Events

Action on climate change is happening at the local and state level. But what are the best ways to reduce your home's carbon footprint? Join us in a conversation about how to assess and prioritize practical ways to reduce greenhouse emissions within your own sphere of influence ✸ Athena Christodoulou (NM Solar Energy Association) will show you how to assess, plan, and then act, to go Fossil Fuel Free; ✸ Ken Bergeron will focus in on home heating: transitioning your propane or gas-heated Albuquerque home to an air-source heat pump system powered by solar electricity; ✸ Peter Heald will describe how he added solar thermal energy to supplement domestic hot water and heating at his home. The audience will share personal experiences and questions, with the hope that new ideas and insights will lead to more and more steps towards a fossil-free future.

"Know Waste to No Waste."   a Transition ABQ workshop Nature doesn’t really have “waste” as we know it. One creature’s waste is another species’ food, such as fertilizer for plants. As humans, we’ve developed this concept of throwing things “away” but there is no “away”. We only have one planet! So how can we reduce our personal and household waste as close to zero as possible? How can we encourage our communities and stores to reduce as well? Join us for this workshop to learn & exchange. Before you come, here’s some homework: Watch The Story of Stuff (22 minutes), if you haven’t already. Try to weigh your garbage and recycling for a few weeks, and bring your data. For the next 5 months, we’ll be going through the topics one-by-one from the Transition Streets workbook for personal & household impact. We’re starting with Waste. Next month is Transportation. What to bring*: (*If you can. No one will be turned away) A dish to share for the potluck Your ABQ CO2 Pledge, or your New Years Resolution(s) A few dollars to help keep Transition ABQ running We hope to see you there!

Monthly Board Meeting All members are welcome! RSVP to the location address at president@nmsolar.org

An evening exploring ethics, justice, and overview. of a proposal for a high-level nuclear storage facility in South East New Mexico for spent fuel rods from nuclear power plants from 35 states.   Presentation: Why people of faith/conscience need to be concerned--Joan Brown, Executive Director, NM Interfaith Power & Light Project overview: Don Hancock, Southwest Information Research Center, ABQ Questions and what next: New Mexico Interfaith Power & Light - info@nm-ipl.org

Time and place are set for the 2018 Solar Fiesta. October 20, 2018 in the Sawmill District. We only need one more thing ...YOU!  Athena C., volunteer manager. Please email her at president@nmsolar.org to be part of the organizing team. Step up to make change happen.

CongregationALBERT  Green Team Speakers present this series on the community response to fracking. Asha Canalos will discuss her several-year battle against fracking infrastructure and identify some of the lessons learned. She will compare regional legal battles and local issues of climate justice in the Northeast and Southwest. Canalos will provide advice for those interested in defending their communities from the risk and harms of fracking and fracking infrastructure projects. She will discuss what is happening in New Mexico. Could this happen in Bernalillo and Sandoval Counties?