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Boston Solar Day Solstice Pizza Picnic

The forums are over for the summer, but there is still an important event to remember:

Celebrate the Sun at the 8th Annual
BOSTON SOLAR DAY SOLSTICE PIZZA PICNIC
Saturday, June 21, 2008 11 a.m. - 4 PM
Somerville Community Growing Center

Come for conversation, networking, information on clean energy options-subsidies and incentives to help add solar to your home, school, or business, share information on projects you/your organizations are working on, connect with local organizations dedicated to a clean, sustainable, peaceable solar future!

Demonstrations of Renewable Technology in Action: Stand-alone PV system at the center; Solar water pumps; Solar cookers (in action!); Educational solar toys.
An event for all ages -- Free and open to the general public.

And -- stay for the Tufts University Sax Ensemble: "be soothed and scintillated by the sounds of local sax musicians for a lovely evening, and to start the summer right!"; 6pm to 7pm.
For more infomation on events at the Somerville Growing Center, go to www.thegrowingcenter.org.

Remember that your donations and membership support BASEA: Boston Area Solar Energy Association

Junior Solar Sprint

The 2008 JSS event was held Saturday 17 May, 2008, thanks to the good timing of the event which coincided with a break in rainy, overcast weather. The result was a race held in full sun, with a great turnout and creative participation.

BASEA sincerely thanks all participating students, teachers, schools, parents and helpful volunteers who, working together, made for a really good experience.

We will post on these pages race results as they are compiled.

BASEA Forum

The BASEA Forum Renewable Lecture Series

Next Forum: Thursday, May 8
Dr. Sajed Kamal, Brandeis University, "Solutions"

In his presentation, Dr. Kamal, long-time BASEA member and board member, will discuss the potential for a revolutionary transition from an obsolete and destructive energy path to a sustainable path of innovation, renewable energy and peace. Due to recent breakthroughs, technologies such as photovoltaics, wind turbines, hydroelectric generators, solar thermal systems, biogas plants and solar cookers have the potential to totally change the global economy. They avoid collatoral environmental damage; direct costs are also plummeting.

Dr. Kamal will look at some exciting examples where these technologies are opening up new possibilities, in rural as well as urban settings, from a village home in Bangladesh to a skyscraper in New York City.

Sajed Kamal, EdD, teaches in the Sustainable International Development program at Brandeis University. He has been involved in the field for more than twenty-five years as a lecturer and international consultant, with projects in the United States, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Armenia and El Salvador, among others. He has a book forthcoming: Renewable Solutions: How We Can Fight Global Warming, Prevent Energy Wars & Transition to a Sustainable Future. His many awards include the 2007 Boston "Mayor's First Annual Green Award" and a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, New England Region in 2008.

A true renaissance man, he is also an internationally known translator of Bengali poetry, with four contributions to the new Norton Anthology: Language for a New Century: Contemporary Poetry from the Middle East, Asia, and Beyond.

The BASEA forums are held September through May, the second Thursday of each month, at the 1st Parish Unitarian Church, #3 Church St., Harvard Square, Cambridge. 

A reception begins at 7:00 p.m., with the program beginning at 7:30 p.m.

For more information, go to the forum page .

Junior Solar Sprint 2007

As the Eastern Mass Junior Solar Sprint race was rained out both for the scheduled day and our rain date, the judges selected teams from entries participating in local school competitions.

The teams who will go to the Regional race in Springfield on June 10, 2007 are:

We've updated our Sustainable Energy resource page.
Check it out.

Junior Solar Sprint
CANCELLED FOR 2007
See our JSS Page to learn about the event and register.

The Eastern Mass. Jr. Solar Sprint competition was held at MIT on Saturday May 20, 2006 under sunny skies with a few clouds and windy conditions. Awards were given for Performance (Speed), Craftsmanship, Technical Merit, and Creativity (innovation).  The winners pictured here proceeded to the Regional competition held at the Springfield Science Museum on Sunday June 11, 2006 of the Eastern Mass Jr. Solar Sprint. 

This year's Eastern Mass Jr. Solar Sprint competition will be held at MIT on Saturday May 19, 2007 (rain date Sunday May 20th).    See our JSS Page to learn about the event and register.

More information on the regional competition is available here: http://www.nesea.org/education/jss

Contestants: check schedule and rules for the race and other information included in your regional race packet.

Any questions please email: JSS Coordinator - David McNair

BASEA Activities and Services

• BASEA Forum - Renewable Energy Lecture Series.

• Junior Solar Sprint - Model solar car competition for middle school science students, organized and sponsored by BASEA in Eastern Massachusetts.

• NESEA Chapter - BASEA is the Boston area chapter of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA). Links to NESEA and other regional, national and international solar organizations can be found at BASEA Links.

• Events - Check our calendar of events for upcoming tours, projects, conferences, and picnics.
  
• Referral Program - Write us for information on solar vendors, designers, architects, installers and service in your area.  We want to help you with practical ways you can use solar and other sustainable energy technology.

BASEA's Mission

The Boston Area Solar Energy Association is convinced that New England's primary dependence on non-renewable energy sources is costly to our environmental, social, economic and political systems.

Therefore, we foster the design and use of solar and sustainable energy technologies through education, advocacy and the demonstration of practical, cost effective techniques.

It is our goal to promote Renewable Energy for a Sustainable Future.

Please remember that your donations and membership support BASEA.

BASEA is affiliated with


The Northeast Sustainable Energy Association

The American Solar Energy Association.

The International Solar Energy Association