Alfred Conservation Commission's Winter Speaker Series 2015

The Alfred Conservation Commission welcomes you to attend our fifth annual winter speaker series. This year includes a talk on home energy efficiency, a Saturday tracking walk, and a movie night! All events are free and open to the public, but the tracking walk requires pre-registration.

Thursday, January 15, 7pm, upstairs at the Alfred Town Hall
Fred Greenhalgh of Revision Energy presents Energy Options for Homeowners - Using Solar + Electric Heat to Save Money & the Environment

He’ll cover:

Fred’s ‘hierarchy of energy needs’ – prioritizing projects in your home: weatherization, appliances, mechanical systems, renewable energy

Heat pumps – How the new generation of electric heating equipment is revolutionizing the way Mainers heat their homes

All about solar – how it works, what makes for a good site, is it right for you, financing/ways to make solar affordable

See more at:
http://www.revisionenergy.com/blog/event/energy-options-homeowners-using-solar-electric-heat-save-money-environment/

Saturday, February 14, 10am, Massabesic Experimental Forest, Ida Jim Road
Tracking walk with Connie Studer of White Pine Programs – REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Bundle up and come explore Alfred's woods as we look for wildlife tracks! Learn to find tracks, and use their shape, size, pattern and other clues to solve wildlife mysteries... Who passed here? How long ago? What were they doing? In between tracks, enjoy some of Connie’s famous story-telling about her many tracking adventures (and misadventures)!
The walk is free but pre-registration is required. Sign up at the Alfred Town Hall or email Amy at amy@finalrune.com

Thursday, March 12, 7pm, upstairs at the Alfred Town Hall
Movie Night: Growing Local, followed by a Q&A with a panel of local farmers
This film by Maine Farmland Trust explores the growing pains of the local food movement and the uncertain fate of the farmers and farmland that keep it alive. The locavore movement is old news. Growing Local takes the conversation to the next level. While “buying local” is on the rise, these three poignant vignettes make clear that small farms and access to locally produced food is not a sure thing.

After the movie, hear a very local perspective in a Q&A panel featuring Amy Sprague of Wolf Pine Farm in Alfred, Steven Gile of Gile’s Family Farm in Alfred, and Jordan Pike of Two Toad Farm in Lebanon.

See more at http://www.mainefarmlandtrust.org/films/