News & Updates

9/22: UHEAC LEADS LOCAL COALITION TO REDUCE BUILDING ENERGY COSTS
Free Seminar Series to be Held at Oakland University this Fall

Are you a business or building owner looking for ways to reduce energy costs? A newly-formed coalition of non-profit, business and public organizations, called ReBuild Oakland County, wants to help. The coalition led by Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center (UHEAC), includes Oakland University, Oakland County Planning and Development, DTE Energy and Midwest Illumination and is funded by a grant from the ReBuild Michigan program of the State Energy Office of the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Growth. Click here for press release...

UHEAC is proud to announce an agreement to merge its annual energy conference with the Morgan Institute for Community Solutions'(CS) U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community. The joint conference program will be based on the book, Plan C; Community Survival Strategies for Peak Oil and Climate Change, by Pat Murphy of CS. Pat, and fellow CS staff member, Megan Quinn Bachman, will host and provide keynote presentations, along with sustainable energy, housing, transportation and food experts from around the world. Panel discussions, classroom presentations, a welcome reception and a screening of their award-winning film "The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil" will round out a full weekend schedule. The conference will include local presenters and exhibitors who will offer attendees practical solutions for addressing these pressing issues in our their own lives and communities. The event will be held at the Oakland Center at Oakland University over the weekend of October 31st through November 2, 2008. Since the conference coincides with Halloween, look for some interesting tricks and treats. Click here for the summary of the Fourth U.S. Conference on Peak Oil and Community. Click here for press release...

How would you like to completely eliminate your home energy bills? Upland Hills Ecological Awareness Center, located in northern Oakland county, will offer a presentation by a nationally-recognized architect that designs houses that do just that. This Saturday, August 9th, from 1pm to 3pm, UHEAC will host a seminar entitled “Lessons from the Zero Energy Home”, with Christina Snyder. Snyder is an architect and principal of Sustainable Spaces, where she specializes in appropriate architecture, such as passive solar design, natural building materials and systems. She is an adjunct professor at Lawrence Tech. University and coached the first and second place winning student teams in the first Michigan Zero Energy Home Competition.

8/2:United Plant Savers Holds National Conference At UPLAND HILLS

United Plant Savers held their annual national conference and drew over 60 participants to the Upland Hills campus, nearly 50 of whom participated in a tour of the EAC facility and grounds provided by Clifford Scholz, EC Education Coordinator.

UHEAC is happy to announce that Clark Tibbits has been contracted to provide program management for the 5th annual energy conference. Clark has a tremendous resume that includes a Harvard MBA and leadership of many sustainability projects and organizations. He offers contacts to national and international presenters and will surely help us in pursuing our mission of "bringing world teachers" to the EAC.