For Immediate Release:
November 9, 2005
Wind, waves and wonder at sustainable energy
event
Sustainable Energy Now! Solving the Energy Puzzle
Victoria, BC, (November 9, 2005)—Innovation,
opportunity and fun will be featured at this
weekend’s Sustainable Energy Now! Tradeshow and information
fair being held at University
Canada West in Victoria.
20 exhibitors and seven expert speakers will
be exploring all aspects of renewable energy,
energy conservation, peak oil and climate change impacts
as part of the BC Sustainable Energy
Association’s (BCSEA) continuing effort to present
energy alternatives to the public.
Sustainable Energy Now! runs Saturday and
Sunday, November 12–13, 11am-6pm,
on the University Canada West campus, 950 Kings Road.
The walk-through format exhibit/tradeshow
will have 40 displays illustrating a wide spectrum of
wise energy use concepts. The trade show will feature products
and services of local
businesses and non-profit organizations. Speaker will present
on a variety of energy and
conservation topics.
City Green will deliver a “Triple E Home Energy Planning
Workshop”.
Blue Energy will display its ocean power
generation systems.
Island Energy, a local leader in the heating,
cooling & ventilation,
will explain heat pumps and cost-saving home energy conservation
measures.
Energy Alternatives has a range of wind,
solar and microhydro products in
addition to solutions for businesses, homes and cottages.
Oak & Orca Bioregional School are arranging a “Kid’s
corner” which will focus
on fun and sustainability, teaching the basics of renewable
energy.
Victoria Light Rail, Victoria Car Share
Co-op and the Cycling Coalition will
present alternatives to our reliance on the automobile.
Plus much more...
Full conference information including exhibitors
and speakers schedule is available at www.bcsea.org
The local event is linked to the upcoming UN
Climate Change conference in Montreal
(November 28 - December 9), the first conference of the parties
since Kyoto came into
effect. Participation of public interest organizations and
mobilization of the Canadian public
on this issue is critical.
The event is supported by the Pinch Group
at Raymond James, the Climate Action Network
(CANet) Canada and the BC Ministry of Energy.
A rapidly growing non-profit organization
with 600 members and seven chapters around the
province, the BCSEA promotes the understanding, development
and adoption of sustainable
energy and energy conservation and efficiency in BC.
CANet Canada consists of more than 100 organizations
across Canada working to protect
the environment from harmful human interference of the atmosphere.
It believes that to
effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Canada must
make the transition to a 21st
Century economy based on the efficient use of primarily renewable
energy.
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