Catch an interview with Tamara or the “Human Power Possibilities” presentation, described below, on the following dates in a city near you.
Thanks to pedals, treadles, and cranks, our muscles have operated machines since Medieval times. Could we once again rely on human power, rather than fossil fuels, to run our lives? How much power can one person generate? Discover the answers to these questions and learn about ingenious human-powered contraptions used around the globe today.
Upcoming Appearances:
None scheduled at this time.
Previous Appearances:
| Date: | Saturday, October 25, 2008 |
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| Time: | Noon |
| Place: | Home Green Home 207 S. Main Street Viroqua, WI |
| Date: | Monday, October 27, 2008 |
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| Time: | 6:00 p.m. |
| Place: | Willy Street Coop 1221 Williamson Street Madison, WI (At this event you’ll get to see Kevin Blake’s pedal-powered snow plow) |
| Date: | Thursday, October 30, 2008 |
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| Time: | 6:00 p.m. |
| Place: | Chicago Center for Green Technology 445 North Sacramento Boulevard Chicago, IL (At this event you’ll get to see bike-powered machines made by members of Chicago’s Working Bikes Cooperative) |
| Date: | Saturday, November 1, 2008 |
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| Time: | 2:30 p.m. |
| Place: | Remodel Green 08 Expo Eastern Michigan University Student Center Ypsilanti, MI |
| Date: | Saturday, November 8, 2008 |
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| Time: | Noon |
| Place: | Natural Built Home 4020 Minnehaha Avenue Minneapolis, MN |
| Date: | Thursday, November 13, 2008 |
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| Time: | 7:30 p.m. |
| Place: | Builders Booksource 1817 Fourth Street (Near Hearst) Berkeley, CA |
| Date: | Sunday, November 16, 2008 |
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| Time: | Noon |
| Place: | At the San Francisco Green Festival |
| Date: | Tuesday, November 25, 2008 |
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| Time: | 7:00 p.m. |
| Place: | University of Toronto’s Bahen Centre for Information Technology, Room 1170 40 St. George Street Toronto, ON (Hosted by Fertile Ground bookstore and featuring representatives from Chocosol, which uses pedal-powered cacao bean grinders.) |
| Date: | Thursday, April 9, 2009 |
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| Time: | TBD |
| Place: | Knight Center for Environmental Journalism Michigan State University East Lansing, MI |
| Date: | Wednesday, April 22, 2009 |
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| Time: | 11:00 a.m. |
| Place: | Earth Day Conference Hamilton Center UW-Whitewater Whitewater, WI |
| Date: | June 19-21, 2009 |
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| Time: | Most of the weekend |
| Place: | MREA Renewable Energy Fair With the Working Bikes Cooperative Midwest Renewable Energy Association Custer, WI |
| Date: | July 25-26, 2009 |
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| Time: | Most of the weekend |
| Place: | The Green Builder’s Guild Tent (with pedal-powered machines for fair-goers to try) Kickapoo Country Fair La Farge, WI |
| Date: | September 18-20, 2009 |
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| Time: | TBD |
| Place: | The Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Association (MAREA) Renewable Energy Fair |
Author Bio:
Tamara Dean is a writer with varied interests whose published work includes best-selling technical books, fiction, and essays. She lives in Wisconsin with her partner David in an eco-friendly home they built from compressed earth blocks and reclaimed timbers. They routinely use human-powered devices in the home and garden and experiment with new contraptions in the workshop.