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September 20, Monday - Energy Conservation for Smart Householders.
Ann Arbor District Library
September 22, Wednesday - Sustainability Series: Choices for Sustainable Living, a 9-session biweekly discussion group.
Ypsilanti District Library
September 30, Thursday - Energy Conservation for Smart Householders.
Ypsilanti District Library
September 30, Thursday - The documentary - Blue Vinyl.
Ann Arbor District Library - Malletts Creek Branch
October 2, Saturday - MAIN EVENT: SOLAR TOUR 2004.
Multiple sites throughout Washtenaw County
October 6, Wednesday - The Blue Nuns Go Green: A Story of Sustainable Transformation.
Ypsilanti District Library
October 9, Saturday -Living Lightly: Intro to Green Building Principles.
Leslie Science Center
October 13, Wednesday - Sustainability & You: Beyond Recycling Newspapers.
Ypsilanti District Library, Whittaker Road branch
Sustainability Series: Energy Conservation for Smart Householders (Free)
Ann Arbor District Library
343 S. Fifth Ave.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734-327-8365
Monday, September 20, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Christina Snyder, an architect from Sustainable Spaces, will provide information about investment strategies for achieving long-term savings on residential utility bills by learning how to conserve energy within homes.
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Sustainability Series: Choices for Sustainable Living, a 9-session biweekly discussion group (Free)
Ypsilanti District Library
229 West Michigan Ave.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 482-4110 ext. 1385
Wednesday, September 22, 6 pm
(and every 2nd & 4th Wednesday following until January 26, 2005)
October 13, October 27,.November 10, November 24, December 8,.December 22, January 12, January 26,)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: 482-4110 x1386
Each of us makes choices that have an impact on the earth. Join our 9-session discussion group that will use the Northwest Earth Institute course book to explore such topics as: Ecological Principles, Sustainable Communities, Sustainable Food, Sustainable Buying, Visions of Sustainability, and more.
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Sustainability Series: Energy Conservation for Smart Householders (Free)
Ypsilanti District Library
229 West Michigan Ave.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 482-4110 ext. 1385
Thursday, September 30, 6 pm
Christina Snyder, an architect from Sustainable Spaces, will provide information about investment strategies for achieving long-term savings on residential utility bills by learning how to conserve energy within homes.
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Sustainability Series: Documentary film and discussion - Blue Vinyl (Free)
Ann Arbor District Library Malletts Creek Branch
3090 East Eisenhower Parkway
Ann Arbor, MI
734-327-8365
Thursday, September 30, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Blue Vinyl is an award winning comic documentary film that follows the production and environmental effects of Vinyl siding. The filmmaker sets out on a toxic odyssey to discover the nature of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) after her parents' decision to "re-side" their house.
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MAIN EVENT:
October 2, Saturday - SOLAR TOUR 2004
Multiple sites throughout Washtenaw County.
The Solar Tour 2004 for Washtenaw County will feature over twenty homes and buildings that display solar electric, solar thermal, passive solar and sustainable design. The tour is self-guided (with a map); sites are located throughout Washtenaw County. Most sites will be staffed by the homeowner and/or by others who can answer questions about the solar features. The Solar Tour will begin from four starting sites around Washtenaw County, at which a tour guide may be obtained giving directions to all of the sites. Food will be available at the starting sites. Additionally, a biking tour will visit several Ann Arbor sites. Music will be on hand to launch the tour from the Malletts Creek branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. The four starting sites are:
- the Ann Arbor District Library Mallett's Creek branch, 3090 E. Eisenhower Parkway, Ann Arbor,
- the Ypsilanti Library main branch, 299 W. Michigan Ave, Ypsilanti,
- Recycle Ann Arbor's En-House, 2420 S. Industrial Hwy, Ann Arbor, and
- Leslie Science Center Nature House, 1831 Traver Road, Ann Arbor.
Participants will be asked to sign a liability waver before receiving a tour guide. For more details email or call (734) 994-4937.
Solar Tour 2004 Washtenaw is organized in cooperation with the sustainability series events presented by the Ann Arbor District Library and the Ypsilanti District Library. This tour is part of the American Solar Energy Society's 9th Annual National Solar Tour.
There will be live music to start the event at the Mallets's Creek branch of the public library.
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Sustainability Series: The Blue Nuns Go Green: A Story of Sustainable Transformation (Free)
Ypsilanti District Library
229 West Michigan Ave.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 482-4110 ext. 1385
Wednesday, October 6, 7 pm
The nuns of The Immaculate Heart of Mary made a commitment to make their 1920s era campus sustainable and earth-friendly in a 21st century renovation. Come hear Danielle Conroyd, IHM, describe the new mission for the order and the practical reality of a convent campus existing more gently on the earth.
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Living Lightly: Intro to Green Building Principles
Leslie Sacience Center
1831 Traver Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Saturday, October 9, 1:00 - 3:00 pm
$6.00 per person, pre-registration required - program code LS058 - registration forms downloadable from http://www.ci.ann-arbor.mi.us/Parks. If young people attend, an adult is also required to attend. To check on available spaces, or for further info, contact the Leslie Science Center at (734) 997-1553.
This class will provide an introduction to "Green Building" design and is intended as a primer for anyone with an interest in learning how to make the built environment around them more resource efficient and comfortable. Join Sean Reed, Program Developer for City of Ann Arbor, and the LSC staff to see the unique features of our own sustainable building. Find out how we recycle our grey water. Determine with your nose the usefulness and appropriateness of the composting toilets. Feel the heat radiating from the mass wall. See the beauty of the decorative recycled glass tiles and sunflower chaff counter tops. These are just a few of the features that we'll see during this interactive Nature House tour.
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Sustainability Series: Sustainability & You: Beyond Recycling Newspapers (Free)
YDL-Whittaker Road
5577 Whittaker Road
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
(734) 482-4110 ext. 1377
Wednesday, October 13, 7 pm
Dr. Louise Jones is director of the interior design undergraduate and graduate programs at EMU. She will discuss environmentally friendly furnishings and finishes for residential and non-residential interior spaces. Robert Black, an architect specializing in sun-filled spaces since 1974, will discuss green buildings.
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