 Colleen Crowninshield
Fuel Speed Ahead: Drive Green & Save Money
![]() In this fun, informative session you will learn about alternative fuel options such as Biodiesel, Ethanol and Compressed Natural Gas. Discover ways to make your own biodiesel and fuel your vehicles at home overnight for less than $2.00/gallon. Colleen is the Clean Cities manager in Tucson, Arizona. The Clean Cities Program is run through the U.S. Department of Energy. It is a public/private partnership charged with decreasing America's dependence on foreign oil through the deployment of alternative fuel vehicles and establishing infrastructure to support those vehicles. Colleen was the 2005 Coordinator of the Year for Clean Cities. She was winner of the Governor's Pride in Arizona Award for Pollution Prevention, and Tucson's Copper Letter for her extraordinary efforts to improve the Tucson community through clean alternative fuels.
 Laura Williamson MS
Divine Wine & Tales of the Grape
![]() Laura Williamson is one of only 17 female Master Sommeliers in the world and a renowned expert, and passionate promoter of organic, sustainable wines. Laura is a senior consultant for Small Vineyards Imports, one of the fastest growing Italian import companies in the US and revolutionary due to a sole focus on hand-crafted artisan production. She will share some of her favorite “finds” discovered during her international travels and reveal to you how these delicious, meticulously-produced wines are not only affordable but readily accessible if you know how to seek these treasures. Enjoy one on one tasting opportunities and a virtual tour of the world’s finest boutique wines and find out why critics rave about the wine list and shop at Laura’s restaurant VinTabla in Tucson, AZ.
 Chef Janos Wilder
Delicious & Sustainable
![]() Spend an afternoon with James Beard Award winning chef Janos Wilder, owner of Janos and JBar restaurants in Tucson and the “godfather” of Southwest Cuisine. Janos has spent a lifetime using local indigenous ingredients and is deeply committed to Native Seeds/SEARCH, whose mission is to conserve, distribute, and document the adapted and diverse varieties of agricultural seeds, their wild relatives and the role these seeds play in cultures of the American Southwest and Northwest Mexico. Always ahead of the curve, wherever Janos has set up shop over the years, he has managed to find a local farm fresh resource to supply him with locally grown, impeccably fresh ingredients. Learn how easy it is to be a “locavore” wherever you live and be among the first to create some of Janos’ favorite dishes from the Great Chile Relleno Cookbook – his new book hot off the press in more ways than one. |
 Jennifer English
"Mrs. Spices"
![]() Jennifer English, a.k.a. Mrs. Spices, a James Beard Award winner on the Food and Wine Radio Network, host of KVOI’s “Sunday Brunch” radio show, and KVOA TV4 Fresh@4 Food Contributor is an owner of Flavorbank.com Spice Market. Mrs. Spices will be joining her friend Mrs. Green to lead a voyage in search of flavor. Ancient explorers, in search of spices, took to the high seas. Mrs. Spices will channel those spice route adventures in a series of exciting, fragrant, delicious, exotic and intensely interesting tasting sessions.
The most powerful session is the "Culinary Apothecary" tasting in which the incredible, proven healing benefits of the spice cabinet can transform the flavor and healthfulness of the foods we eat every day.
According to Jennifer, "you can eat yourself healthier." Learn the secrets of cinnamon, turmeric and more while you create your own signature blends to bring new meaning to the words "season to taste"
designed to fit your palate.
 Bob Dame
Anatomy of a Solar System
![]() What parts and pieces are necessary to produce solar power? How do I size out the right system? Where do you go to figure out what you need? How much does it cost? All these questions are answered in a light, informative seminar. The newest technology available and what to expect in the solar industry in the future will be discussed. A presentation of Tips and Tricks on making your space more energy efficient BEFORE you invest in solar is included.
The seminar is conducted by Bob Dame. Bob has been in the technology industry for over 40 years. He began his career as Information Services Director for a large pulp mill in Western Montana. When the IBM Personal Computer was introduced in 1981, he spent the next 18 years introducing PCs to home, business and institutional users throughout the Northwest. Ten years ago, Bob came to Arizona where he has been Business Manager for Southwest Energy Solutions (SES), a sister company of Tucson Electric Power. Bob recently took over the development of a new business unit, SES Green. SES Green specializes in energy efficient solutions such as solar, lighting, thermography, sub-metering, and energy protection devices.
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