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SolWest 2009 July 24, 25 and 26 INDEX TO THE FAIR PROGRAM 1. Keynote Speaker 2. Feature Article 3. Exhibitor List 4. pre-SolWest Workshops 5. SolWest Workshops 6. Food and Music, and Film Festival 7. E-vents, Family Day and Children's Workshops 8. EORenew Booth, Silent Auction, 9. Camping and Volunteering 10. Getting to SolWest and Lodging 11. Thanks to our supporters 12. Download the pdf schedule and fair program guide. 13. Pre-registration for camping and special workshops. Keynote Address: Jeff Mapes Saturday July 25, 12:30 in the Sale Barn "Brimming with passion, humor and salutary insight, (Jeff Mapes) makes an admirably clearheaded, convincing and, ultimately, humane argument for making more room for the two-wheeler, in our lives and on our roads." -Tom Vanderbilt, author of Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do (and What It Says About Us) Jeff Mapes, author of Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists Are Changing American Cities, explores the growing bike culture that is changing the look and feel of cities, suburbs, and small towns across North America. From traffic-dodging bike messengers to tattooed teenagers on battered bikes, from riders in spandex to well-dressed executives, ordinary citizens are becoming transportation revolutionaries. Jeff focuses on cities and towns of all sizes, including America's most successful bike city, Portland, to show how cyclists, with the encouragement of local officials, are claiming a share of the valuable streetscape. Award-winning journalist Jeff Mapes is senior political reporter for The Oregonian. He has covered Congress, state government, and numerous local, state, and national campaigns. He is also author of the blog, Mapes on Politics. He lives in Portland, Oregon, where he is a longtime bike commuter, and his family's latest transportation purchase is a cargo bicycle rated to handle loads of up to 400 pounds.

Fair Hours: Friday 1 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. ADMISSION TO THE FAIR DAILY 3-day WEEKEND Adults $5.00 $10.00 Juniors $2.00 $4.00 Family $10.00 $20.00 EORenew members ($25 level and up), and volunteers get in free! On-site child care available FREE FAIR ENTRY FRIDAY 5-7PM AND SUNDAY Noon-3:30PM!

SolWest Kind of People Opinion by Jennifer Barker Every time I see someone driving down the road in a hybrid vehicle with bumper stickers reminding people to consume less, I think "these are SolWest kind of people." On the days I ride my bike to Canyon City to get the mail, if I pass another bicyclist with bags and boxes in their bike basket, or an older small truck with a bunch of materials for a do-it-yourself project I think "there's a SolWest kind of person." When I pass a house where loving hands have built a garden, a water project, a solar array and wind tower, I think "the people that live there must be SolWest kind of people." The SolWest kind of person is a doer, a go-getter, a live wire. More importantly, s/he seems to believe in the thoughtful application of personal ingenuity and hands-on participation. People who come to SolWest have all kinds of projects: home projects, transportation projects, personal development projects. Their goal at SolWest is to learn how to better and more intelligently accomplish all they set out to do. The SolWest experience shows not just what is possible, but what we can actually do: right now, in the place where we live and with the resources we have available to us. It's not about some pie-in-the-sky future, or projects only available to the super-rich. SolWest has helped thousands of people just like you and me get one step closer, and then another and another, till one day we find we are living life as we want to live it: joyously, consciously, and sustainably. SolWest is going to look different this year: fewer big commercial booths, more cottage industries (though many of your favorite providers have committed to be here again, at what they call their "favorite event"). There is less money floating around everywhere in this new economy. Magazines, and events, are looking a little thin these days. But the heart of SolWest has never been money, and it never will be. The heart of SolWest is you and me and all the people who come together to share experiences, sociability, and knowledge about renewable energy and sustainable living skills. Are you a SolWest kind of person?

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