32nd Annual Crestone Energy Fair
RECONNECT: Self...Village...Nature
August 28 & 29, 2021
We are only a week away from the 32nd Annual Crestone Energy Fair and our crew has been working hard to bring you a fresh and exciting mix of presentations, demonstrations, vendors, home tours and music for the the two day event. Keep checking our website www.crestoneenergyfair.org for the most up to date information and schedule of events. Remember that this is a living experience and we can only create and manifest all of these possibilities with your help.
Directions, Parking & Shuttle
68575 County Road T
From Crestone: Take CO RD T to the POA/Funeral Pyre sign (Camino Del Oro East) and turn Right. Turn left into POA Parking lot.
Please park in designated spots in the POA Parking lot and check-in at shuttle pick-up table. Shuttle will be available for the General Public throughout the event. If you need ADA parking and have a valid pass, please follow signs to continue to site – 19850 Camino del Oro East.
We will kick off the weekend and create the container for the event with an interactive Opening Ceremony and presentation on our theme RECONNECT: Self, Village, Nature on Saturday morning at 10:30AM. We are inviting all families that have 3 or more generations living in Crestone to join us to be honored in this opening. In addition we will orient you to the site, the format of the weekend and introduce you to our Gallery Stroll which will be an interactive tool used to collect information and contemplate solutions for some of our communities most pressing concerns.
The Home Tours of under construction and completed homes will kick off at 8:30 AM from the kiosk both days. Please see post below for full details.
We will have an expanded Kids Village hosted by Rainbow Lighting that will include programming for parents & kids as well as infant care. Our builders will be hosting hands-on demonstrations of natural building techniques such as strawbale, cobb, adobe, hempcrete, earthbag, papercrete and of course some tire pounding a building a bottle wall. All of this will be interactive to build a new play area with the kids & parents.
ScSeed (Saguache County Sustainable Environment and Economic Development) is our event fiscal sponsor and they will be hosting a Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, August 29 from 10AM-1PM. This will be in honor and memory of Linda Joseph, a former board member, County Commissioner and Co-Founder of Earth Art Institute. This event inspired us to create a memorial area for all of us to honor, grieve and celebrate those who have passed on in the last year or so. Please bring pictures or other mementos that can be displayed. We will also create an effigy with messaging that will be burned as part of our Closing Ceremony. It is crucial that we honor all of the stages of life together to build a stronger foundation and future for our community.
We will have a delicious mix of local and regional food vendors on site and there is still space to sign up. We will continue our tradition of hosting a Community or Conscious Kitchen. This allows all of our participants to be served healthy, nutritious meals throughout the weekend regardless of their financial situation. Food is a building block of creating healthy communities. Thank you to Faith Lotus for leading this area of the event. She and her crew will be serving our volunteers throughout the days leading up to and throughout the event. Thank you to Valley Roots Food Hub and Forged & Sewn for their sponsorship of our Green Room and to Elephant Cloud and Crestone Mercantile for food donations to the kitchen. We hope to add a few more of our local businesses and markets to this list as the event approaches.
We will continue the tradition of offering a FREE event so there are no financial barriers to participation but ask that you consider the value of this education and networking opportunity for you. Please consider making a donation to support our efforts:
Go Fund Me: https://gofund.me/fbf61528
PayPal: PayPal.me/CrestoneEnergyFair
Mail Checks to: Crestone Energy Fair, PO Box 1163, Crestone, CO 81131
We hope you can join us in person for this year's Crestone Energy Fair but we will also be livestreaming the event to our YouTube channel in case you can't make it in person or would like to watch at a later date.
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwd-5cTUfalsr4sdhqk85Aw
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/676510912494488
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/crestoneenergyfair/
Website - www.crestoneenergyfair.org
Email - crestoneenergyfair@gmail.com
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Check out our 2021 Podcast on SLVoices
with Adam & Martha Locke!
https://slvoices.com/2021/08/03/32st-annual-crestone-energy-fair/
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VOLUNTEERS!
As we prepare for the 32nd annual Energy Fair, we're looking for your participation in creating this amazing community event! If you’re interested in volunteering this year, please sign up for a specific role via the link provided:
or send an email to volunteers@crestoneenergyfair.org.
1. Date(s) available
2. Hours available
3. Areas you’d be interested in volunteering. (See below) This does not promise a particular area but gives us a general idea of where you’d be a great fit.
Community Volunteer Days! (Sunday, August 22nd)
12-5pm Work Projects; 5-8pm Networking & Potluck
Energy Fair Site - 19850 Camino del Oro
Week of Event (Tuesday-Thursday August 24-26)
Noon-4pm - Crestone Energy Fair Site
Event Set-up (Friday, August 27th)
10am-8pm - Crestone Energy Fair Site
Crestone Energy Fair (Saturday, August 28th)
8am-12pm - Crestone Energy Fair Site
Crestone Energy Fair (Sunday, August 29th)
8am-10pm - Crestone Energy Fair Site
Event Clean-up & Tear Down (Monday, August 30th)
10am-4pm - Crestone Energy Fair Site
*Shifts are generally two hours in length depending on the position.
We're looking to fulfill roles in these areas:
- Supplies Runner (needs to have access to a truck & trailer)
- Parking Coordinators
- Volunteer Check-in
- Vendor Check-in
- Main & side stage coordinators/runners
- Kids Area
- Main Gate Registration
- Grounds
- Green Room Attendants
- General “Runner”
- Trash/Recycling/Compost
- Kitchen Staff
- Restroom Attendants
- Kids Area
*Specific assignments & relevant volunteer information will be sent out via email a week or two prior to the event. This event couldn't happen without our wonderful volunteers. Thank you for your participation & dedication to the cause, it’s greatly appreciated!
In Love,
Melissa Ketchum,
Volunteer Coordinator
volunteers@crestoneenergyfair.org
(507)-995-5503
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The Crestone Energy Fair is collecting the history of our local off-grid, alternative construction, natural building and energy efficient homes. Please help us by completing the survey listed above.
For more information or questions, please contact Goldie Mariola, Home Tour Maven, at hometours@crestoneenergyfair.org or 303-903-0968.
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For the most up to date schedule please visit our website:
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Photo by Lisa Bodey
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Please complete our online vendor application. A complete list of guidelines can be found at the above listed link. If you are a vendor needing more information, please contact Jade Heath, Vending Coordinator, at jade@mountainmermaidco.com.
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The addition of a livestream event and a YouTube channel have expanded our options for sponsorship of the 32nd Annual Crestone Energy Fair 2021. We have packages starting at $100 + that can include anything from print media, to website logos & links to a personalized presentation at the event.
Click link above for full sponsorship packet.
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Rainbow Lighting Kids Area
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Kids Activities at past festivals in the geodesic dome!
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Be sure to check out our interactive building demonstrations where we will build a play area with the kids! Are you a parent, teacher, camp counselor or youth educator who would like to offer programming or cool activities for our Kids Area? Please contact Taylor Martin at taylorthetailor@rainbowlightning.org.
Visit the website page at:
https://crestoneenergyfair.org/rainbow-lightning-kids-area/
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Are you an organization that already cooks for large amounts of people? Do you have surplus food in your garden that you could donate? We are looking for donations of healty food items to feed our volunteers throughout the week for set-up. In addition we will provide free meals from our Community Kitchen on both days of the event. Special thanks to Faith Lotus, Raven, and Melinda Davis for coordinating this effort and to Mary Lowers for your continued mentorship and support.
Kitchen Crew needs volunteers Tue-8/24, Wed- 8/25 & Thur 8/26 from 3-7PM each day to prep food. Please bring your own cutting board and knife and meet at the Little Episcopal Church.
You can also sign up for kitchen volunteer shifts on the master volunteer schedule posted above.
If you have questions, please contact Faith Lotus at 303-591-3928.
LEAVE NO TRACE: We are asking that people bring their own plates, bowls, cups, utensils to be used throughout the weekend.
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Invitation to the Linda Joseph Memorial Pancake Brunch
hosted by ScSeed
Sunday August 29th 10:00 am to 1:00 pm @ the Energy Fair
Help us raise funds to continue Linda’s vision of building community in Saguache County while enjoying a hearty local (mostly) brunch of pancakes, sausage, fruit, juice or tea.
Morning Line-up:
Yoga/Kundalini Mediation – 9:00 am
Kirtan-Sacred Yoga Love songs – 10:00 am
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