Entrepreneurship as a Tool for Sustainable Int’l Dev

Date: Wednesday, 11/29/06
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Yale School of Management, Rm A46, New Haven, CT
Speaker: Benny Lee, AIDG’s Education and Outreach Director
Sponsored by the Yale SOM Entrepreneurship Club. Pizza provided.
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Micro-enterprise & Sustainable Technology in Guatemala

Date: Thursday, 11/30/06
Time: 8:00 pm
Location: Tufts University, Cabot 205, Somerville/Medford Campus, MA
Speakers: Benny Lee, AIDG’s Education and Outreach Director; Erin Fried; Lisa Silberstein
Organic Guatemalan coffee and chocolate tasting.

Low Cost Do-it-Yourself Renewable Energy Systems

Date: Dec 3-8, 2006
Duration: 1 week
Location: Yestermorrow, Design and Build School, Warren, VT 05674
Speakers: Peter Haas, AIDG's Executive Director and Benny Lee, AIDG’s Education and Outreach Director

Course Description:
Many people assume that renewable energy systems are out of their price range and technologically complex. That doesn’t have to be the case. This new week-long course will present several low cost, low tech options for introducing renewable energy systems and ecological design strategies into your home. Class lectures will cover a variety of systems, including hydroelectricity, wind power, biodigesters, solar hot water, water filtration units, high efficiency stoves, and small-scale foundries. In addition, students will gain hands-on experience with three renewable energy systems: using ram pumps to move water, building a basic greenhouse for add-on passive solar home heating, and creating a biodiesel reactor to produce energy from waste vegetable oil for home heating and vehicle use. The instructors will also discuss the application of these technologies in a developing country context.

Click here to register for the course.