Area's Only 'Living Building' Showcased at Upcoming Earth Day Festival

From Something Good in The World:

Ossining, N.Y. [April 13, 2016] Something Good in the World (SGITW), a local leader in sustainability education, will showcase their Earth School Envirapod mobile education trailer at Green Ossining’s 6th Annual Earth Day Festival on April 16th from 10-4pm at Louis Engel Park, Ossining. Also on hand will be David Delardi and Alan Hewson, owners of Enviragen and creators of the EnviraPod. Festival goers will have the chance to tour the building and learn more about its green technologies: composting toilet, wood pellet stove, solar panels, and rainwater catchment system.

After focusing their educational programs on outdoor sustainability for the last 15 years, SGITW educational director Barbara Sarbin recognized an opportunity to meet the changing needs of the planet and to educate a new crop of young environmentalists by incorporating indoor sustainability into their programming.

“A zero-carbon footprint life is an attainable goal - something that we can all strive for,” said Sarbin. “We’ve been sharing the unique learning experience of the EnviraPod with children who attend our programs, and we’re thrilled for more people to see this ‘living building’ for themselves.”

A ‘living building’ generates its own energy, captures and treats all of its water, and operates efficiently and sustainably. Said Delardi, co-creator of the Envirapod building, “There’s a growing trend of people wanting to live more sustainably and consciously, not just outside the home, but inside as well. Enviragen helps fill a need for consumers who want to live more harmoniously with the earth. When people tour the pods, they see this isn’t conceptual - it’s available right now.”

Green Ossining’s 6th Annual Earth Day Festival: Louis B. Engel Waterfront Park on April 16th from 11am-4pm. Learn how to live a more sustainable life, visit artisan vendors, and enjoy food and live music on the Hudson River. Learn more www.greenossining.com

About Something Good in the World (SGITW):

SGITW offers programs for children of all ages and socio-economic backgrounds, with a focus on environmental education. Immersive, small-batch learning experiences are designed to develop a sense of care for the earth and the skills to live sustainably. SGITW celebrates nature as the ultimate “classroom” and welcomes all community members to become earth stewards. Learn more at www.somethinggoodintheworld.org.

About The EnviraPod:

The Earth School EnviraPod is an off-grid, mobile classroom with a zero carbon footprint. Funded by a successful Indiegogo campaign, grants, and a local foundation, the eco-friendly educational trailer is located in its farm-based home in Ossining as part of Something Good in the World’s Children’s Peaceful Garden, where it exists as a demonstration of available technologies for alternative energies and sustainable practices, in an eco-friendly, completely self-contained, off-grid environment. Learn more here.

About Enviragen:

Enviragen exists to offer a new choice in how to live in harmony with the environment - that new choice is the EnviraPod - a home that can be placed anywhere and is 100% naturally self-powered by the world around us. EnviraPods take state-of-the-art systems that exist, and integrates them into a single form, complete housing solution. Learn more: www.enviragen.com