole host of innovative, earth-friendly products and projects will be
on display at the second "Sustainability Showcase" sponsored by the
Oconee Democrats at a home just off Epps Bridge Parkway.
The free showcase is set for 3:00 to 5:00 om Sunday, October 24th. During these two hours, experts
will be on hand at the site to discuss low- and high-tech projects such
as solar power, cisterns, solar cookers, people-powered mowers, worm
composting, clotheslines, using bamboo in gardens, and more.
Because sustainability is the focus, carpooling is built into the event.
Visitors will be ferried to the showcase site in hybrid and bio-diesel
vehicles from a gathering point at the Nature's Outpost store near
Kohl's on Epps Bridge Parkway. Drivers will describe the hybrid or
bio-fuel technology during the short ride. Hybrids such as the Toyota
Prius produce 90% fewer emissions than regular vehicles and get about 50
miles per gallon.
The showcase site is owned by Pat and Neal Priest. They have worked to
make their home earth friendly in its carbon footprint and safe and
welcoming to pollinators and other creatures.
The Priests had to cut down trees to create an ideal spot for their two
solar arrays. With the help of experts, they then used the felled
timber to make low-impact garden beds, where they grow blueberries and
staples such as onions. They installed a 3,000-gallon cistern to catch
rain off the metal garage roof to water the beds.
"It is a marvelous feeling of security to know we have that water to draw
from," said Pat Priest. "And for our garden, we don't have to pull from or pay for county
water, a system that takes a lot of electric power to move across the
miles from a treatment plant."
Their solar set-up installed by OneWorld Sustainable offsets the
couple's power bill because they sell the electricity they generate back
to the grid. It will take a while to pay off their investment, but they
wanted to supply green energy to an industry that is heavily reliant on
coal, a major contributor to global warming. And as a physician, Neal
Priest sees a lot of children and others with respiratory ailments in
the emergency room, so he was willing to invest in a cleaner future for
everyone.
"The event is really a celebration of the natural
world, with information from knowledgeable people about things everyone
can do," said Dr. Priest. "There is a new focus this year on pollinator-friendly steps
people can take, from undoing your lawn to building simple homes for
native mason bees. Pollinators -- so crucial to agriculture -- are
under threat from pesticides, loss of habitat, disease, and other ailments."
Jonathan Veit, chair of the Oconee Democrats, said of this second
Sustainability Showcase the group has sponsored: "We want to underscore
our commitment to learning more about how we can save water and energy
and stave off the worst of global climate change so that we can be
better stewards of the planet for the sake of our children."
The public is welcome to attend this free event and tour the garden and
garage where the solar panels and cistern are installed. Show-and-tell
stations will be set up around the yard.
For more information, contact Pat Priest at patricia.priest@yahoo.com or
706/353-8310.
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