October 19th Sustainable Energy Speakers Forum

[SASEA Contact]

The Springfield-Area Sustainable Energy Association (SASEA)
The Pioneer Valley Chapter of the
Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
PO Box 51355, Springfield, MA 01151
www.sasea.org

MEETING NOTIFICATION

The bi-monthly meeting of the Springfield-Area Sustainable Energy
Association (SASEA) will feature:
Topic: Which Clean Energy Investments Are Right For You.

Even after you've changed all our lightbulbs, gotten a home energy
retrofit, started biking to work, and installed solar panels, there is
still a way to reduce your carbon footprint and benefit from the
transition to a clean energy economy. Your investments are ownership
of real companies, doing business in the real economy. You probably
own parts of large oil, gas, and coal companies without even knowing
it. Even most Socially Responsible mutual funds owned BP before the
Gulf Oil disaster, because they are concerned with a broad range of
issues of which the environment is only one, and Peak Oil may not even
be on their radar.

This seminar will give you the tools you need to decide which clean
energy investments are right for you, if you have only a few thousand
dollars in an IRA or have a good million tucked away for a secure
retirement. We'll discuss the pros and cons of clean energy mutual
funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs), and stock portfolios. For
investors who want to use mutual funds or ETFs, you should leave the
talk knowing which ones are best for you. For investors interested in
a stock portfolio, we'll discuss a variety ways to build a portfolio
and how to balance greenery, potential return, and risk, with
individual stock examples.

Guest Speaker:
Tom Konrad, Editor, AltEnergyStocks
About the presenter: Tom Konrad is a portfolio manager who manages
money for environmentally minded individuals and institutions. He is
the Editor of AltEnergyStocks, a leading free website for news and
analysis about Clean and Alternative Energy stocks featuring a stock
list of over 250 publicly traded companies organized into 30
subsectors such as Solar and Alternative Transportation. Tom has a
Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University and holds the Chartered
Financial Analyst designation. He recently moved to the Northeast
from Colorado where he served as the Policy Committee chair for the
Colorado Renewable Energy Society, an ASES chapter. He currently
serves on NESEA Finance Committee, and will be running a workshop on
clean energy investing at Building Energy 11.

Cost: Free

Place: Western New England College (WNEC), Sleith Hall, Rm S111, 1215
Wilbraham Rd, Springfield, MA 01119

Time: 6:00 to 8:00 PM, Oct 19, 2010

Directions: http://www1.wnec.edu/visiting/index.cfm?selection=doc.1198
or www.sasea.org then go to Files.

Contact Info:
President: Mike Kocsmiersky, (413) 883-3144, kos...@yahoo.com
Secretary: John Kontekakis, (413) 204-4877 realto...@gmail.com
Or contac...@gmail.com

Mission Statement:
Providing knowledge on sustainable energy practices; both energy
conservation and renewable energy generation.
SASEA is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.