Tucson, Arizona biodiesel class, May '04
I am based in California and teach biodiesel homebrewing and biodiesel equipment building classes, from 2 hours to 4 days in length.
I traveled the US last fall, teaching classes about biodiesel homebrewing in the Midwest and the East Coast. This was the Biodiesel Appleseed Tour, which took me to venues that ranged from rented locations to people's home garages and backyards. We built at least 25 biodiesel processors and got a few hundred people started in homebrewing of biodiesel. I owe a big thank you to everyone who participated and who made this possible!
Various people's reviews
of past workshops:
Biodiesel
Intensive, North Carolina , september 2004
Maryland
biodiesel class, september 2004
Earth
Island Journal article about a California workshop I did with Kumar Plocher
last year,
Review
of a presentation in New Hampshire which I did with Mike Briggs this summer
Here
is a blog entry about the St Louis workshops, Oct 2004
photos of the
Intensive Course in North Carolina
At this time, I am planning another tour for the end of next summer/early fall. However, I don't know any exact dates/locations yet- please bookmark this page and watch for more information. My California classes and those taught by other people are always listed at the california biodiesel events list. Any other classes I learn about, I post to the biodieselbasics forum
The 100-page 'textbook' I use when teaching my classes is available through this site
Here's a
page about the truck, processor trailer, and other gear I did the Appleseed
Tour with.
Biodiesel Appleseed Tour was:
Sept 5, Denver CO
Sept 10-14, Pittsboro, NC
Sept 18 and 19, Berlin, MD
Sept 25 and 26, Asheville, NC
October 7 and 8, Urbana, IL
October 9 and 10, St Louis, MO
October 16, Urbana IL
October 17, Racine, WI
October 19, Madison, WI:
October 20:Madison WI:
October 23, Eau Claire, WI
October 24, St Paul, MN
October 30, Iowa City, IA
October 31: Iowa City, IA
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September 5: Denver, Colorado:
hosted by the Denver Biodiesel co-op ( www.Denverbiodiesel.com):
September 10-14th, Pittsboro, NC:
Five-day Biodiesel Intensive Course with Rachel Burton and Maria 'Mark' Alovert,
hosted by Piedmont Biofuels
(www.biofuels.coop), $100. Attend
all (five days) or part (first three days) of this immersion course. One of
the weekday dates is an opportunity to build your own equipment. If you would
like to build a processor or
system, please email me by September 3 to arrange for equipment parts purchase.
Photos of this class are here
September 18 and 19th,
Berlin, Maryland (Eastern Shore):
September 18: Biodiesel Homebrew Comprehensive Class $20-$50 sliding scale
September 19: Berlin Maryland: Biodiesel Homebrew Equipment Building Class $20-$50 sliding scale, please let me know by September 9 if you would like to build biodiesel equipment at this class so we can arrange parts purchase.
right: The Belleville family prepares to add methoxide to oil for a test batchSeptember 25 and 26th: Asheville NC:
9/25 Biodiesel Homebrew Comprehensive Class, and 9/26: Biodiesel
Homebrew Equipment Building
Class, same situation as above, please email me by Sept 16 to make
arrangements for parts purchase once this class date is confirmed.
October 2 and 3: Urbana, Illinois hosted by Larry Larson:
If you would like to make your own equipment at this class, please email
me now to make arrangements for parts purchase
Oct 9: Biodiesel Homebrew Comprehensive class $20-$50 sliding scale
October 10: Biodiesel Homebrew Equipment Building Class $20-$50 sliding scale: if you would like to make your own equipment at this class, please email me by September 30 to make arrangements for parts purchase
left: St Louis biodiesel equipment-building party
October 16th: Urbana, Illinois
Homebrew Biodiesel Comprehensive workshop
for more information:
http://www.forums.biodieselnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3751
or email Larry Larson: sven54@earthlink.net
October 17th: Racine WI
Biodiesel Homebrew Comprehensive Class
For more information, please see:
http://www.forums.biodieselnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3747
or contact Debbie Davis:
Debbie Davis
414-372-5192
davisdx@sbcglobal.net
Madison, Wisconsin: October 19:
October 19: Advanced Quality Control and Quality Testing class (5-8 pm)
Oct 20: Biodiesel Equipment Building Class. If you'd like to build a biodiesel processor at this class, please email me to arrange parts purchase 5-8 pm
see http://www.forums.biodieselnow.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3819 or call 256-FREE or email freewheel@mutualaid.org for info
October 22 and 23: Eau Claire, WI:
processor build on the 22nd (6-9)
Oct 23: Biodiesel Homebrew Comprehensive Class
Seehttp://www.justlocalfood.com/biodiesel.php for details and directions
October 24: St Paul, MN
Biodiesel Homebrew Comprehensive Class
See
www.localb100.com/StPaul.html for more details
October 30 and 31: Iowa City, Iowa new:
Oct 30: Biodiesel Homebrew Comprehensive (hosted by Marc Franke, the [eiowabiodiesel] yahoogroups members, and IRENEW). For more information and directions to this class, please click here
Oct. 31: Biodiesel Homebrew Equipment Buildng Class: please email me to arrange parts purchase
Please note that
the Iowa State University 5-day commercial biodiesel production course
(www.me.iastate.edu/biodiesel)
is taking place in Ames, Iowa the week before this and that course is a
fantastic opportunity for homebrewers and potential commercial
producers or commercial biodiesel distributors alike.
More?
for more biodiesel classes in California, please sign up for the California events newsletter at www.groups.yahoo.com/group/norcal-biodiesel-events
For info on the biodiesel equipment which we build in these equipment classes, please see the "open-source" equipment pages at www.veggieavenger.com/media
left: We made several biodiesel processors out of old water heaters at the St Louis biodiesel equipment class 10/10