WORKSHOPS
Individual and family-oriented workshops will educate participants about green living, energy conservation, and renewable energy.
Learn how you can take action to conserve earth's limited resources and make positive changes in your community.
RE-fest workshops will focus on three themes:
RE-think....green living
Business/Organization |
Topic |
Track |
Speaker |
| Mower Cty Solid Waste | Beyond the Bin -Recycling | ReThink | Jeff Weaver |
| U of M Organic Agriculture | Local, Organic Food | ReThink | Jim Riddle |
| Sunswarmth | Living Off the Grid | ReThink | Rich Huelskamp |
| Cong. Caring for Creation | Churches & Sust | ReThink | Rev Wanda Copeland |
| HGA Architects | Green Bldg -Business | ReThink | Roger Nelson |
| Global Action | How to be a Green Kid | ReThink | Sue Schreuer,Flo Sandok |
| Rydjor Bike | 1 World 2 Wheels | ReThink | Chad Burma |
| Slow Food Rochester | Living the Slow Life | ReThink | Gabriele Dellanove |
| Project Get Outdoors | Why Should Kids Get Outdoors? | ReThink | Sara Grover |
| Daisy Blue Naturals | How to Read a Label | ReThink | Michael Lee |
| Blue Earth Cty Env Services | Vermicomposting | ReThink | Jean Lundquist |
RE-new...clean energy
| Business/Organization | Topic | Track | Speaker |
| IPS-Solar | Solar -photovoltaics 101 | ReNew | Al Christensen |
| Mankato State Univ | Getting to Energy Independence | ReNew | Dr. Lou Schwartzkopf |
| Harty Mechanical | Geothermal 101 | ReNew | Matt Anderson |
| TBD | Wind 101 | Renew | TBD |
| TBD | Community Wind | ReNew | TBD |
| Farmer/Educator | View from the Peak? (Peak Oil) | ReNew | Norm Erickson |
| Rural Advantage | Perennial Grasses for Clean H2O&Biofuel | ReNew | Jeff Jensen |
| CERTS | Clean Energy in MN | ReNew | Mellissa Pawlisch |
| MN Renewable Energy Society | solar-topic tbd | ReNew | Doug Shoemaker/David Boyce |
| Riverland Community College | Green Careers | ReNew | TBD |
RE-store...Conservation
| Business/Organization | Topic | Track | Speaker |
| Global Action | Home Energy Diet | ReStore | Sue Schreuer,Flo Sandok |
| U of MN | Climate Change in MN | ReStore | Dr. Lee Frelich |
| Landscape Arch | Rain Gardens, Sust Landscape | ReStore | Andy Masterpole |
| Office of Energy Security, | Top Ten Things? | ReStore | Terry Webster |
| Alliance for Sustainability | How to Create a Sust Community | ReStore | Sean Gosiewski |
| International MotorWerks | How to get 100 mpg | ReStore | Chris Schneider |
| NeighborWoods | Trees | ReStore | Jacob Ryg |
| Austin & Owatonna Pub Util. | Energy Mythbusters | ReStore | Roger Wareheim |
| Exp in Rural Cooperation | Sust Ag in SE MN | ReStore | Erin Meier |
| MN Green Star | New Green Home Building | ReStore | Michael Anschel |
| MN Green Star | Green Home Remodelling | ReStore | Michael Anschel |
