Nolan Hoppe-Leonard's Page

Hey I'm a Western student searching for a place to live next year.  My current roommates are pretty strongly in favor of moving to the south side of campus, and I'd rather stay on the north side as it's close to a lot of the stuff that I like to do.  So I was wondering if anyone had need of one extra roommate in a house or maybe a little funky attic apartment (or something along those lines) available for rent; preferably close to downtown/the food coop area, but I'm not too picky and my budget…See More

Learn what you need to know about solar energy. Dana Brandt, founder and president of Ecotech Energy Systems will bring his local and international experience to teach you the basics of solar electricity, why it works in Whatcom County and if it would be a good choice for your home. He will also cover the myriad local, state and federal incentives for solar. For details, visit RE-Sources.org.See More

Join us for a presentation on how foods are genetically engineered, the known & unknown dangers from their consumption, and how you can protect your family by the choices you make every week.  Help to achieve a “consumer rejection tipping point” which will force GMOs out of the US market, just as they have already successfully done in most European countries. Together we can do this. In fact, momentum is already afoot. From Oct 1-16, thousands of people will be walking from NY City to the…See More

Deborah Todd, Building Design Services, will present a brief personal history of the Green Building movement and how it has influenced her current interest in small homes and community building.  She'll be giving an overview of 'smart design' from passive solar and site work to advanced framing and small home design using examples from many of her projects.  Finally she will give an overview of community building looking at examples from her own community, Millworks Co-Housing and the new…See More

Plant a garden and eat for a year, plant a Forest Garden and eat for decades! This hands on workshop will give you a good understanding to design, plant and orchestrate a perennial food forest. Northwest fruit and nut trees suited to our bioregion, guild plants that fertilize, attract pollinators and mulch will be covered. By stacking the systems one can create the productivity of a forest by capturing and storing available nutrients, water and sunlight. Once established it will continue to…See More