[Scpg] {Path to Freedom} Biodiesel Bonanza with Maria Alovert

[Dervaes]

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: May 

> Biodiesel Mixer - with Maria Alovert (aka "Girl Mark") homebrew biodiesel activist and inventor of the "appleseed biodiesel processor"
> Biodiesel Workshop - with Maria Alovert (aka "Girl Mark") homebrew biodiesel activist and inventor of the "appleseed biodiesel processor"
                                     (Note: this will be the one and only biodiesel class given at PTF this year)

CALENDAR OF EVENTS: June 

> Cob Oven Building Workshop - with Ray Cirino  (please register and pay by May 30!)
> Knit-Together (crochet too!) 
> Bike Summer: Arroyo Seco Eco-Ride - includes tour of Path to Freedom homestead
> The Future of Food - with special guest Deborah Koons Garcia (Director, Producer)

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BIODIESEL MIXER
Meet Maria Alovert and other veggie oil enthusiasts 

WHEN:  Friday May 20
TIME: 6:30  - 9:30  pm
FEE:  $5 - $10
Event includes a potluck.  Please bring some snacks or drink to share

RSVP:  Space is limited so please reserve @ www.pathtofreedom.com/outreach/events/biodiesel.htm

EVENT DESCRIPTION:   Forget sky-high gas prices, dump the petroleum addiction and learn more about a clean and renewable alternative.  

Biodiesel is an alternative carbon-neutral, sulfur-free fuel made from recycled vegetable oil and is renewable, sustainable, domestically produced, and oil dependence free.  Homebrew a clean alternative fuel in your backyard!  Find out why small scale home production of Biodiesel is efficient and sustainable. 

GUEST SPEAKER: Maria Alovert from Berkeley, California, is an activist who teaches classes on making biodiesel and is the inventor of the fumeless water heater processor.  See her website http://www.localb100.com 

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BIODIESEL WORKSHOP 
Brew your own biodiesel using waste vegetable oil

WHEN:  Sunday May 22nd
TIME: 10am  - 2pm 
FEE:  $50 - $65  (sliding scale)
or
TIME:  4pm -  8pm
FEE:  $50 - $65 (sliding scale)

RSVP:  Space is limited so please reserve and send payments by May 18 @ www.pathtofreedom.com/outreach/workshops/biodiesel.htm

EVENT DESCRIPTION:   "How-to" biodiesel class for beginners on making fuel from restaurant "waste" oil.  At this workshop,  you'll learn the nitty-gritty details of home-brewing biodiesel. 

Different basic aspects of homebrewed biodiesel will be addressed as well as the kind of equipment you would need to start brewing your own biodiesel.

INSTRUCTOR: Maria Alovert from Berkeley, California, is an activist who teaches classes on making biodiesel and is the inventor of the fumeless water heater processor.  See her website http://www.localb100.com 

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COB OVEN BUILDING WORKSHOP
Fun with mud!

WHEN:  Sunday, June 5 
TIME:  10am - 6pm
FEE: $65 - $85 sliding scale

RSVP:  Space is limited so please reserve and register (payment due by May 30) @ www.pathtofreedom.com/outreach/workshops/coboven.htm  

EVENT DESCRIPTION:   Learn how to build a simple fully functioning sculpted bread oven from cob in one day. This earthen sculpture will be built using inexpensive materials: sand, clay, straw, and water.

You will learn about materials selection and evaluation, mixing and cobbing techniques, and designing. Cob has been used for millennia . With recent rises in the price of lumber and increasing interest in natural and environmentally safe building practices, cob is enjoying a renaissance. This ancient technology doesn't contribute to deforestation, pollution or mining nor depend on manufactured materials or power tools. Earth is non-toxic and completely recyclable.

The workshop will be a mix of hands-on (and feet in!). Please wear clothes that you wouldn't mind soiling. Plan to use muscles you haven't flexed in a while.

BRING: A hat, suntan lotion, towel, slip-ons, perhaps a change of clothes. Also bring your own bag lunches and beverages. We will provide light snacks and water. 

INSTRUCTOR: Ray Cirino, of Cobanation, is an experienced and innovative cobber.  He will share his love and enthusiasm of cob, demonstrating his own unique and whimsical design.

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PATH TO FREEDOM
Sustainable Living Resource Center

Jules Dervaes 
631 Cypress Ave
Pasadena, CA  91103
phone: 626.795.8400
email:  dervaes at pathtofreedom.com 
web: www.pathtofreedom.com 

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