SolarFest 2006 This Weekend in Vermont
July 13, 2006 by admin
Filed under Green Living
If you’re in the northeast US and looking for something to do this weekend, you couldn’t do wrong by taking a jaunt up to the Forget-Me-Not Farm in Tinmouth, Vermont and indulging yourself in a couple of days of renewable energy workshops and awesome music from the solar-powered stage at SolarFest 2006. Set to happen on Saturday and Sunday (July 15 & 16), the entire weekend festival is run on renewable energy – primarily solar with a bit of wind and bio-diesel in the mix.
SolarFest has been going for a few years now and has established itself as ‘New England’s Most Entertaining Energy and Music Festival‘. They offer a great mix with workshops on sustainable living, a children’s activity tent, an assortment of craft, food, energy and sustainable living vendors, and of course, lots of great tunes. A couple of this year’s musical guests will include Dar Williams and Ember Smith and this weekend’s keynote speaker will be the author James Howard Kunstler.
A pass for the full weekend is just $20. Vehicle camping is another $20, but walk-in tent camping is free and kids under 12 are free as well. For more info and directions, check out the SolarFest web site at www.solarfest.org.
I’m a college intern with this environmental business called “SpaceShare” which builds carpool systems to green festivals like this one. If you’re into solar stuff, they have carpools to a few solar fests. Check out the green events they support at the provided link.
Mary – That looks like an interesting concept that SpaceShare is working on. I’m definitely going to take a closer look. Thanks for stopping by and letting us know about it.