Speakers, songs and sundaes will highlight a celebration of solar energy Sunday, Sept. 21 in Winterville. The free Sun Day event at Winterville’s solar-powered Marigold Auditorium, running from 2:30–5:30 p.m., coincides with the fall equinox, a time of seasonal transition representing the transition from polluting fossil fuels to clean solar and wind energy.
Speakers will include Athens-Clarke County Commissioner Carol Myers, who helped spearhead the 100% Athens Renewable Energy Initiative; Bruce Johnson, a Winterville city council member who’s pushing to solarize city buildings; Laura Iyer of the Southern Sustainability Institute; and Patty Durand of Cool Planet Solutions. The event will also feature a panel on electric vehicles, a Firefly Trail joyride with Electric Bike Group Athens and the Sun Day Choir showcasing songs about the sun as well as demonstrations of solar products, tables with information on renewable energy, free children’s books and free ice cream sundaes. An exhibition of entrants into a youth photo contest featuring images of trees will be on display at the Winterville Cultural Center next door.
Registration at the website actionnetwork.org/events/sun-day-sunday is optional but encouraged to ensure enough ice cream.The global day of action is sponsored by Third Act, a group composed of people over age 60 devoted to preventing climate change and protecting democracy.
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