Tag: Unity Barn Raisers

Power for the People 8/8/18

Producer/Host: Steve Kahl
Engineer: John Greenman

Alternative Energy: Energy updates to the Unity Community Center

Key Discussion Points
a) Heat pumps
b) hybrid hot water heater
c) Efficiency Maine rebates

Guests:
Mary Leaming, Director, Unity Barn Raisers
John McIntire, Board member, UBR

Mid-Coast Currents 3/20/15

Producer/Host: Sara Trunzo
Engineer: Joel Mann

Issue: People, events, and ideas in mid-coast, Maine

Program Topic: Unity Barn Raisers and Community Solar

Key Discussion Points:
1. What is Unity Barn Raisers and what programs do they offer?
2. What is “community solar”?
3. Why is Unity Barn Raisers leading a community solar effort in Waldo County?
4. What is the Town of Freeport doing to advance community solar projects and what have they learned?

Guests:
Steve Kahl, environmental and renewable energy consultant. Member of UBR’s BOD, past president of Maine Lakes Society, and a founding board member and president, E4Research.
Mary Leaming, Unity Barn Raisers’ Programs Director
Donna Larson, Town Planner, Freeport.

For More Information:
www.unitybarnraisers.org
www.solarizefreeport.com
www.freeportmaine.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unity-Barn-Raisers

Mid-Coast Currents 3/15/13

Host: Sara Trunzo
Engineer: Amy Browne

Program Topic: Community Development the Unity Barn Raisers Way

Key Discussion Points (list at least 3):
1 What is Unity Barn Raisers and what do they do?
2 What events, opportunities, and services are available to citizens through UBR?
3 What is community development and how does it work?

Guests by name and affiliation:
1 Jim Perry has served with many environmental and economic development organizations, including the Worldwatch Institute, Green America, American Forests, American Rivers, and with a land-use and water resource preservation group in Cleveland, OH. He is currently serving as the Executive Director of Unity Barn Raisers.

For More Information:

www.unitybarnraisers.org

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