Sierra Club Energy Committee Meeting – Jan-23 7PM

At the next Sierra Club IPG Energy Committee meeting, Diane Dandeneau, the executive director of the ConservED Project and Colorado Interfaith Power & Light, will speak about “Living Lighter on the Planet” – How to measure and reduce your environmental impact through integrating your personal values with practical actions. You’ll learn about barriers to behavior change and the most important areas you can focus on to really make a difference.

She will also introduce their pilot program for their Energy Impact Analysis(tm) and “100^th Human Initiative”, which is co-sponsored by the City of Boulder. Using customized software, 100 families will analyze their lifestyle’s energy and CO2 footprint, and then receive recommendations for their best options for reducing their impact and saving money. With a goal to reduce the groups total impact by 25%, this fun (up to) 12-month program will provide ongoing measurement, feedback, and support through online and group education, recognition and rewards. Are your ready to lead the change? Find out if you might be one of the hundred.

The mission of the ConservED Project is to empower individuals and businesses to understand their global impact, connect with their deepest values and live sustainably from the heart. Colorado Interfaith Power and Light’s mission is to bring the conversation of climate change to the faith community and to help people live as faithful stewards of the earth. Ms. Dandeneau’s background includes working in renewable energy, owning her own software company, consulting in oil and gas, writing, spiritual teaching, music and art. She consciously left the corporate world to pursue a life with meaning and to provide positive solutions for the new challenges in our changing world. You can find more information at: www.conserved.org or call 303-444-4323.

Meeting location will be: Meadows Branch Library, 4800 Baseline Road (Behind the Safeway in the Meadows Shopping Center at Baseline and Foothills).

Meeting Time: Tuesday, Jan-23, 7 – 8:45PM

Agenda:

1. Introductions (7:00-7:05)
2. Update on Boulder’s Climate Action Plan (7:05-7:20)
3. Diane Dandeneau of the ConservED Project (7:20-8:45)

Thank You - 202 Victory

I just wanted to send out a heartfelt Thank You to everyone who tirelessly campaigned for Measure 202, the Climate Action Plan tax. It passed by a wide margin (about 10,800 to 8,000), indicating the wide majority of voters take climate change / global warming seriously, and are willing to step up and be responsible for solving this largely man-made problem. Thanks also to those who turned out and voted for the measure.

There are 2 main directions we can go from here:

1. Expand the campaign state-wide for Colorado
2. Implement the Climate Action Plan, which will benefit from Citizen involvement

Who wants to Save The World?

Randy Luallin for Boulder County Commissioner

I would like to endorse Randy Luallin for Boulder County Commissioner in the upcoming election. Randy is an avid outdoors man, and supports and appreciates open space. I have personally known Randy for years and find him to be concerned for his fellow man, as well as a committed steward of the land.

Randy also is very involved with renewable energy and efficient housing one only has to see where he lives and check out his website www.randyluallin.com. He gave me a tour of the house he built with his own hands. It is a masterpiece of energy efficiency and working with nature, while having minimal impact on the land.

I believe that Randy will be fair and impartial in all regards, including Land Use Policies and budget decisions. Everyone can expect to get a response as well as a hearing with regards to County issues something currently lacking in the present Board of Commissioners. Anyone who has had dealings with Randy would agree that he is honest and cares about people.
Here's a speech Randy gave.

Please vote for Randy Luallin for Boulder County Commissioner.

Sierra Club Energy Committee Meeting
Tuesday, Oct-17 7-9PM

The topic of the next Sierra Club IPG Energy Committee will be Boulder's Climate Action Plan, Principles and Practices. It's time to roll up our sleeves and make our buildings work better and waste less. With a focus on identifying and applying the most cost effective solutions to big problems, this presentation should help put Measure 202 in perspective, showing what a community should and CAN do to make a big difference. There will also be some quick previews of coming attractions in design tactics and emerging technologies associated with achieving energy-efficient new communities.

The presenter is Larry Kinney, PhD, President of Synertech Systems Corporation, an energy efficiency research, development, and demonstration organization headquartered in Boulder. Larry also serves as Vice President for Product Development for Sunflower Corporation, a daylighting systems development firm. Active in energy conservation-related work for 30 years he has broad experience in weatherization program operations, fenestration systems, energy-efficient refrigeration, lighting and daylighting technologies, air handling and conditioning systems, and controls. He also has experience in energy efficiency program evaluation, from instrumentation design and building analysis to policy research. Larry did undergraduate work in Physics and Philosophy at Rhodes College in Memphis, TN and holds a PhD in Philosophy from Syracuse University in Syracuse, NY. He is the author of over 200 articles and reports to clients and is the co-holder of two US Patents on active daylighting systems.


Meeting location: George Reynolds Branch Library (downstairs meeting room), 3595 Table Mesa Dr (North of King Soopers , west of Broadway and Table Mesa Dr) CLICK for a map.
Meeting Time: Tuesday, October 17, 7-9PM
Agenda:

1. Introductions (7:00-7:05)
2. Campaign opportunities (7:05-7:15)
3. Update on Boulder's Climate Action Plan (7:15-7:20)
4. Boulder's Climate Action Plan, Principles and Practices (7:20-8:30)
5. Question & Answer (8:30-8:40)

Hope to see you there!

Energy Events

Climate Smart Fundraiser on Oct 18
Eric Cornell was awarded the Nobel Prize in 2001 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Allin_Cornell), and will host a fundraiser party for Boulder City's Climate Action Plan (Vote YES on 202).

ClimateSmart Campaign Houseparty

Please join us for a houseparty and fundraiser for the ClimateSmart Campaign at the home of Dan Friedlander & Diane Rosenthal on Friday 13 Oct. Please RSVP to let us know if you will attend.

We hope to see you there!

If you're unable to view the invitation and/or RSVP on EVite, please email me.



Climate Smart Literature Drop
This is a great opportunity to get important info out to voters. Many people are aware of climate change, but don't yet know that Boulder City voters will have a chance to do something about it. Here are the scheduled times & meeting locations:

MONDAY - Oct 16 5:30 - 7:30ish
Meet up at Boulder Community Hospital
Enter at Alpine Ave, near Broadway

SATURDAY - Oct 21 8:30am - 11:30am
Meet up at the Environmental Center of the Rockies
2260 Baseline Road, sw corner of Broadway


Movie: TRANSFORMING ENERGY

WEDNESDAY - OCT 18 @ 7PM
Filmmaker CHUCK DAVIS Presents…
A one hour documentary about renewable energy- not about technology- but about the people who are on the ground now working to solve the two greatest challenges that face our world- global warming and the end of cheap oil. Post screening discussion with filmmaker
Location: On CU-Boulder campus at the ATLAS Center.

Change The World!

Energy Awareness Month
Yesterday I failed to include Yael Gichon's contact info in the previous posting for Energy Awareness Month activities. Several people wanted to volunteer to help. Please contact:
Yael Gichon
City of Boulder, Environmental Affairs
Education and Outreach Specialist
Office: 303-441-3878
Fax: 303-441-4070
www.environmentalaffairs.com

See schedule of events.



Center for Resource Conservation Boulder Solar Week
This is a great organization and they need a large number of volunteers are needed to help with the Tour of Solar and Green Built Homes. To offer a hand and to find out more information please contact the Solar Week volunteer coordinator at 303-441-3278 ext. 24 or via e-mail.

CU Energy Initiative/NREL Symposium TODAY

In order to encourage innovative, collaborative research on Renewable and Sustainable Energy (R&SE), the University of Colorado and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) will co-sponsor a Research Symposium and Seed Grant Competition. The primary goal of the Research Symposium is to allow researchers from both institutions to become aware of each other's R&SE projects and capabilities. Subsequently, the Seed Grant Competition will be used to encourage new, collaborative research projects in R&SE.
The Research Symposium will be held on Tuesday, October 3rd at the University Memorial Center on the Boulder Campus. The main activity for the Symposium will be a poster session in which individual faculty and scientists, together will members of their research groups, can display their ongoing and proposed research projects related to R&SE and, more importantly, find out what other types of researchinterests and expertise exist at NREL and on the CU Campuses. Posters on ALL aspects of R&SE are encouraged including:

• natural sciences and engineering
• business opportunities, technology transfer and commercialization
• policy and legislative dimensions
• social, cultural and/or philosophical dimensions
• economic aspects

REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2006

Sustainability expert to speak at Transit Village Area Planmeeting

Contact(s):
Jody Jacobson, Public Works, (303) 441-3200
Jodie Carroll, Media Relations, (303) 441-3155
www.bouldercolorado.gov

Sustainability expert to speak at Transit Village Area Plan meeting

The city of Boulder will host sustainability expert L. Hunter Lovins to
speak at a community meeting about the Transit Village Area Plan’s role in
sustainability from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 4, at the West
Senior Center, 909 Arapahoe Ave.

Lovins is president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions, Inc. (NCS),
a nonprofit organization that works to educate senior decision-makers in
business, government and civil society about the principles of
sustainability. Lovins has consulted for scores of industries and
governments worldwide, including the Pentagon, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency, the Department of Energy as well as with large and small companies
and communities around the world.

Lovin’s areas of expertise include natural capitalism, sustainable
development, globalization, energy and resource policy, economic
development, climate change, land management and fire rescue and emergency
medicine. She developed the Economic Renewal Project and was recipient of
such awards as the Right Livelihood Award and the Time Magazine 2000 Hero of
the Planet. She has co-authored nine books and hundreds of papers.

At the meeting, staff will review the four Transit Village Area Plan options
and will ask for feedback from the public. More information on the plan can
be found at www.bouldertransitvillage.net. For more information, contact
Ruth McHeyser at (303) 441-3292 or mcheyserr@bouldercolorado.gov or Louise
Grauer at (303) 441-3134 or grauerl@bouldercolorado.gov.

Here's a great opportunity to get involved locally and make a positive difference globally. I'm forwarding this message from Yael Gichon, Education and Outreach Specialist with the City of Boulder, Environmental Affairs.

Greetings!

As many of you know, October is Energy Awareness Month. Additionally, we are working with Western Resource Advocates and the County to kick-off another Wind Challenge from 9/29-11/30. I will be setting up tables around town throughout the month of October to hand out free CFLs, promote the wind challenge, hand out energy conservation information, and register people for a drawing for a free energy audit.

I am looking for volunteers to help staff the tables. I can offer to provide lunch, since most of the times are during lunchtime.

The following is a list of confirmed venues, the dates in bold are the ones I could use a hand with. The times listed are the actual tabling times, so if people are available it would be great to hep set up 15-20 minutes ahead of time.

4-Oct	Wednesday	Whole Foods	11am - 2pm
5-Oct	Thursday	Pearl Street Mall	11am - 2pm
8-Oct	Sunday	Solar Home Tour	9am - 1pm
9-Oct	Monday	Boulder JCC – Inconvenient Truth	6 pm - 9pm
10-Oct	Tuesday	Main Library	10am -1 pm
16-Oct	Monday	King Soopers, South Boulder	11am - 2pm
18-Oct	Wednesday	Pearl Street Mall	11am - 2pm
24-Oct	Tuesday	Main Library	10am -1 pm
25-Oct	Wednesday	Whole Foods	11am - 2pm
26-Oct	Thursday	boulder book store; David Korten Event	7-9pm
30-Oct	Monday	Pearl Street Mall	11am - 2pm

Yael Gichon
City of Boulder, Environmental Affairs
Education and Outreach Specialist
Office: 303-441-3878
Fax: 303-441-4070
www.environmentalaffairs.com