Clean Energy Open House Tour
From The Chesapeake Climate Action Network:

Clean Energy Open House

Sunday, April 29th 1-5pm in Takoma Park, MD.

Come see solar panels! View electric, biodiesel, and hybrid cars firsthand! Eat solar-baked cookies! Learn how to landscape your yard with native plants! Buy wind power certificates and energy-saving light bulbs! Test drive a tofu-powered lawn mower! And more!

TAKOMA PARK OPEN HOUSE

The Chesapeake Climate Action Network will once again open to the public Maryland's only 95-percent renewable energy household on Sunday, April 29th from 1:00 - 5:00pm. The home, owned by Mike Tidwell, director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, is equipped with energy-efficient appliances and light bulbs, and is powered by photovoltaic solar panels, a solar hot-water system, and a corn-burning home-heating stove.

As a special feature, we'll also have two hybrid cars and an electric truck for you to view and learn about their affordable, climate-protecting features. And we'll also show you how to landscape your yard with native plants and water them with rain barrels that catch rooftop runoff.

Plus, there will be a solar food cooker on display (free solar-baked cookies) and we'll be selling energy-saving compact fluorescent light bulbs for a big discount. We'll also have lots of free literature on the rising threat of global warming and steps you can take to help save the planet.

WHAT: A tour of the first home in Maryland/Virginia/DC powered almost entirely by renewable energy and landscaped with native plants.

WHEN: Sunday Apr. 29th, 1:00 - 5:00pm

WHERE: 7125 Willow Ave, Takoma Park, MD (map)

DIRECTIONS:

By Metro: Take the red-line train to Takoma Station and walk east along Carroll Ave. toward downtown Takoma Park. After three blocks, turn left on Willow Ave. We're the fourth house on the right. Five-minute walk from the Metro.

By bike or car from DC: Take 16th Street north to Aspen. Turn right on Aspen and follow under the Metro Bridge. Take your second left after the bridge onto Willow Street. At the first light, turn right on Carroll Ave and take an immediate left onto Willow Ave.

By bike or car from the Beltway: Exit at New Hampshire Ave heading south. Take a right on Piney Branch and a left on Carroll Ave. Follow Carroll till you're almost in downtown Takoma Park and take a right on Tulip Ave. Take your next left onto Willow Ave and we're the third house on the left.

PARKING:
Please park in the parking lot at the corner of Willow Ave. and Carroll Ave., just four houses down from the expo.

For more information call Anne Havemann 301-891-6844 or Mike's house at 301-270-3722