The Solar System

The Solar System: Providing Solar Energy for your Home

Warren McPherson with Gerd Schroth & Joel Huff

Thư viện Quận Athens-Clarke

Appleton Auditorium

2025 Baxter Street • Athens, Georgia

706 613 3650 x343

Wednesday, September 19 • 7 pm

Have you had enough of stratospheric power bills? Perhaps you’ve thought about gathering your own energy from the sun or the wind, cutting your costs, and going a bit green in the bargain. Is it time to cut the cord?

Wednesday evening, September 19 at 7:00 pm, Warren McPherson, Director of Athens Montessori School, will talk about how he added solar arrays to the school, achieving significant savings and breaking even in a short period of time; he will also give you advice on how to do this to your own home. Solar experts, Gerd Schroth và Joel Huff, will be on hand to give hard info on what you need to do to make your own house more energy effective.

Warren McPherson founded Athens Montessori School over 40 years ago. Warren is a graduate of Cornell University and the Washington Montessori Institute where he received his Montessori certification. More recently he received a Masters of Early Childhood Education from Kennesaw State University. He has served as President of the Morton Theatre, Arts Oglethorpe Trustees, and Athens Area Arts Council. Warren is passionate about creativity in education, theater and organic gardening.

Athens Montessori School is a Clarke County Green School and has received awards and recognition from many organizations, including: National Wildlife Federation Schoolyard Habitat, Odum Greenfest Awards, Home Depot Youth Garden Grant, Garden Earth Naturalist Grant, Keep Athens Clarke County Beautiful Grant, Friends of Barnett Shoals Award, Hands on Athens, Agribility, and Rivers Alive.

Athens-Clarke County Library is the recipient of a grant from EBSCO Industries which allowed us to install the new solar array next to the building, which you can see from our parking lot.