[RP TownTalk] Clean Energy Open House, Sat. 11/17

[Rob Oppenheim]

For those interested in learning about alternative energy and reduced CO2, the clean energy home in nearby Takoma Park is again on display...
 
You're invited: Clean Energy Open House 
Saturday, November 17th, 1-5pm in Takoma Park, Md.
 
Come see solar panels! 
View all-electric, biodiesel, and hybrid cars firsthand
Eat solar-baked cookies and see a a grill that burns corn kernels
Learn how to landscape your yard with native plants
Buy wind power certificates and energy-saving light bulbs
Test drive a tofu-powered lawn mower
And more
Free admission to all ages.
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Sponsored by the Chesapeake Climate Action Network and Chesapeake Native Nursery. 
http://chesapeakeclimate.org/
 
About the Open House 
 
The Chesapeake Climate Action Network will once again open to the public Maryland's only 95-percent renewable energy household on Saturday, November 17th from 1pm - 5pm. The home, owned by Mike Tidwell of Takoma Park, is equipped with energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs, and is powered by photovoltaic solar panels, a solar hot-water system, and a corn-burning home-heating stove.
 
The house has been featured in magazines, newspapers, and TV and radio stations (including NPR) all across the United States and Europe, and was recently featured on the Voice of America all across the world. One of the most newsworthy aspects of the home is the fact that all of these energy changes were made for the cost of just a cup of coffee a day!
 
Come learn how you, too, can affordably reduce your home fossil fuel use by 50-90 percent and so help fight global warming. As a special feature, we'll also have two hybrid cars and an electric truck for you to view and learn about their affordable, climate-protecting features. And as a new feature, we'll show you how to landscape your yard with native plants and water them with rain barrels that catch rooftop runoff.
 
Plus, there will be a solar food cooker on display (free solar-baked cookies) and we'll be selling energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs for a big discount. We'll also have lots of free literature on the rising threat of global warming and steps you can take to help save the planet.
 
WHAT : A tour of the first home in Maryland/Virginia/DC powered almost entirely by renewable energy and landscaped with native plants.
 
WHEN : Saturday, November 17th , 1- 5pm
 
WHERE : 7125 Willow Ave, Takoma Park, MD
 
DIRECTIONS:
 
By car from Riverdale Park/Hy/UP:
Go west on East-West Hwy/MD-410 about 4 miles.
"Slight left" at Carroll Ave (MD-410 takes a right here, you don't)
Go 0.5 mi on Carroll (it takes a right at Laurel, you do too)
Go a bit further to the corner of Willow and Carroll Ave 
Park in the lot on the right.
Walk up Willow Ave 4 houses to # 7125 on the right.
Google map: http://tinyurl.com/3ymfsk  ; 
 
PARKING : Please park in the parking lot at the corner of Willow Ave. and Carroll Ave., just four houses down from the expo.
 
By bike or car from DC: Take 16th Street north to Aspen. Turn right on Aspen and follow under the Metro Bridge. Take your second left after the bridge onto Willow Street. At the first light, turn right on Carroll Ave and take an immediate left onto Willow Ave. See Parking above.
 
By bike or car from the Beltway: Exit at New Hampshire Ave heading south. Take a right on Piney Branch and a left on Carroll Ave. Follow Carroll till you're almost in downtown Takoma Park and take a right on Tulip Ave. Take your next left onto Willow Ave and we're the third house on the left. See Parking above.

By Metro: Take the red-line train to Takoma Station and walk east along Carroll Ave. toward downtown Takoma Park. After three blocks, turn left on Willow Ave. We're the fourth house on the right. Five-minute walk from the Metro.
  
For more information or to volunteer call 240-396-2025 or send email to 
jay at chesapeakeclimate.org
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