Permaculture, Alcohol Fuel Production, Car Conversion, Renewable Energy Solutions, Green Building Classes Including an American Clay Design Course for Natural Interior Finishes Featured. --(BUSINESS WIRE)--MAREA: WHAT: Pennsylvania's scenic rural countryside provides the campus for a unique series of hands-on workshops and exhibits focused on providing the essential skills and understanding necessary to implement sustainability solutions for home and new "green" commercial ventures. The 5th Annual Pennsylvania Renewable Energy & Sustainable Living Festival features the nation's top Eco-experts covering: developing sustainable food production, converting gas vehicles to electric and biodiesel power, making small-scale Alcohol Fuel for home heating, cooking and transportation and using American Clay as a nontoxic, creative solution for beautiful interior finishes for home and office. Registration Required Workshops Include: * Alcohol Fuel Production and Use Workshop - A two and a half-day workshop presented by Permaculture /Alcohol Fuel expert/author David Blume. (9/18 – 20) 9 :00am–5:00pm - $270.00 * Converting your Car to Electric – Jenny Isaacs, Bucks County Renewables. (9/19) 2:30pm-5:30pm - $15 * Converting your Car to Run on Vegetable Oil – David Rosenstraus, Fossil Free Fuels (9/19 – 20) 9:00am–4:00pm - $50 * Hands-On American Clay - All Day Friday (9/18) Check-in 9:00am - $156 (MAX 12 people) Free Workshops include: * Spin Farming Workshop - Sun. (9/20) 3:30pm * Timber Frame Construction Demonstration - (9/18 – 20) * Small Scale Farming Demonstration with Horses - Tim Aukland, River Run Farm (9/18 – 20) * Biodiesel Demonstration Q & A Session - (9/18 – 20) * Solar Site Evaluation – Bill Hennessy, MAREA, NABCEP Certified Solar PV installer, NYSERDA eligible PV & Wind installer (9/18 -20) 2:30pm * Tour of the 3.7K Skystream Wind Turbine Installation - Sat. (9/19) 11:30am Where: The Kempton Community Center, Kempton, Berks County, PA. When: Friday, Saturday and Sunday September 18 - 20, 2009. Background: MAREA's 5th Annual Festival, is one of the largest and first Zero Waste events in the country and features top innovators of the sustainability movement presenting educational talks and programs providing the foundations for creating sustainable lifestyles, developing clean renewable fuel and energy sources as well as ways to create new, non-exportable job opportunities.
