The MN Renewable Energy Society's 1st ever EcoMetro Sustainable Living Tour highlights eight very special structures that have become beacons of sustainable living here in the Twin Cities Metro area. These families and businesses will be on-site the day of the tour to talk to you about how they have achieved various aspects of sustainability, lessons learned and help you figure out the next steps you can take to make your life, home and business more sustainable.
Touring these sites will provide a full day of education on how to create beautiful homes and businesses that are the best energy savers on the block! Spend the day touring 8 projects that tackle the challenge of our cold winters and hot summers with smart design choices and solid building techniques combined with renewable energy technologies.
The tour features a diverse range of styles, from modest remodels to luxury living. The sites include beekeeping, native wildflower gardens, permaculture techniques and yard care without pesticides (through chickens!). Other interesting highlights on this tour will satisfy the super techie in your family; innovative heat recovery systems, micro-inverters and battery back-up systems for photovoltaic systems.
These buildings are not just energy efficient, not just green built – they are sustainable and the people that live and work in them make the effort to embody that lifestyle in their daily actions. These dedicated trailblazers will be on-site to share their insights and secrets to sustainable living along with the contractors they worked with to answer the technical and financial questions. Talking with these interesting and knowledgeable people is half the fun!
Tickets:
Each guidebook will act as one ticket to go on the tour, children under 12 years old are free.
Guidebooks Found at:
- At Barbette, Red Stag Supper Club and Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis and Kendalls Ace Hardware in St Paul
- From MRES Board Members, at MRES events and at the Midtown Farmers Market May 3rd and May 24th
Cost:
$12 per guidebook/ticket
Click here to see pictures and descriptions of chosen sites and their sponsors.
