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EcoAdventures of Dan and Paula
LED Lighting
Dan is working with LED Technologies to provide new, high-efficient lighting solutions to businesses. Its an exciting new venture with a great deal of interest, due to the potential money savings, as well as the environmental benefits.
If you want to learn more - contact Dan at ledenergy@gmail.com.
If you want to learn more - contact Dan at ledenergy@gmail.com.
Mr. Roger; Roger Mericka; Fatzilla.org ALERT
Dan and I have had a very bad experience doing business with Mr. Roger, a.k.a. Roger Merickia of Ohio. We would have serious concerns about becoming involved with his new fatzilla.org venture. Mr. Roger has not delivered on any of the promises he made to us. Contact Dan if you would like more information. 608-209-1707.
Dan on the 10:00 News!
Dan is turning into a local celebrity in 'green' circles. Check out the writeup on the Local ABC -- WKOW station!
http://wkow.madison.com/News/index.php?ID=20088
And - he didn't even have to get up at 4 am this time!
Thanks to new associate, Becca Hill for signing up for a Green Contest sponsored by the local TV station. They did a good job of getting the facts straight.
http://wkow.madison.com/News/index.php?ID=20088
And - he didn't even have to get up at 4 am this time!
Thanks to new associate, Becca Hill for signing up for a Green Contest sponsored by the local TV station. They did a good job of getting the facts straight.
State of the Manufacturing company
We are all anxious for the manufacturing company, Citizenre to start installing panels. In a state of the company address on Feb 4th, the President of Citizenre advises that there have been delays in obtaining the financing necessary to start the manufacturing plant. However, they are pursuing a number of options and we hope to have better news soon.
Madison Home Expo 2008
We had a great time at the 2008 Madison Home Expo show at the Monona Terrace. Thanks to all who came out and talked to us. Madison now has about 50 new 'Solar Citizens'.
We had two new ecos - Josh and Evie who were able to hone their ecopreneur 'chops' by talking to lots of folks about the Solar Solution over the two 1/2 day time frame. It was great having them with us - especially since there were many times that we had 6-8 people all wanting to hear about the program at the same time.
AND - we were able to push Wisconsin over the 500 customer mark! Hopefully that will help us draw attention to our area to get the panels sooner rather than later.
We had two new ecos - Josh and Evie who were able to hone their ecopreneur 'chops' by talking to lots of folks about the Solar Solution over the two 1/2 day time frame. It was great having them with us - especially since there were many times that we had 6-8 people all wanting to hear about the program at the same time.
AND - we were able to push Wisconsin over the 500 customer mark! Hopefully that will help us draw attention to our area to get the panels sooner rather than later.
Dan in the Spotlight!
This last weekend Dan was interviewed by NBC news as part of promoting the 2008 Madison Home Expo show at Monona Terrace. I've included the link to see a video of his interview below... but the link will probably roll off of the nbc15.com website soon - in the meantime we're trying to get a copy of it to save.
Check it out!
http://video.nbc15.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?clipId1=2071195&at1=News&vt1=v&h1=In+Studio+with+Rental+Solar+Dot+Com+1%2F5%2F08&d1=180667&redirUrl=video.nbc15.com&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//video.nbc15.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp%3FclipId1%3D2071195&at1%3DNews&vt1%3Dv&h1%3DIn+Studio+with+Rental+Solar+Dot+Com+1%2F5%2F08&d1%3D180667&redirUrl%3Dvideo.nbc15.com&activePane%3Dinfo&LaunchPageAdTag%3Dhomepage&clipFormat%3D&rnd=44025686
Check it out!
http://video.nbc15.com/global/video/popup/pop_player.asp?clipId1=2071195&at1=News&vt1=v&h1=In+Studio+with+Rental+Solar+Dot+Com+1%2F5%2F08&d1=180667&redirUrl=video.nbc15.com&activePane=info&LaunchPageAdTag=homepage&clipFormat=&playerVersion=1&hostPageUrl=http%3A//video.nbc15.com/global/video/popup/pop_playerLaunch.asp%3FclipId1%3D2071195&at1%3DNews&vt1%3Dv&h1%3DIn+Studio+with+Rental+Solar+Dot+Com+1%2F5%2F08&d1%3D180667&redirUrl%3Dvideo.nbc15.com&activePane%3Dinfo&LaunchPageAdTag%3Dhomepage&clipFormat%3D&rnd=44025686
Living With ED!!
Wow! The Rental Solar program was featured in a recent Living With Ed episode.. Very exciting - check it out at:
http://www.livingwithed.net/egallery.asp?CID=23&xepisode=Season%202
http://www.livingwithed.net/egallery.asp?CID=23&xepisode=Season%202
Chicago GreenLifeExpo
Last weekend Dan and I were in the Northbrook Mall in a northern Chicago suburb for a Green Life Expo. Unfortunately, the event itself wasn't managed well - wasn't any promotion, and we didn't get any traffic. But on the plus side:
1. We got to meet several of our colleagues from the Chicago area who helped staff the booth (Hi Rich, Bill, Caron, Cheri and Jen!) That was the definite highlight of the weekend!
2. I bought some clothes at a nearby Anne Taylor store (they had good prices in petites)
3. We did sign up several of the other vendors... and a few passerbys.
The Lesson learned is to do more research before we commit to and pay for these types of events!
Dan is lining up more events in ChicagoLand for October. I have mom duty 3 out of the four weekends... so am likely to not be doing the shows with him -but we now know a number of folks in Chicago who can help out!
1. We got to meet several of our colleagues from the Chicago area who helped staff the booth (Hi Rich, Bill, Caron, Cheri and Jen!) That was the definite highlight of the weekend!
2. I bought some clothes at a nearby Anne Taylor store (they had good prices in petites)
3. We did sign up several of the other vendors... and a few passerbys.
The Lesson learned is to do more research before we commit to and pay for these types of events!
Dan is lining up more events in ChicagoLand for October. I have mom duty 3 out of the four weekends... so am likely to not be doing the shows with him -but we now know a number of folks in Chicago who can help out!
Dan's Audio Message to Midwest Ecopreneurs
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Madison Willy St Fair - WOW!!
The annual Willy Street Fair was AMAZING! Dan, I and my 10-year old, Dawn, went to the warm-up event on Saturday afternoon and heard an incredible band / singer from Africa. Dawn wheedled Dan into buying the CD for her. We spent a few hours wandering the area - listening to music and eating the fair food.
Sunday was the main event - Dan was there early to assemble the booth. After singing in church, I dropped Dawn off at grandma and grandpas and joined Dan in time for the kick-off parade. From then on, we were off to the races. In a span of 6-7 hours we'd signed up 20 customers (including sign-ups by team-mate Duane). We had a steady flow of interested Madisonions... and a few out-of-towners. We probably gave out a hundred fliers and business cards.
It was fabulous and energizing! A GREAT EVENT!
Our next event will be in the Chicago Northbrook Mall Sept 29-30... and we have to get our act together for an inside venue. Dan will apply his usual mechanical know-how and come up with something.
Sunday was the main event - Dan was there early to assemble the booth. After singing in church, I dropped Dawn off at grandma and grandpas and joined Dan in time for the kick-off parade. From then on, we were off to the races. In a span of 6-7 hours we'd signed up 20 customers (including sign-ups by team-mate Duane). We had a steady flow of interested Madisonions... and a few out-of-towners. We probably gave out a hundred fliers and business cards.
It was fabulous and energizing! A GREAT EVENT!
Our next event will be in the Chicago Northbrook Mall Sept 29-30... and we have to get our act together for an inside venue. Dan will apply his usual mechanical know-how and come up with something.