Candlelight Vigil for Climate Change

All are invited to bring a candle to Central Park, Honesdale at5 PM on Friday, December 11th to join a vigil for hope during the climate change talks being held in Copenhagen. SEEDS is holding the vigil locally, while 350.org is calling for similar events around the world. Here in northeast Pennsylvania, our Maple and Black Cherry trees are already being challenged by the effects of a carbon-overloaded atmosphere, and are expected to disappear completely within our children’s lifetime when the climate here will be similar to that [...]

And now, for a very special announcement

SEEDS will officially launch a program to challenge our community to save electricity and heating fuel, on Saturday, October 24th at 1 PM at the Manchester Public library in Manchester Township, Wayne County. October 24 is world-wide “350 Day,” to help bring awareness of rising carbon levels in the earth’s atmosphere. A level above 350 parts per million of carbon risks irreversible run-away climate change. We are now at 390 ppm so we must reduce to get back to the [...]

Making Solar Affordable

October 20, from 7 to 9 pm at the Park Street Complex in Honesdale The financial realities of adding solar power to our homes and businesses will be the topic of a forum sponsored by SEEDS at the Park Street Complex in Honesdale on Tuesday, October 20th from 7 to 9 PM.Martin Young of Gravity Sun Power located in Honesdale, will explain system components and costs, state rebates, federal tax incentives, income sources, energy credits, and projected returns on investments. There will also [...]

Are your heating dollars escaping through the cracks?

Join us for a forum to discuss INSULATION Tuesday, September 22, 7 to 9 pm at the Park Street Complex in Honesdale, PA The Park Street Conservation Complex is at 648 PARK STREET, (off Rt 6, formerly the Stourbridge School), HONESDALE, PA 18431. Speakers will include: – Stephen Stuart of Sustainable Energy Solutions – Peter Vargo of NuTech Energy Solutions We’ll cover: – Insulating with blown-in foam and cellulose – How to deal with airflow and moisture control – Detailed [...]

Are you throwing energy money out the window?

An Educational Forum on ENERGY AUDITS for Home and Farm The forum will take place on Tuesday, October 14, at the Damascus Township Community Center, from 7 to 9pm. The Community Center is at 60 Conklin Hill Road (off 371, near the Cochecton Delaware River Bridge) in Damascus, PA. This is the third forum in our continuing series of educational events focusing on renewable energy. The program will feature three fascinating speakers discussing the energy potential that lies literally right [...]

Making the Most of our Woods

An Educational forum on…. FOREST FUELS The forum will take place on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, at the Damascus Township Community Center, from 7 to 9pm. The Community Center is at 60 Conklin Hill Road (off 371, near the Cochecton Delaware River Bridge) in Damascus, PA. This is the third forum in our continuing series of educational events focusing on renewable energy. The program will feature three fascinating speakers discussing the energy potential that lies literally right in our own [...]