Category — COMMERCE

From now on, this website will offer a platform to barter time and goods.   Under the title “BARTERING”, people who have goods or services that they’d like to swap will be able to create new posts that contain info on what they have to share, and what they are looking for.   A new category will soon be added to the website.

1st Barter Post and example:

Zeeko Salvage aka ZeekoBag is interested in bartering industrial sewing and repair services for locally/ecologically produced meat, a large floor-mounted drill press, or a small metal lathe.

We can sew new bags or equipment, repair tarps and awnings, or replace zippers, snaps, and velcro on heavy duty fabrics or outdoor furniture.

Contact ZeekoSalvage at 966-8186

Dear friends,

We will have our next meeting on Saturday, 10 Sept. at 10am.  We will meet at the Brandstatt Brothers shop, 27 Rose Avenue on the west side of Chico.   Please bring your electric vehicles for display if you wish.  Parking will be available in front of the shop.

The meeting will have reports from EV users, EV conversion up-dates and a call for future meeting topics.

Sincerely,

Jerry Brandstatt, President
Chico Chapter EAA

Hi Everyone,

The next meeting for the Chico Chapter of the Electric Auto Association will be at  10am on Saturday, May 14.  The meeting location will be at the Brandstatt Brother’s shop, 27 Rose Avenue on the west side of Chico.

For directions, please call 530-343-0331.

If you drive 20k miles a year and your car gets 20 miles-per-gallon, you will spend $5000 a year on gas at $5 a gallon.  If you drive that 20k miles in a plug-in electric conversion vehicle or production electric car, you will spend $500 to $1000 a year.  If you have solar power at home and a free re-charge outlet at work, you’ll drive for free!

At our meeting this month, we will look at the numbers and answer the following questions:

* When does it pay to convert your car to plug-in electric?
* Which cars make good conversions?
* Where are the conversion shops in Northern California?
* How hard is it to do your own conversion?
* What about reliability and repairs?

If you have been thinking about $5 gas and electric cars, please join us next Saturday, May 14th at 10am.

For you British MG fans, we are scheduled to have Peter McWade’s electric MG conversion to admire. You are also welcome to bring any other electric vehicles to meeting.  Thank you for your support.

Jerry Brandstatt, Chapter President

E-ARC (Environmental Action Resource Center) presents:

“Chocolate Country”
at CSU-Chico – Ayres 120
Thursday April 28 at 7:30 pm (discussion afterwards until 10:30 pm)

In the isolated hill towns of the Dominican Republic, cacao farmers have been fighting a losing battle with the global economy for as long as any one can remember.  ”Chocolate Country” is the story of a village with a plan to turn the system on its head.

http://www.chocolatecountryfilm.com/

This film is part of a 4-week film series hosted by the Environmental Action Resource Center (E-ARC), The Office of Diversity, STOP (Stop Trafficking Of People), EOP (Educational Opportunity Program), MAC (Multicultural Affairs Council), and CCLC (Cross-Cultural Leadership Center).

For more information come to BMU 301
e-mail:  sustainevents@csuchico.edu
or call (530) 898-5676