Jericho Energy Task Force

Kick Gas is an Adventure-mentary that follows the incredible 2013 Electric Vehicle (EV) road trip across the USA. The movie is about 4 people attempting 4 Guinness World Records for the longest distance traveled in an electric car, motorcycle, scooter, and bicycle. Watch this entertaining movie with one of the stars of the show, Ben Rich, who rode his electric motorcycle from Charleston, SC to Google HQ in Mountain View, CA.

Join us at the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library on March 27th at 6:30pm. There will be food and a short presentation with Q&A with Ben to find out how different it is to take an electric vehicle road trip in 2025 vs. 2013 and what EVs are currently available for you to buy now. This event is zero-waste.

Join the Jericho Energy Task Force and Underhill Energy Committee for a showing of the film "Common Ground" (a sequel to Kiss the Ground)

When: Tuesday, January 7th at 7pm

Where: Deborah Rawson Memorial Library Fireplace Room

Erica Campbell cofounder and partner of the InCommon Group will also be there to talk about the movie.

The Jericho Energy Task Force held their second Repair Cafe on Saturday, April 13 at the Jericho Community Center. Volunteers included three with sewing expertise (one of whom is an expert knitter), two sewing machine specialists, and three general fix-it folks including a father/son team.

Eleven people made reservations and we accommodated three walk-ins. Repairs included a wide variety sewing and knitting projects, a lesson in darning, several sewing machines, a headless doll which one of our repair people took home to fix, a lamp, and a CD player. A coffee maker and a vacuum cleaner were unfixable although the owner of the latter now has a better idea of where the problem probably lies.

JETF wants to thank the Community Center for use of the building and our fantastic volunteers for taking time out of their Saturday to help their neighbors.

The Jericho Energy Task Force will be hosting our second Repair Cafe on April 13. It will take place from 9 am to 1 pm at the Jericho Community Center. At this point we have the following skills to offer:

- Two people who repair sewing machines
- Two people who will work on bicycles and possibly electronics
- One who wants to help with electronics and will also try his hand at other things
- Three who can help with an assortment of clothing repairs

There is also someone at Jeri-Hill hardware who is willing to look at broken items when he has spare time there during the day.

If you would like to bring something to be repaired, please email me directly at vtphyl72@gmail.com. You'll need to tell me what you're bringing and pick one of the time slots (9-10, 10-11, 11-12, or 12-1) so we can make sure people aren't waiting around unnecessarily. If the time slot you've picked is full, I'll let you know so you can change it

We'd love to have additional volunteers with repair skills of any kind. Please let me know if you think you can help out.

The Jericho Energy Task Force is inviting all those interested in local weather and climate to join the Task Force in welcoming Conor Lahiff to an open Q an A on local climate and weather at the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library on March 28, 2024 at 7PM.

Conor has been a Jericho resident for nearly 20 years and has been working for the National Weather Service for 22 years. He also has served on Jericho's Planning Commission and is a photographer of nature including the night sky. He will discuss such topics as will the weather allow us to see the eclipse; how fast is Jericho's annual rainfall increasing; is higher rainfall Jericho's most likely climate change; what about temperature extremes, particularly the last few winters, including this one with limited snowfall making white Christmases less likely than the past

Light refreshments will be served. This is a waste free event, please bring your own cups.

Jericho Energy Task Force and the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library present:
With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia and the United States, filmmaker Oliver Stone explores the possibility of overcoming the challenges of climate change and energy poverty through the power of nuclear energy**.

Join us for a film and discussion on nuclear energy as a solution to our climate issues.

Thursday Jan 25th @ 7pm at the Deborah Rawson Memorial Library, 8 River Road, Jericho, VT

**JETF is presenting this film to show a variety of viewpoints and does not take a position on the viability of nuclear energy.

The Jericho Energy Task Force will hold its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday November

20 at 7pm via Zoom.

Although the name says energy, climate is also at its core as energy use and climate are

connected. We are always looking for new members interested in these subjects.

One of the topics that will be discussed and finalized is the winter movie series. See posts below for previous movie selections.

The Task Force would also like to know if there is interest in starting a climate and energy book group.

The Jericho Energy Task Force's first ever Repair Cafe on October 28th was a success. We had a cadre of incredibly accomplished and generous volunteers who worked on items ranging from clothes needing zippers and jewelry needing a light touch to dehumidifiers, oscillating fans, knives needing sharpening, a scythe, a musical teddy bear and oh so many sewing machines.

We had a steady stream of roughly 20 customers bringing in items and our tireless volunteers did what they could to make repairs. The JETF intends to hold another Repair Cafe next spring. We've learned from the first one and believe we can make the next one even better.

Photo credits: Chantal O'Connor