The Path to Better Home Performance
Reducing your home’s energy use shouldn’t be guesswork! Learn the steps to improve the comfort, efficiency, affordability, health and sustainability of your home. All of the parts of the home ... Read more
August 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmSolar Steps Up and Shines On – Part 2: the Solar Industry Perspective
We tend to think of solar as a monolithic commodity when in reality it comes in many forms to suit diverse needs, each developing and succeeding at different rates. We ... Read more
July 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmEnergypath 2026: Powering America’s Next 250 Years
Energy Path 2026 conference brings together energy professionals, policymakers, utilities, educators, students, and industry leaders to explore the technologies, policies, and workplace strategies shaping the future of energy. Hosted by ... Read more
July 16 @ 8:00 am - 4:00 pmSolar Steps Up and Shines On (Part 1)
While our federal government attempts to curtail solar, states and other countries are benefiting from advances in solar technologies, applications and performance. In a two-part series, we cover how solar ... Read more
June 30 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmLehigh Valley Switch Together Solar 101: June Session
In an online (virtual) informational meeting conducted by Solar United Neighbors, learn about solar energy and its benefits for your home, or small business. We’ll take you through the technology, ... Read more
June 16 @ 6:30 pm - 7:30 pmMicro-forest Discovery Walk, Easton, PA
Join Wildlands Conservancy for a guided tour of a thriving micro‑forest, an innovative, densely planted pocket of native trees and shrubs designed to mimic the early stages of a natural ... Read more
June 13 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 amTrees – A new sense of community – why and how to plan and plant a Mini-forest
Tiny revolutions propagating worldwide are beginning to take root in America. Dense-packed native trees in supportive soil grow at many times the rate of traditional tree planting and lead to ... Read more
May 26 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmSustainability after the One Big Beautiful Bill Act
While the current administration’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its many other efforts have severely pruned Renewable Energy in the US, there remain opportunities to cultivate our future. Our ... Read more
April 28 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmEver Wonder Where Your Recycling Goes?
Do you wonder what happens to your Recycling? If you do, this tour is for you! Join us March 31 for a virtual tour recap of JP Mascaro’s newest recycling ... Read more
March 31 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmMAREA Past, Present and Your Feedback for Our Future
MAREA has presented a huge variety of Sustainability topics and programs in its rich 21-year history, and we look forward to sharing a look back at our most significant ones. ... Read more
February 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmPassive Design Plugs into Solar on Green Roofs in Philly
Residential Solar is getting creative in Philadelphia. Join Ron Celentano as he hosts a virtual tour of four Passive House designed projects that incorporated Solar PV along with green (vegetative) ... Read more
October 28, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmLarge-Scale Solar in Pennsylvania: Nexus of Energy, Land-Use, and Policy
Large-scale solar has doubled Pennsylvania’s installed capacity in less than 18 months, with over 2.7 gigawatts (GW) of current capacity, now 1% of Pennsylvania’s total electric generation. That generation occupies ... Read more
September 30, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmExploring the Link between Soil and Human Health
How does soil determine our food’s nutrition? How do we establish its benefits? For over 40 years, Rodale Institute has been conducting the world’s longest running side by side farming ... Read more
August 26, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmTaming the Rains of Climate Change!
How do we improve resiliency to the rains from Climate Change? How do we help the rain nurture instead of decimate our environment? Villanova University has been developing new green ... Read more
July 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmEnergypath 2025
SEF’s Sustainable Energy Conference is back! As the premier sustainable energy event in the region, Energypath truly has something for everyone. Attendees of Energypath can sit in on sessions presented ... Read more
July 16, 2025 @ 7:30 am - 4:00 pmPhiladelphia Orchard Project – Securing Healthy Food and Climate Resiliency
To secure healthy food and climate resiliency, the Philadelphia Orchard Project is testing crops for a warming environment, establishing and growing community orchards, and educating others about sustainable practices in ... Read more
June 24, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmRolling Out EV Charging Stations in Pennsylvania – An Update from the Man in Charge
Get an update on how EV Charging is rolling out in Pennsylvania from Colton Brown, Alternate Fuels Infrastructure Coordinator in the PennDOT Strategic Development and Implementation Office. This presentation was ... Read more
May 27, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmMaking Buildings Healthy Makes Them Energy Efficient
Healthy buildings are more energy efficient buildings. The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI) is dedicated to making buildings healthier for occupants and the environment through a wholistic certification process that ... Read more
April 29, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmWaste, Recycling & Circularity – Practicing What We Teach
Waste and recycling towards circularity is challenging enough. Try pursuing it in a university where you promote sustainability and have some of the most eager and some of the most ... Read more
March 25, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmWeaving More Sustainable Fabrics into Fashion
Like our watersheds, our textiles exist in fiber-sheds of farmers, textile mfrs., fashion industries, and consumers all tied into an economy that can be made more sustainable, local and circular, ... Read more
February 25, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmNot Your Father’s Heat Pump!
Heat pumps continue to make significant advances, working in more situations and under more extreme weather, but the devil is in the details. Learn all about heat pumps from heat ... Read more
January 28, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmEngineering Solar to Power a Village in Sierra Leone
Engineers Without Borders has been helping to bring power to a small village in Sierra Leone, Africa using solar with battery backup. Over the last 14 years, Engineers Without Borders ... Read more
October 29, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmLife Waste, A Biogas Musical
Valley Traction presents “Life Waste, A Biogas Musical, a festive event celebrating harvesting energy from waste. The event will be preceded by a tour of the biogas facility at 6PM. ... Read more
October 5, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pmBiodigesters and Benefits of the IRA
Biodigesters reduce waste, produce energy and help regenerate soil. They can work at the household level, farm and community level with manifold benefits, but the design determines those benefits. Learn ... Read more
September 24, 2024 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pmEnsuring a Reliable Renewable Energy Transition
The PJM electrical grid, spanning 13 states and Washington, D.C., has kept the lights on for its customers for nearly a century, and its generation fleet is expecting to undergo ... Read more
July 30, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmInto the Dark Skies
As much as plants and animals need light, they need the dark. We all need the night. Mark Grosz, from DarkSky International, brings us into the night for an illuminating ... Read more
June 25, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmCarbon Auditing Professional Certification Training
The Sustainable Energy Fund (theSEF.org) is hosting a Carbon Auditing Professional Certification Training class in Schneksville
June 17, 2024 @ 8:00 am - June 19, 2024 @ 5:00 pmWhich Way is Offshore Wind Blowing?
Three years ago Offshore Wind was taking off in New Jersey. Then it appeared to stall under a cloud of controversy. What happened to that energy and which way is ... Read more
May 28, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmAdvances in Battery Technologies and their Impact on our Daily Lives
Our essential activities are increasingly powered by batteries. Batteries are also a cornerstone in the shift towards cleaner, more sustainable energy systems.
April 30, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmFuel Cells: Renewable Energy’s Silent Partner
Fuel cells are one of Renewable Energy’s silent partners in providing power on demand to our needs in industry, at home and on the road. Fuel cells produce electricity from ... Read more
March 26, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmProtecting our Environment with Native Trees
Learn the benefits, methods and opportunities for each of us to help our environment by planting native trees. Tami Jo Shimp, VP for Development and Community Relations for Berks Nature, ... Read more
February 27, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmRain Gardens – for your Watershed and your Birds
Rain Gardens are a way to work with nature to reduce flooding and water runoff. They also filter pollutants. In addition to doing all that work, they create an excellent ... Read more
January 30, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmRecycling and the Circular Economy
Impact Recycling Partners Chief Revenue Officer, Mary Linn Leonards, introduces us to a circular economy alive, well and in action at businesses locally and around the country. She shares remarkable ... Read more
October 24, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmWalk in Penn’s Woods
Walk in Penn’s Woods is for people across Pennsylvania to visit and learn about the forests that enhance our well-being. Forests are always working for us, providing recreation, wildlife habitat, ... Read more
October 1, 2023 @ 9:30 am - 3:00 pmTouring the SEF Net-zero Green Headquarters
Tour of the Sustainable Energy Fund (SEF) new net-zero green headquarters where solar electric, solar thermal, sustainable building design and materials all integrate into a net-zero energy-use building. Following our ... Read more
September 26, 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pmHow We Can Save Billions of Birds
Billions of birds are killed or seriously injured by windows, some leaving no trace of the impact for us to even become aware of our folly. Learn how we can ... Read more
August 29, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmExamining the Visionary Climate Provisions of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act
Passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in 2022 was a huge step forward for the U.S. on the path to a net-zero economy. The IRA affects all sectors and ... Read more
July 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmBringing Permaculture to Your Home and Garden
Permaculture has many benefits for your home and garden. It has also evoked a variety of responses and applications. Dan Jones, in discussion with Diana Ortiz Burns, brings his long ... Read more
June 27, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmMicrogrids
Learn why wind and solar haven’t displaced fossil fuels faster, how Microrgrids fit into the power structure, and what forces and stakeholders are needed to make Microgrids successful. Smart Microgrids ... Read more
May 30, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pmIf You Plant Them They Will Come
Learn how the plants you plant will attract the pollinators you need to support a healthy and vibrant backyard ecosystem. Master Gardener, Jane Shull, takes us on her journey into ... Read more
April 25, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm