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2007 ENERGY TOUR: Day 27 July 21, 2007
Today was the Shoreline Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair. This
fair was started by a couple of people from Shoreline who wanted to put
solar panels on a school near their home. This is the fourth annual fair
and it has steadily grown from the opening year of less than thirty exhibitors
to this year with almost one hundred.
They had a lot of interesting exhibitors of products and services such as
home solar energy systems, recycled goods, organic food, electric and hybrid
vehicles, sustainable building products, advocacy groups, and a solar powered
public transportation prototype called the JPOD.
They also had a great program for kids to help them learn about energy and
sustainable living. There were stations throughout the fair that the kids
could visit and do small projects to learn more about energy and sustainability.
After completing all of the stations, the kids each received a solar project
kit. We all had a great time and learned a lot.
We got to meet and visit with Maryn Wynne, one of the founders of the Shoreline
Solar Project, and the Shoreline Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living
Fair. She was one of the people who wanted to put solar a solar installation
on the nearby school. After a year of much hard work their dream of solar
power came true and the school installed solar panels. See this installation
and the power it generates at www.seattle.gov/light/green/greenpower/accomplishments/meridian.asp
. Their dream and the renewable energy fair they created has grown into
the largest renewable energy fair in the Puget Sound area.
We finished our visit in Seattle with a stop at a Chevron station that sells
B100. The biodiesel tank was in the bed of a truck with a pump attached.
With a full tank of biodiesel we are ready to head for home.
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