Bergey Excel 10kW Our members at the August 31, 2005 meeting.

Tompkins Renewable Energy Education Alliance (TREEA) Educating our community about our energy options and their real costs. Members from: Ithaca College Cornell University Cooperative Extension Ecovillage at Ithaca (EVI) Tompkins County Environmental Management Council Sustainable Tompkins Kyoto Now! Cornell University Renewable Energy Society Sierra Club Performance Systems Our Goals: Clean energy Community education Increased acceptance of wind turbine visibility Kyoto Protocol compliance A community network for renewable energy installations

Mission Statement

We are a group of educators and activists dedicated to educating our community about our energy options and their financial, social, and environmental costs. Currently, our immediate goals are to educate the public about the need for Wind Power, and to increase the acceptance of wind turbine visibility at the community level.

Here is a description of TREEA.

Future Events

Past Events

• May 9 , 2006 8am-5pm: Tour of Maple Ridge Wind Farm, sponsored by Kyoto Now! For pictures of the event, click here.
• April 27, 2006 Noon-1pm: Sustainability Cafe: "Wind Energy: Supplying Clean Energy for America", presented by Dr. William Makofske, Professor of Physics from Ramopo College of New Jersey. Room 112 of the Center for Natural Sciences, Ithaca College campus. This flier (pdf) provides a description of the talk.
• April 23, 2006 Noon-5pm: Earth Day at the Ithaca Farmer's Market. TREEA had a table with information, videos, and a wind turbine demonstration by Joe Armstrong, of Joe's Wind Energy. For pictures of the event, click here.
• February 22, 2006 at 4pm: Public Talk "Community-Owned Wind Projects in New York State" Visiting speakers from the Helderberg Wind Forum: Kathy Moore of Integrated Environmental Data and Loren Pruskowski of Sustainable Energy Developments discussed their efforts to create a business model for communities within NY to develop and own utility-scale wind farms. Specifically, Loren and Kathy discussed work performed under the NYSERDA funded - “Pre- development Activities for Community Wind in Rural Albany County” project. 4:00pm Wednesday, February 22, 2006, Room 112, Center for Natural Sciences, Ithaca College . This powerpoint announcement describes the talk.
• December 16&17, 2005 at 3pm: Public tour of Windy Miles, a home powered by renewable energy (wind and geothermal). The tour was very successful. Approximately 10-15 people per day showed up and learned a lot about the Windy Miles systems. This flier provides directions, pictures, and other particulars.

Meeting Minutes

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• 2005_July_20
  
• 2005_August_31 -- Action Items
  
• 2005_October_19
• 2005_December 17
• 2006_January_18
• 2006_March_24
  
• 2006_April_13