The third annual SolarDay, produced every year by Elevator Communications in Mill Valley, California will be held nationally in the Canada, the U.S. and UK on Saturday, June 18 and in Australia on November 19 with events by cities, non-profits, companies and the solar industry.
California Senator Dianne Feinstein is supporting SolarDay 2011 as is U.S. Congresswoman Doris Matsui with letters on the SolarDay website to encourage public participation and awareness of how solar energy can reduce monthly energy bills – while provided much-need "green" jobs for the U.S. economy.
From events held by cities to a New Orleans event that includes multiple non-profit organizations working in concert with the city – public events for solar-citizens or those curious about the potential of clean solar energy are encouraged to visit www.solarday.com/events for news about events in their area.
SolarDay 2010 Events Held in 26 U.S. Cities
Growing from one event for SolarDay 2009 – a bio-diesel buses tour of solar homes and businesses hosted by the City of San Francisco – SolarDay in 2010 grew to events hosted by cities and the solar industry in 26 U.S. cities. Multiple cities issued proclamations declaring an Official SolarDay for their city events.
Buying a solar installation costing tens of thousands of dollars for a home or business is perhaps the ultimate economic commitment for both a green lifestyle and working environment.
Solar can be thought of as the next step in the "Greening of America" movement that includes driving a hybrid car, shopping for organic and sustainably-farmed foods, doing business with green companies, recycling, saving energy and avoiding, as much as possible the burning of finite and polluting fossil fuels that play a significant role in the production of greenhouse gases and global warming.
Solar is no longer elective. Sooner or later we'll start running out of expensive fossil fuels and we need to get our heads out of the sand and acknowledge we have 50 years of oil reserves, 200 years of coal reserves and at least 5 billion years of solar energy.
