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Panels support
conservation
Several panelists addressed
conserving energy within the
community at the H.O.RE.S.
conference held this weekend
Ali Shaughnessy
Environment/Science/Technology Reporter
Hundreds of students and com
munity members gathered in
Lawrence Hall over the weekend
for the ninth annual Holistic Op
tions for Planet Earth Sustainabili
ty conference.
Hosted by the Ecological Design
Center, the conference focused on
ecological ur- -
banism and ar
chitecture, and
had a variety of
keynote speak
ers, panels and
workshops. A
total of four
keynote speak
ers addressed
topics from new
forms of com
munal living to -
creating a more
community-oriented and ecologi
cally sustainable society.
The panels were split into three
different sections: people, parts
and projects, with each panel tack
ling a different topic.
Patricia Thomas, an architect
and planner who works in the City
of Eugene Planning Division, sat
on a panel focusing on codes for
Oregon ecocities.
“I think that many of you are at
a conference like this because you
want to make a difference in your
community,” Thomas said. She
added that communities can takes
steps to support themselves by do
ing a variety of things, such as im
proving the appearance of build
r
ings, avoiding urban sprawl and
providing affordable housing.
Another panel, titled “Polities of
Renewable Energy,” focused on what
people in the community can do to
recruit others to start using renew
able energy, such as solar energy.
Panelists also addressed ways com
munities can support themselves
through energy conservation.
Steve Musser, a specialist in re
newable energy system design and
installation, stressed the impor
tance of people conserving energy.
“Conservation is the No. 1 re
"\ think that many of you
are at a conference like
this because you want to
make a difference in
your community"
Patricia Thomas
architect and planner, City of
Eugene Planning Division
newable energy
source,” he
said.
Christopher
Dymond, who
works for the
Oregon Office
of Energy as an
energy analyst,
agreed with
Musser and
added that, un
til there is
More energy
conservation, solar energy won’t
work.
“I have an 8 year old, and I tell her
every night: ‘You can’t have your so
lar cookies until you eat your conser
vation vegetables,”’ he said, drawing
a laugh from the audience.
Neil Eisenberg, the former presi
dent of the San Francisco Board of
Permit Appeals, wrote the 1999
San Francisco municipal utility
district ballot initiative. Eisenberg
said the important thing to do with
solar energy was to cut the cost.
“What we have to do is bring down
the cost of solar power,” he said.
Contact the reporter
atalishaughnessy@dailyemerald.com.
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