Hampden Energy Expo team members are ready for the Hampden
Energy Expo on Monday. From left: Bobb Burton, Kate
Wallace, Rick Tanaka, Sam and Arrow Koehler, Maurice
Corish, Howard Selwood, Annette Selwood, Dugald MacTavish
(at top of sign), and Trevor and Elizabeth Norton. Photo by
Bill Campbell
The small North Otago community of Hampden is going to be
at the forefront of the energy efficiency field on Monday when
it stages its first energy expo.
The expo is another initiative by Hampden Community Energy
Incorporated, formed to cope with the demands of climate
change and peak oil production.
Funding from the Ministry for the Environment has helped the
small community group stage the expo, which is aimed at
presenting good ideas and products for energy efficiency and
do-it-yourself ideas to make life simpler and cheaper.
One of the organisers, Dugald MacTavish, hoped people would
go away from the expo with good ideas to make their lives
easier, less expensive and more secure.
Exhibits cover a wide field - from the efficient use of
energy to conserving water.
Organisers expect exhibits on solar and wind energy, sewage
treatment options, electricity-use meters, energy-efficient
vehicles, low-carbon woodburners, "pedal power", low-tech
cooking aids, water collection and storage, straw bale
building and home insulation.
There will also be demonstrations on remodelling clothing,
tending orchard trees, cider pressing, home-made
disinfectants and creams and efficient home irrigation
systems.
The expo runs from 10am to 4pm on Monday at the Hampden Hall,
with money raised going towards a new sound system for the
hall.
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