Each seasonal class schedule aims to incorporate classes based on individual action towards sustainability. This winter we are highlighting permaculture design in food sustainability, developing a pantry system, prenatal health care and nutrition, and bio-fuels production and activism. Profits pay local experts for their skills and also benefit Nederland Sustainability Project. Sliding scale prices are available with work trade options.
Those registered before Jan 10th receive the Early Bird (EB) discount listed below.
 Students prepare outdoor winter beds in a hands-on Cold-Season Gardening class with Sandy Cruz, fall 2006 | ||
| Ecoteams Orientation and Potluck | ||
| An Ecoteam is a group of households (usually 6-8) who commit to a four month monitoring period, recording household habits with regard to waste, consumption of gas, electricity, and water, transportation uses and shopping patterns. Ecoteams are designed to help households reduce their environmental impacts from energy and water use to consumer behavior. This is a fun and educational exercise for everyone in the family. An Ecoteam is not simply a discussion group, it is a practical workshop where words and thoughts are translated to ACTION! | Thursday Feb 1st 6pm at the Mountain People’s COOP Commons Room |
Enrollment $17 for each Ecoteam workbook. Please bring a dish to share |
| Make your own Biodiesel with Mike Kalil | This workshop will introduce participants to the skills necessary to produce their own small batches of bio diesel, focusing on the chemistry needed to test the used cooking oil and determine how much of a catalyst is needed for the reaction to occur properly. The workshop will include adequate time for question and answer as well as discussion about individual biofuels activism and use and environmental responsibility. | Sunday Feb 11th 1-3pm at the Mountain Peoples’ COOP Commons Room. |
$30 EB $25 |