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Green Homes and Renewable Energy Festival Download Festival Program

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3600 Block of Grandel Square,
Mid-town St. Louis
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HAMPTON AVENUE and I-64/Hwy 40 CLOSURE UPDATEI-64 will be closed under Hampton Avenue for bridge demolition. Click for details...

Butterfly Energy Works energy efficiency experts share their know-how with festival visitors. Photo by Leslie Wallace. Velux Sun Tunnel™ skylights can conduct natural light into interior rooms through as much as 20 feet of overhead space. Photo by Leslie Wallace. Many festival visitors want to learn about high-performance windows, like these Renewal by Andersen® windows. Photo by Leslie Wallace. Maud Essen of the St. Louis Biofuels Club demonstrates refine-your-own vehicle fuel techniques to receptive motorists. Photo by Jean Ponzi. Boutique Chartreuse owner Lori Allen displays sustainably produced fashions from her St. Louis shop. Photo by Jean Ponzi. Webster Groves resident Merryl Winstein raises chickens (and goats!) and shares her expertise with a potential urban farmer. Photo by Jean Ponzi. Artist Melanie Daniels demonstrates recycled papermaking; after the demo, these folks made their own paper! Photo by Jean Ponzi. A thermal imaging camera that can spot heat-leaks in your home shows the natural warmth of EarthWays volunteers Bob and Nanka. Photo by Jean Ponzi. More than 50 exhibitors shared their expertise and wares with Missourians at the 2007 Ozark Renewable Energy Festival. Photo by MO Coalition for Environment. Technologies to produce wind and solar electrical power have huge conservation potential, in Missouri and worldwide. Photo by MO Coalition for Environment. A workshop on alternative vehicle fuel options was one of the offerings at the 2007 Ozark Renewable Energy Festival. Photo by MO Coalition for Environment. From bread to casseroles, heating water to baking cookies – solar ovens are a viable, portable, useful cooking tool. Photo by MO Coalition for Environment. Solar ovens provide a sustainable cooking method worldwide where other fuels are too scarce or costly. Photo by MO Coalition for Environment. Customers can purchase energy from wind, solar, hydroelectric, and biomass sources through Ameren UE's Pure Power initiative. Photo by MO Coalition for Environment. You could take your home on the road with solar power! Photo by MO Coalition for Environment.

Above: Photos from the 2007 Green Homes Festival &
Ozark Renewable Energy Festival.

Saturday, September 27

Green Homes & Renewable Energy Festival
Mid-Town St. Louis
10:00 am–6:00 pm

Grandel Square, the urban home of the EarthWays Center, will become an exciting Green Street Promenade of exhibitors, green vendors, and kid’s activities. Festival admission and parking is free!

Expert Workshops and Presentations will occur throughout the day in three classrooms next door at Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School. Workshops will cover a range of topics like solar and wind energy, home and vehicle efficiency, urban farming, composting, recycling, and more. Participants can attend multiple workshops for only $5. Workshop wristbands available for purchase at the Welcome Tents or at the Workshop Tent in front of Cardinal Ritter High School.

Festival day bonus! Dancing In The Street a live, lively and FREE kickoff to St. Louis’ fall arts season. Street and theater performances will fill Grand Boulevard between Lindell and Delmar, 1 to 9 p.m. on Saturday September 27. Don’t miss the sculptural ballet of “Neighbourhood Watch Stilts International,” street performances at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Two major events, the Ozark Renewable Energy Expo and the EarthWays Green Homes Festival, have merged! Over three thousand people from across the Midwest attended the 2007 Green Homes Festival and the 2007 Ozark Renewable Energy Expo. Combining these events provides the public with a larger festival that covers a broader array of practical ways to incorporate renewable energy and sustainable practices into everyday life.

Sunday, September 28

Green House Tour
Throughout St. Louis
11:00 am–4:00 pm

Green House Tour featuring several homes throughout St. Louis pursuing certification through LEED-Homes and/or the Green Building Initiative. Attendees can take the self-guided tour or join the bus tour. The bus tour fee includes lunch. Learn more...


 
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The EarthWays House will be open both Saturday and Sunday during the Festival and House Tour. Docents will be on hand at stations throughout the house to interpret the home and help answer questions as visitors self-guide. There will be plenty of handouts and other helpful information for you to pick up and take home for reference as well.

To get involved, please email enoble@moenviron.org.

Thank you to our exhibitors and sponsors!