Rural Action – Main Office
Selecting Seeds for your Garden
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesLooking to buy seeds for next season? Learn from Ellie Andrews on how to choose varieties of vegetables, flowers and herbs based on qualities like disease resistance and cold hardiness to ensure success for your garden. Come out and seed for yourself. Workshops are free for CFI members, and $5 for non-members. Open to the public.... Read More
Level I: Solar Electric Certification (5 Day)
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesWant to learn how to install solar? Maybe you even want to become certified to work in the solar field. Now you can spend just five days of training (4 1/2 classroom instruction and 1/2 day taking the certification test) in a relaxed setting - to realize your goal. This course is ideal for those... Read More
Community Discussion with Environmental Studies Students
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesJoin your local Sierra Club group, who support and host an event for all community members to discuss various environmental issues with current Master's of Science in Environmental Studies (MSES) students at Ohio University's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Affairs After student presentations and a panel discussion, we'll be headed over to Eclipse Company Store right... Read More
1-Day Overview of Solar Electric (PV) Workshop
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesThis workshop is a slimmed down version of our complete 5-day course that leads to ETA certification in PV. As such, if you take this course and then later decide to pursue the full certification course, we will apply the registration fee of this class to the certification class if and when you sign up... Read More
5-Day Solar Electric (Photovoltaics) Certification Workshop
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesWant to learn how to install solar? Perhaps you even want to become certified to work in the solar field. This course is designed for individuals with little or no background in electricity or photovoltaics. But after attending this class you will understand: Basic electrical principles and concepts. Basic Principles and Concepts of Photovoltaics Photovoltaic... Read More
Introduction to Solar Electric (Photovoltaics) Workshop
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesYou have heard about solar electricity. Perhaps you have even explored putting solar panels on your home. Or your boss wants to know if solar power will work for your company. Or you are an architect or engineer and your clients are beginning to ask questions that you don't have the answers for (and also... Read More
1-Day Solar Electric (Photovoltaic) Basics Workshop
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesThis workshop is a slimmed down version of our complete 5-day course that leads to ETA certification in PV. As such, if you take this course and then later decide to pursue the full certification course, we will apply the registration fee of this class to the certification class if and when you sign up... Read More
Build Your Own Solar Generator Workshop
Rural Action - Main Office 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, OH, United StatesJoin us for an afternoon and learn how you can build your own solar generator. Harness the clean energy of the sun and power your critical loads in quiet comfort. Cost: $55 (includes course, detailed plans, Assembling a Solar Generator book) Location: Rural Action Offices at 9030 Hocking Hills Drive, The Plains, Ohio call 740.677.4047... Read More