>X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 >X-PureMessage-Version: 5.4.3.345767, Antispam-Engine: 2.6.0.325393, >Antispam-Data: 2008.8.12.170422 >Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:19:32 -0400 >Reply-To: Mary Peabody <[log in to unmask]> >Sender: UVM Extension <[log in to unmask]> >From: Mary Peabody <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Button Up Vermont workshops - pls post >To: [log in to unmask] >X-EsetId: D7A8A52400138E6AC8AEA5740F45CE > >Colleagues -- please post the attached in your offices and let >others in your communities know about these workshops... > > > >Home Energy Saving Workshops Available for Vermont Communities > >Central Vermont Community Action Council (CVCAC), in partnership >with the State of Vermont and the Vermont Energy and Climate Action >Network (VECAN), will implement an intensive six-month public >education program to mobilize Vermonters on how to save energy in >their homes. Through a series of two-hour workshops around the >state, citizens will learn about the fundamentals of how buildings >lose energy and do-it-yourself opportunities for saving energy, >including behavioral changes and low-cost weatherization >measures. We are inviting you to sign up today for a Home Energy >Savings Workshop in your community. > >This program will draw upon town energy committees and other >community groups to coordinate workshops within each participating >town. The goal of the program is to conduct home energy savings >workshops in 100 communities -- reaching 10,000 households. >Participating energy committees and civic groups will have primary >responsibility for organizing the workshop for interested residents, >distributing educational materials, working with local retailers to >provide discounted weatherization materials, and publicizing the >program in their communities. > >Workshops will be conducted by a select group of trained, certi ed >energy auditors delivering a prepared presentation/slide show. >Workshops are scheduled to begin in late-September. Button-Up, >Vermont will provide educational and publicity materials and will >arrange for a trained energy auditor to come to your community at >no-cost. In late September, we will organize a series of regional >brie ng sessions throughout the state to provide more information >about the program. After hearing from you, we will follow-up with >you about the times and availability of the briefing sessions in >your area and how to participate in the program. > >If you are interested in having a Home Energy Saving Workshop in >your community, please contact Diana Peduzzi, Assistant Coordinator, >Button-Up, Vermont at ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] (802 279 1708), >or Paul Markowitz, Coordinator, Button Up, Vermont at ><mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask] (802 229 6307). > > >__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >signature database 3395 (20080828) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > ><http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.com > > > >Mary Peabody, UVM Extension Specialist >Community Resources & Economic Development & >Director, Women's Agricultural Network > >617 Comstock Road, Suite 5 >Berlin, VT 05602-9194 > >Phone: 802-223-2389 extension 13 >or tollfree: 866-860-1382 extension 13 >Fax: 802-223-6500 > >E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >Check out the Women's Ag Network blog >http://mpeabody.blog.uvm.edu/wagn/ > ******************************** Beth Holtzman Women's Agricultural Network 617 Comstock Rd. Berlin, VT 05602 [log in to unmask] 802-223-2389 ext. 15 ******************************