Dear Friends & Members of Solar Washington,

The link for this article was sent by Chris Talbot of the MREA.  We have asked for and received permission from the good folks at Mother Jones to post the link on our website.  If you have any feedback, they would love to hear it.

Mother Jones and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association has teamed up to bring you this news.  Mother Jones has offered to let MREA members read the article “One Roof at a Time”, FREE of charge! (It’s normally paid content on their website.)  As a non-profit organization with an educational mission, Mother Jones wants to make its resources and information available to support likeminded organizations, such as the MREA.

In the article “One Roof at a Time”, reporter Bill McKibben writes that although power from wind and sun still represent only 1 percent of the world’s electric generation, in some places, like Germany and Japan, solar power is beginning to edge into the mainstream.  Now, observes McKibben, motivated partly by environmentalism and partly by big savings on electric bills—but mostly by the thrill of “doing it themselves” --many US homeowners are beginning to follow suit.

So enjoy the article, and remember to thank Mother Jones.

You can check out the story here: http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/11/11_414.html
Access Code: MJ2104

Chris Talbot
Office/Energy Fair Assistant
Midwest Renewable Energy Association

7558 Deer Rd, Custer, WI 54423
715 592 6595
chris@the-mrea.org
Www.the-mrea.org

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair
June 17-19, 2005
ReNew the Earth Institute