Ohiopyle - July Update

Upcoming Events in Ohiopyle!
July has been a planning month for my work with Ohiopyle - planning a Rain Garden Volunteer Night, a movie screening, and helping to plan the Ohiopyle Sustainable Energy Fair!
Ohiopyle Sustainable Energy Fair
PEC announces the Ohiopyle Sustainable Energy Fair on Saturday, October 8, 2011 from 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m. The fair will be held in the Ohiopyle-Stewart Community Center.
Exhibitors from clean energy businesses and non-profits will be on hand to provide information about energy conservation, energy efficiency, and sources of renewable energy, including biomass, solar, wind, geothermal, and hydropower. Before cold weather returns, enjoy an autumn day in the Laurel Highlands and join us to learn more about how you can be a wise energy user!
This event builds on interest generated through the successful completion of multiple environmental initiatives in Ohiopyle, such as the Laurel Highlands Conservation Landscape Initiative (CLI) and the green streets stormwater management project. It also helps to implement the Ohiopyle Joint Master Plan, completed in March 2010, which includes a brief overview of opportunities for alternative energy production.
The energy fair is sponsored by the West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund and jointly planned by the Borough of Ohiopyle, OhiopyleState Park, DCNR, Backyard Gardens, Student Conservation Association, Trail Towns Corps, National Historic Road, the Fayette County Redevelopment Authority, and PEC.
For more information, or to sign-up as an exhibitor, please contact Lindsay Baxter at 412-481-9400 or lbaxter@pecpa.org.

Following the fair, PEC has also sponsored a screening of "With My Own Two Wheels."

With My Own Two Wheels, a feature-length documentary about the bicycle as a vehicle for change around the world, is setting off on a cross-country screening tour. Two Wheels weaves together the stories of five individuals across the globe into a single narrative about the bicycle as a vehicle for change. The documentary was shot on location in Zambia, Ghana, India, Guatemala and California and was produced in collaboration with bicycle-driven development organizations including World Bike Relief and Bikes Not Bombs. Check it out at http://www.withmyowntwowheels.org/
Finally, I am also working to organize a bioswale volunteer event to booster the care of and community support for the Green Street bioswales. For this event, Janie French, the Director of Green Infrastructure at Pennsylvania Environmental Council, and I will guide volunteers through the proper care of bioswales along Sherman St. This will take place on Wednesday, August 10, from 6-7:30 outside of the Stewart Community Center. Below is the event's poster. Come out and help us to beautify Ohiopyle!

I hope to see you at these upcoming events!

-Maggie Adams