Education Programs

Master Gardener's Presentation

Time	Green Building Series Barn Classroom	Sustainable Living Series Administration Classroom	Eat Local Series Farmers Market Education Area
9:30 to 10:30	Are Residential Wind Turbines Viable? How To Conserve and Generate Energy In Your Home Joseph Pecar Owner, Banner Home Solultions Banner Home Solutions is a company dedicated to cost effective products and solutions to help conserve and generate energy for the average homeowner.	Recycling and Waste Reduction: Minimize Waste in Your Home and Community: Reduce, Reuse and Recycle Maria Myers Recycling Manager Bureau of Solid Waste Carroll County Department of Public Works Ms. Myers joined Carroll County Government in August 2008 after 32 years with Giant Supermarkets, where she initiated the first Plastic Bag collection in the stores. She is also a Carroll County Master Gardener.	Eating Local, Step by Step Renee Brooks Catacalos Publisher and Editor, Edible Chesapeake magazine Renee Brooks Catacalos has been eating locally in Maryland since 2005 and has been sharing her experience ever since, as a freelance writer, web publisher, and publisher of the quarterly magazine, Edible Chesapeake.
10:45 to 11:45	Solar Power and Sustainability in Homes, Businesses and Government Buildings: Walking the Talk from Rooftops, to Parking Lots, to Back Yards Jim Pierobon Chief Marketing Officer, Standard Solar Inc. Gaithersburg, MD Jim Pierobon has spent virtually his entire career writing about, analyzing and/or advocating for cleaner energy solutions. He is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's most informative and entertaining ambassadors for solar energy.	Indoor Air Quality: What's It All About? Jeffrey C. Ayers IAQ Consultant, American Lung Association of the Atlantic Coast Jeffrey Ayers was Director of Facilities Management for a large local public school system for 10+ years. He received several awards from the American Lung Association and EPA for his efforts with providing a safe, healthy school environment.	Carroll County Master Gardeners Present: "Grow It Eat It" A Common Sense, Ecological Approach to Growing Food Kathy Ford Carroll County Master Gardener
12:00 to 1:00	Keynote Address: Statewide Perspective and Opportunities for a Sustainable Maryland Sean McGuire Office for a Sustainable Future Maryland Department of Natural Resources Sean McGuire began working at the DNR in 1998, and is now the Director of Sustainability Policies in DNR's Office for a Sustainable Future. Since 2000, Sean led the Environmental Design Program that focused on high performance buildings, resource conservation, and site design. Before that, he was a Tributary Team Coordinator working to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay. also: Speakers from Local Government Neil Ridgely, Sustainability Coordinator for Carroll County Government and Karen Merkle, Vice President of Carroll Community College
1:15 to 2:15	Geothermal Heating and Cooling: System and Installation Overview Mark A. Utz President, Mark A. Utz & Company, Inc. Shelton Cartwright Territory Manager, Water Furnace International Mark Utz received certification from the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSPA) in 1996, and his company has been successfully installing geothermal heating, cooling and radiant floor heating systems since then. Shelton Cartwright works with Water Furnace International, a leading manufacturer of geothermal heating and cooling products. Having had experience in the utility, contracting and manufacturing sectors, he brings a unique perspective to the geothermal industry.	Sustainable Investing in Uncertain Times Healthy Planet, Healthy Markets, Healthy Portfolios and Meeting Your Long Term Goals Richard Torgerson Progressive Asset Management Mr. Torgerson is President and Research Director of Progressive Asset Management, a national leader of socially responsible investing since 1985, and Registered Principal of Financial West Group, member FINRA, SIPC.	Adventures of a Winter Locavore: How (and Why) to Put Up (Freeze) Local Produce for Winter Melissa Melum Melissa Melum is a nurse and diabetes educator with a longstanding involvement in environmental issues. She has developed a process for putting up local summer produce to meet almost all of her needs for the year.
2:30 to 3:30	Caring For Our Water Understanding and Appreciating This Essential Resource and Conserving It Through Innovative Residential Plumbing and Hot Water Systems Pat Scheper, BS Apple Plumbing & Heating, Inc. Pat Scheper is a Master Plumber and Gasfitter. He is licensed with Green Plumbers USA and is a Certified Instructor with that organization. He and his wife Sue are actively taking their company GREEN.	Your Home Energy Audit An Introduction… While Becoming Energy Efficient, Consider the Air You Breathe Eugene "Gene" Swier, MS, CSP Regal Services Mr. Swier has over 35 years of experience in engineering, specializing in construction and including industrial hygiene aspects. He is a HERS-RESNET Energy Rater and is LEED for Homes certified.	Topic: Additional Topics Regarding Putting Up for Winter titles and speakers TBA
3:45 to 4:45	Special Program Barn Classroom On the Road to Sustainability: Where We've Been, Where We Are Headed, and What We Need To Do Presented by: The Men and Women of Boy Scout Venturing Crew 202 In the past 3 years, the youth of Venturing Crew 202 have talked to more than 12,000 Marylanders about environmental impacts, climate change, and sustainability. The Crew has received several national awards and numerous state awards for their efforts. You are invited to come and listen to a dedicated group of youth who are trying to make the future a brighter place by influencing adult actions and behavior.

Time

Green Building Series
Barn Classroom

Sustainable Living Series
Administration Classroom

Eat Local Series
Farmers Market Education Area

9:30
to
10:30

Are Residential Wind Turbines Viable?

How To Conserve and Generate Energy In Your Home

Joseph Pecar
Owner, Banner Home Solultions

Banner Home Solutions is a company dedicated to cost effective products and solutions to help conserve and generate energy for the average homeowner.

Recycling and Waste Reduction:

Minimize Waste in Your Home and Community:
Reduce, Reuse and Recycle

Maria Myers
Recycling Manager
Bureau of Solid Waste
Carroll County Department of Public Works

Ms. Myers joined Carroll County Government in August 2008 after 32 years with Giant Supermarkets, where she initiated the first Plastic Bag collection in the stores. She is also a Carroll County Master Gardener.

Eating Local, Step by Step

Renee Brooks Catacalos
Publisher and Editor, Edible Chesapeake magazine

Renee Brooks Catacalos has been eating locally in Maryland since 2005 and has been sharing her experience ever since, as a freelance writer, web publisher, and publisher of the quarterly magazine, Edible Chesapeake.

10:45
to
11:45

Solar Power and Sustainability in Homes, Businesses and Government Buildings:

Walking the Talk from Rooftops, to Parking Lots, to Back Yards

Jim Pierobon
Chief Marketing Officer, Standard Solar Inc.
Gaithersburg, MD

Jim Pierobon has spent virtually his entire career writing about, analyzing and/or advocating for cleaner energy solutions. He is one of the Mid-Atlantic region's most informative and entertaining ambassadors for solar energy.

Indoor Air Quality:
What's It All About?

Jeffrey C. Ayers
IAQ Consultant, American Lung Association
of the Atlantic Coast

Jeffrey Ayers was Director of Facilities Management for a large local public school system for 10+ years. He received several awards from the American Lung Association and EPA for his efforts with providing a safe, healthy school environment.

Carroll County Master Gardeners Present:
"Grow It Eat It"

A Common Sense, Ecological Approach to Growing Food

Kathy Ford
Carroll County Master Gardener

12:00
to
1:00

Keynote Address:

Statewide Perspective and Opportunities for a Sustainable Maryland

Sean McGuire
Office for a Sustainable Future
Maryland Department of Natural Resources

Sean McGuire began working at the DNR in 1998, and is now the Director of Sustainability Policies in DNR's Office for a Sustainable Future. Since 2000, Sean led the Environmental Design Program that focused on high performance buildings, resource conservation, and site design. Before that, he was a Tributary Team Coordinator working to reduce pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.

also:
Speakers from Local Government

Neil Ridgely, Sustainability Coordinator for Carroll County Government
and
Karen Merkle, Vice President of Carroll Community College

1:15
to
2:15

Geothermal Heating and Cooling:

System and Installation Overview

Mark A. Utz
President, Mark A. Utz & Company, Inc.

Shelton Cartwright
Territory Manager, Water Furnace International

Mark Utz received certification from the International Ground Source Heat Pump Association (IGSPA) in 1996, and his company has been successfully installing geothermal heating, cooling and radiant floor heating systems since then.

Shelton Cartwright works with Water Furnace International, a leading manufacturer of geothermal heating and cooling products. Having had experience in the utility, contracting and manufacturing sectors, he brings a unique perspective to the geothermal industry.

Sustainable Investing in Uncertain Times

Healthy Planet, Healthy Markets, Healthy Portfolios and Meeting Your Long Term Goals

Richard Torgerson
Progressive Asset Management

Mr. Torgerson is President and Research Director of Progressive Asset Management, a national leader of socially responsible investing since 1985, and Registered Principal of Financial West Group, member FINRA, SIPC.

Adventures of a Winter Locavore:

How (and Why) to Put Up (Freeze) Local Produce for Winter

Melissa Melum

Melissa Melum is a nurse and diabetes educator with a longstanding involvement in environmental issues. She has developed a process for putting up local summer produce to meet almost all of her needs for the year.

2:30
to
3:30

Caring For Our Water

Understanding and Appreciating This Essential Resource and Conserving It Through Innovative Residential Plumbing and Hot Water Systems

Pat Scheper, BS
Apple Plumbing & Heating, Inc.

Pat Scheper is a Master Plumber and Gasfitter. He is licensed with Green Plumbers USA and is a Certified Instructor with that organization. He and his wife Sue are actively taking their company GREEN.

Your Home Energy Audit

An Introduction…
While Becoming Energy Efficient, Consider the Air You Breathe

Eugene "Gene" Swier, MS, CSP
Regal Services

Mr. Swier has over 35 years of experience in engineering, specializing in construction and including industrial hygiene aspects. He is a HERS-RESNET Energy Rater and is LEED for Homes certified.

Topic: Additional Topics Regarding Putting Up for Winter titles and speakers TBA

3:45
to
4:45

Special Program

Barn Classroom

On the Road to Sustainability: Where We've Been, Where We Are Headed, and What We Need To Do

Presented by: The Men and Women of Boy Scout Venturing Crew 202

In the past 3 years, the youth of Venturing Crew 202 have talked to more than 12,000 Marylanders about environmental impacts, climate change, and sustainability. The Crew has received several national awards and numerous state awards for their efforts. You are invited to come and listen to a dedicated group of youth who are trying to make the future a brighter place by influencing adult actions and behavior.

MHSL FAIR 2009