The 32nd Annual Energy Fair

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is eager is welcome you to join us for The Energy Fair!  It is a place to celebrate and explore renewable energy and sustainable living.  Each year the Fair brings 11,500+ attendees together to learn about clean energy, connect with others, and take action toward a just energy transition.

Schedule:
Thursday, June 22, 2023
6:30 pm: Networking Dinner
Take this opportunity to connect with industry professionals and Fair attendees from across the Midwest while enjoying a meal from Rockman’s Catering out of Plover, WI.  The summery, fresh menu will include vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free options and will feature sauces from the Stevens Point Sauce Company.

The Networking Dinner is free for exhibitors, presenters, sponsors, MREA Lifetime Members, and Hardcore Volunteers.

Location: Main Stage

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Friday June 23, 2023
Workshops
10:00am: Climate “Smart” to Climate Just Agriculture - The Orange Tent
10:00am: Critical Thinking, Bias, and Socratics - The White Tent
10:00am: Electrification + Solar on Multifamily Housing - The Red Tent
10:00am: Invest With Your Values – Beginner - The Pink Tent
10:00am: Living Low – Ideas for a Low Waste Lifestyle - The Black Tent
10:00am: Nikola Tesla’s Clean Energy Solutions - The Blue Tent
10:00am: Outdoor Skills – Shelter Building - The Bushcraft Demo Area
10:00am: Recycled Art with Rachel - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
10:00am: Vehicle-to-Grid: Opportunities and Challenges - The Green Tent
11:00am: Advancing Conservation on Private Lands - The Orange Tent
11:00am: Advancing Energy Industry Coordination - The Purple Tent
11:00am: Agrivoltaics: Potential of Ag + Solar in WI - The Red Tent
11:00am: Building Bridges to the Clean Energy Economy - The Yellow Tent
11:00am: Building Energy Modeling with Sketchbox - The Pink Tent
11:00am: How to Design and Build a Tiny House - The Green Tent
11:00am: Pairing Heat Pumps with Solar PV - The Yellow Tent
11:00am: Pollinators - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
11:00am: Solar Assisted Water Pumping; On and Off Grid - The Black Tent
11:00am: Utilities are Coming for Your Net Metering - The White Tent
11:30am: Supercharge Energy Projects with the IRA - The Blue Tent
12:00pm: CFCW – What Will Be Your Environmental Legacy? - The Red Tent
12:00pm: Community Growing and Giving - The Orange Tent
12:00pm: Energy Policy and Solar Programs in Illinois - The Green Tent
12:00pm: Launch a Food Business from Your Home - The Black Tent
12:00pm: Leasing Basics for Renewable Energy Projects - The White Tent
12:00pm: Living Off Grid, Really!?! - The Yellow Tent
12:00pm: The Power of Plants - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
12:00pm: Your Brain on Fossil Fuels and Climate Change - The Pink Tent
1:00pm: (French!) Family Movement - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
1:00pm: Backyard Composting 101 - The Red Tent
1:00pm: Energy in the House! - The Yellow Tent
1:00pm: Great Lakes Energy Center’s Path to NET ZERO - The NWTC Trailer
1:00pm: Hybrid or Electric Vehicles, A Buyer’s Guide - The White Tent
1:00pm: Invest your Values – Practical Application - The Pink Tent
1:00pm: LFP & Traditional Deep Cycle Battery Selectio - The Blue Tent
1:00pm: Measuring Sunlight: The Pyranometer - The Green Tent
1:00pm: Natural Climate Solutions: Taste the Change - The Orange Tent
1:00pm: Start Your Solar Journey Today! - The Blue Tent
1:00pm: Utility Bill Clinic - The Black Tent
2:00pm: Accelerating Clean Energy in our Communities: Working Together to Get it Done - The Green Tent
2:00pm: Make Your Own Paints and Finishes - The Yellow Tent
2:00pm: Off-Grid Home Construction – Learn by Doing! - The Orange Tent
2:00pm: Our Sustainable Living Journey - The Black Tent
2:00pm: Outdoor Skills – Fire Starting - The Bushcraft Demo Area
2:00pm: Renewable Energy Pinwheels - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
2:00pm: Residential Solar Financing 101 - The Pink Tent
2:00pm: Solar + Storage for Homes & Businesses - The Red Tent
2:00pm: Using Fungi to Fight Climate Change - The White Tent
2:30pm: Op-ed Writing Workshop - The Blue Tent
3:00pm: Bicycle-Powered Delivery, Success & Failure - The White Tent
3:00pm: Can Clean Energy Overcome Local Opposition? - The Black Tent
3:00pm: Dane County Takes Action - The Pink Tent
3:00pm: Deep Energy Retrofits - The Orange Tent
3:00pm: Geothermal 101 - The Red Tent
3:00pm: Off-Grid Reality Check - The Yellow Tent
3:00pm: Solar Site Analysis: The Solar Pathfinder - The Green Tent
3:00pm: Wet on Wet Watercolor Painting - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
4:00pm: Story Time and Shrinky ***** - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)

Live Music
2:00pm: Patchouli & Terra Guitarra - Forest Stage
5:30pm: Genevieve Heyward - Forest Stage
8pm: Nur-D - Main Stage

9:30 am: MREA Membership Meeting - Yellow Flag Tent
5:00 pm: Clean Energy Career Fair - Purple Flag Tent (Overflow in the Blue Flag Tent)
6:00 pm: MREA Community Dinner - Special Events Tent
11:15am & 2pm: Energy Storage System Tech Center Tours - Renew the Earth Institute
4:00 pm: Siren Shrub – Nonalcoholic Happy Hours

Rise Up Live Events
Al Gedicks, Sulfide Mining in the Great Lakes Region, 11am  
Jane McCurry, Electric Vehicle and Clean Transportation Adoption in the Midwest, 12pm  
Paul Wilson, The Role of Nuclear Power in the Energy Transition, 1pm  
Chelsea Chandler, Corn Ethanol Vs. Solar Land Use Comparison in Wisconsin, 2pm

Location: Special Events Tent

Tomorrow River Community Charter School/Waldorf Education Events
1pm: (French!) Family Movement
3pm: Wet on Wet Watercolor Painting

Location: Rainbow’s End

2:00 pm: Sustainable Wine Tasting with Caravan Wine Shop

Saturday June 24, 2023
Workshops
10:00am: “The Many Levels of Solar + Storage” - The Blue Tent
10:00am: Heating Your Home With a Masonry Mass Stove - The Orange Tent
10:00am: How to Crochet with Loops and Rounds - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
10:00am: How to Get Solar on Your School - The Yellow Tent
10:00am: Low Waste Lifestyle: A Realistic Approach - The Red Tent
10:00am: Madison to MREA on Solar E-Trike - The Pink Tent
10:00am: MadiSUN Workforce Training - The Black Tent
10:00am: Outdoor Skills – Making a Whistle or Small Container - The Bushcraft Demo Area
10:00am: Planning and Planting the Fall Garden - The Green Tent
10:00am: SIPs: An Affordable and Duplicatable Solution - The White Tent
11:00am: Careers in Clean Energy - The Green Tent
11:00am: CEJA Stories: Implementing Illinois’ Landmark Climate Justice Bill (Panel) – Forest Stage (80 min) - The Forest Stage
11:00am: Choosing Herbal Remedies for Sustainability - The White Tent
11:00am: ESS with Sol-Ark, Homegrid, & Savant - The Black Tent
11:00am: Goin’ Off (Grid) and Living More with Less - The Red Tent
11:00am: Green Burial - The Orange Tent
11:00am: Growing Insects for Food and Feed - The Purple Tent
11:00am: Hands-on Solar Power Demo - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
11:00am: Recycle Right, Wisconsin - The Pink Tent
11:00am: Smart Grid / MIcro Grid Basics - The NWTC Trailer
12:00pm: Biking Year-Round – Work, Play, & Day-to-Day - The Pink Tent
12:00pm: Choosing a Solar Installer-What Could Go Wrong? - The Orange Tent
12:00pm: Intro to Small Wind Systems - The Red Tent
12:00pm: Leadership for Kids – Story Time - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
12:00pm: NEC Art. 705 – Interconnecting your Power - The Green Tent
12:00pm: Process Intensification for Energy Systems - The Black Tent
12:00pm: Tesla Ownership, The Good and Bad - The Yellow Tent
12:00pm: The Future of Solar Energy Education - The White Tent
1:00pm: Earth Art - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
2:00pm: Comfortable and Energy Efficient Buildings - The Pink Tent
2:00pm: Fabulous Frogs & Sensational Snakes - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
2:00pm: Life is Not a Gas - The Yellow Tent
2:00pm: Outdoor Skills – Making String - The
2:00pm: Power your Home from your Car - The Red Tent
2:00pm: Rebuilding Midwestern Soil - The Blue Tent
2:00pm: Scaling and Accelerating Renewable Energy - The Orange Tent
2:00pm: Solar on Schools Power Hour - The White Tent
2:00pm: Sustainable Health: Sleep Improvement - The Green Tent
2:00pm: Wind Power Reality Check - The Black Tent
3:00pm: A Conventional Net-Zero Home - The Green Tent
3:00pm: Basic PV Training for Community Groups - The White Tent
3:00pm: Energy Efficient Plumbing - The Blue Tent
3:00pm: Feed Your Family from your Indoor Garden - The Orange Tent
3:00pm: Green Hydrogen – What’s the Big Deal? - The Pink Tent
3:00pm: How to Finance Clean Energy in Your home - The Black Tent
3:00pm: Rock Hounding For Children and Families - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
3:00pm: Solar for Beginners – A Hands-on Building Experience - The NoWhere Vans Exhibit Area
3:00pm: Stories From the Frontline: Living with Fossil Fuels - The Red Tent
3:00pm: Water Pumping Windmills - The Yellow Tent
4:00pm: Activist Street Band Supports Social Justice - The Red Tent
4:00pm: Chevy Volt, Cadillac ELR - The Black Tent
4:00pm: How to Combat Rising Energy Prices - The Yellow Tent
4:00pm: Intro to Photovoltaic Systems - The Orange Tent
4:00pm: Make Your Own Playdough - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
4:00pm: Solar Schools Save Money and Increase STEM - The White Tent
4:00pm: Taking the Book Out of Homeschooling - The Blue Tent
4:00pm: The Path to Zero Energy For New And Existing Homes - The Pink Tent
4:00pm: Vegetable Seed Saving - The Green Tent

Live Music
2:00pm: Emmitt James - Forest Stage
5:30pm: Forward! Marching Band - Main Stage
8:00pm: Tae & The Neighborly - Main Stage

5:00 pm: Clean Energy Career Fair - Purple Flag Tent (Overflow in the Blue Flag Tent)
2pm: Keynote Book Signings - Erik M. Conway at the Main Stage
11:15am & 2pm: Energy Storage System Tech Center Tours - Renew the Earth Institute
4:00 pm: Siren Shrub – Nonalcoholic Happy Hours

Rise Up Live Events
Elizabeth Turner, Energy Efficient Building Design for Electrification, 11am  
Katie Kienbaum, Empowering Energy Democracy through Distributed Energy Resources, 12pm  
Markeeta Keyes, Pursuing Energy Justice through Clean Energy Workforce Education, 2pm  
Andrew Kell, Wisconsin Roadmap to Net Zero by 2050, 3pm  
Tom Content, Putting Consumers First in the Energy Transition, 4pm  

Location: Special Events Tent

Tomorrow River Community Charter School/Waldorf Education Events
10am: How to Crochet with Loops and Rounds - Rainbow’s End

3:00 pm: Hands-on Demo with NoWhere Vans

11:00 am: Panel - CEJA Stories: Implementing Illinois’s Landmark Climate Justice Bill - Forest Stage

2:30 pm: Stevens Point Area Cooperative (SPAC) Food Tasting and Documentary Viewing

1:45 pm: Whitefeather Organic Farm Tour with Siren Shrub Tasting - Custer

Sunday June 25, 2023
Workshops
10:00am: Cooperative Investment: SolarShare WI Co-op - The Yellow Tent
10:00am: Foraged Flower Crown - The Blue Tent
10:00am: Heating with Renewable Biomass in Wisconsin - The Green Tent
10:00am: How to Make Your own BioChar Generator - The Pink Tent
10:00am: Learning Skills to Inherit Property - The Black Tent
10:00am: Make Your Own Paint - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
10:00am: Mushrooms in the Kitchen and Apothecary - The Orange Tent
10:00am: Outdoor Skills – Fire Starting - The
10:00am: Waking the Cooperative Spirit - The Red Tent
10:00am: Zero Carbon by 2050 – A Path for Wisconsin - The White Tent
11:00am: A Barrier Free and Non-Toxic Home Explained - The Red Tent
11:00am: Climate Change & Electrification - The Pink Tent
11:00am: Farming Sunshine: Solar and Ag Land Use - The Yellow Tent
11:00am: Mending: Prolong the Life of Your Textiles - The White Tent
11:00am: Seeing the Light: Navigating Solar Myths - The Orange Tent
11:00am: Solar Resource Calculator For UW-Campus - The Black Tent
11:00am: Terrific Turtles - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
11:00am: Urban Wood Usage in our Communities - The Green Tent
11:00am: WI Sales & Use Tax Basics – Q&A - The Purple Tent
12:00pm: My Friend the Tree - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
1:00pm: An All Electric Home in Stevens Point - The Orange Tent
1:00pm: Build Your Composter and Soil - The Blue Tent
1:00pm: Building Unity for a Sustainable Future - The Pink Tent
1:00pm: Connecting with Nature Using Our 54 Senses - The Black Tent
1:00pm: Energy Burden, Energy Injustice - The Green Tent
1:00pm: How to Minimize Construction Waste - The Red Tent
1:00pm: Live Green/Leave Green - The White Tent
1:00pm: Make Your Own Ellie Pooh Journals - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
1:00pm: Solar for your Conservation Organization - The Yellow Tent
1:00pm: Tackling High Household Energy Burden in Wisc - The Purple Tent
2:00pm: A Community Approach to the Energy Transition - The Black Tent
2:00pm: A Thousand Points of Light - The White Tent
2:00pm: Heat Pump Needs an Envelope - The Yellow Tent
2:00pm: Hybrid or EV Safety, Fact or Fiction? - The Green Tent
2:00pm: Native Plants: Creating a Pollinator Oasis - The Red Tent
2:00pm: Sing Along and Circle Time - The Rainbow's End (Kids' Tent)
2:00pm: The Basics of Photovoltaics - The Pink Tent
2:00pm: The Importance of Grounding - The Orange Tent

Live Music
1:30pm: Dead Horses - Main Stage

7:30am - 9:30am: The Energy Fair 1K - Rise Up & Race
Join the MREA for the first ever Energy Fair 5K, held during The 32nd Annual Energy Fair
Race, run, jog, walk, or skip during this family-friendly event! 5K participants will be timed during this event and 1K participants will not be timed. All participants will receive shirts and medals regardless of finishing times, with unique prizes given to top finishers.

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2pm: Keynote Book Signings - Trita Parsi in the Special Event Tent
11:15am: Energy Storage System Tech Center Tours - Renew the Earth Institute

Rise Up Live Events
10:30am: Rise Up Season 4 Guests, Midwest Energy Transition Panel on the Main Stage

Tomorrow River Community Charter School/Waldorf Education Events
2pm: Sing along and Circle Time - Rainbow’s End

10:00 am: Silent Auction - Tent C

Date: June 23 - 25, 2023

Hours:
Friday & Saturday: 9am - 11pm
Sunday 9am - 3pm

Location: Midwest Renewable Energy Association - 7558 Deer Road Custer, WI 54423

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