2016 MREA Energy Fair.

June 17th-19th was the MREA Energy Fair in Custer, Wisconsin. I went Saturday and it was a nice warm and sunny day. I sat in a wind site assessment lecture by Jenny Heinzen. I look forward to taking the wind site assessment class this fall and hopefully becoming a certified assessor in that part of the energy field.
Other items that really caught my eye was the solar ovens and a pellet grill! This pellet grill even has a feature that connects to your smart phone and tells you when your food is cooked! Check out the pics!

World Environment Day

Today is World Environment Day. Climate changes may threaten 5 of our favorite foods; Honey, CHOCOLATE, COFFEE, wine and seafood! See the article at .http://food.ndtv.com/food-drinks/world-environment-day-2016-5-of-your-favourite-foods-predicted-to-go-extinct-1415218

May 5th is National Day of Prayer

Thursday, May 5th is National Day of Prayer! The theme for 2016 is "Wake up America". This day is for all who believe in a divine creator, regardless of the name that creator goes by. We need guidance in this life and turning to a loving creator for that guidance is by far the best thing for all of us. May God always be a significant part of this great country! And may we all enjoy forever the freedom to worship our creator as that creator would want us to! God bless America!

Greenery Day in Japan

Today, May 4th is greenery Day in Japan. There is an interesting story behind this at this site. This is based on an Emperor Showa who died in 1989 and loved nature. He was the first to be known as a human who was Emperor while the previous Emperors were regarded as divine. Midori no hi is the Japanese name for this Day. May we all cherish the love of nature!

Arbor Day and RV of CW Day.

Today is Arbor Day and Remembrance of all Victims of Chemical Warfare Day. My first thoughts of this Remembrance Day was that of those who were victims in WW1. It sure seems things haven't changed that much! Syria and the Mideast, Europe and Africa and others has recently suffered from this atrocity. Our involvement with the war on Iraq was because of the threat of chemical weapons. The U.S. used what has been labeled a chemical weapon during the Vietnam war. It was at first thought to be human harmless but has since been labeled toxic.

On to the brighter topic of Arbor Day. Trees are an endangered species if you consider the loss of rain forest lands throughout the world. Efforts to stop this loss is helping but more work is needed. As the world becomes more populous, more land becomes developed for habitation and nature is pushed aside. Thankfully, there is a growing awareness of this and things like the Arbor Day Foundation have promoted the replanting and the importance of trees to our environment.

When you plant a tree today, remember all the victims of chemical warfare also.
Here's to sunny days and cool breezes!

Earth Day spurs T-shirt design

I had posting issues earlier that prohibited me from posting on Earth Day, the 22nd. I hope all who view this blog took note of that day and made an effort in bringing awareness to the issues that effect our environment. I have the dates of Earth Overshoot Days from 1970 to last year obtained from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_Debt_Day. I also Just learned that this year (2016), earth Overshoot Day is August 8th. This is posted at http://www.overshootday.org/. We have lost another 5 days! There is good news, however; if you go to the overshoot day dot org, you can sign up to help. You can also go to solars2c.com and order this T-shirt. Also, join in at #abatetheabuse on Twitter.

Small Wind Conference in Stevens Point, WI. in June.

Join the small wind conference at the Holiday Inn in Stevens Point, WI June 15th-18th. That way you'll be in the area for the MREA energy Fair June 17th to 19th. This should be a great summer in Wisconsin!