In this slide show, Roger introduces the Bluff Spring Fen, its problems, the restoration efforts, and show some of the rarer flowers.

Mr. Hotham is a retired Larkin HS earth science teacher. Nature study interests include involvement in all local bird census activities, the monitoring of rare plant species, and native plant restoration work. He lives in South Elgin.

This workshop will explain what peak oil is, how it will affect us, when it is, and what we can do about it. The presenter will share immediate practical steps for becoming less dependent on petroleum with regard to food, money, transportation, and housing. Learn about the Oil Depletion Protocol and cut your use of the stuff by 25% or more.

Donna Askins has been studying petroleum decline since May, 2005, when she witnessed BP chief scientist Steve Koonin declare that, at the current rate of consumption, the world has remaining about 41 years’ worth of gasoline. She is a charter graduate of the Peak Oil for Community Leaders training from the Community Solution (www.communitysolution.org). This has been the only training of its kind in the United States, in fact, in the world.

Ms. Askins is a founding member of APPLE-Elgin (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) which is formally recognized by the Post Carbon Institute as a Post Carbon Outpost. A resident of Elgin, she has been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin for 14 years.

Ms. Askins holds a baccalaureate in the humanities and a master’s degree in higher education. She is a research associate and a twenty-year veteran of the field of higher ed. She gets into trouble for asking too many questions.

The workshop will be a chalkboard presentation on the how’s and whys of various methods used in the restoration of native plant communities. Topics include: seed harvesting, herbiciding, burning, & brush control. It will be an informal question and answer session.

Mr. Hotham is a retired Larkin HS earth science teacher. Nature study interests include involvement in all local bird census activities, the monitoring of rare plant species, and native plant restoration work. He lives in South Elgin.

This is an introduction to geothermal. Dirk will explore how it works and what are the benefits. Learn how to lower operating costs and save up to 60% on heating, cooling, and hot water with safe, clean, quiet, environmentally friendly geothermal systems.

Dirk Dypold is President of Advanced Geothermal Plumbing and Heating in Elgin, IL. Dirk, an expert on geothermal systems, has been installing them since 1998. He is a member of the Radiant Panel Assn and the Midwest Renewable Energy Assn. since 1985. He lives in an 1888 home heated with passive solar and geothermal with no backup for heating or water heating. His home is featured in 2005 Homes Across America.

This workshop will explain what peak oil is, how it will affect us, when it is, and what we can do about it. The presenter will share immediate practical steps for becoming less dependent on petroleum with regard to food, money, transportation, and housing. Learn about the Oil Depletion Protocol and cut your use of the stuff by 25% or more.

Donna Askins has been studying petroleum decline since May, 2005, when she witnessed BP chief scientist Steve Koonin declare that, at the current rate of consumption, the world has remaining about 41 years’ worth of gasoline. She is a charter graduate of the Peak Oil for Community Leaders training from the Community Solution (www.communitysolution.org). This has been the only training of its kind in the United States, in fact, in the world.

Ms. Askins is a founding member of APPLE-Elgin (Alliance for a Post-Petroleum Local Economy) which is formally recognized by the Post Carbon Institute as a Post Carbon Outpost. A resident of Elgin, she has been a member of the Unitarian Universalist Church of Elgin for 14 years.

Ms. Askins holds a baccalaureate in the humanities and a master’s degree in higher education. She is a research associate and a twenty-year veteran of the field of higher ed. She gets into trouble for asking too many questions.

This is an introduction to geothermal. Dirk will explore how it works and what are the benefits. Learn how to lower operating costs and save up to 60% on heating, cooling, and hot water with safe, clean, quiet, environmentally friendly geothermal systems.

Dirk Dypold is President of Advanced Geothermal Plumbing and Heating in Elgin, IL. Dirk, an expert on geothermal systems, has been installing them since 1998. He is a member of the Radiant Panel Assn and the Midwest Renewable Energy Assn. since 1985. He lives in an 1888 home heated with passive solar and geothermal with no backup for heating or water heating. His home is featured in 2005 Homes Across America.