Jenkins'
Speaking Engagements and Workshops
2004___ 2005___ 2006 __2007 __2008
2008
Please Note: Joe is taking a break from most
speaking engagements in 2008 due to a heavy travel and
work schedule.
April 22, 2008 - Earth Day - Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, "Humanure and the International Year of Sanitation." Read the thank-you letter from Edinboro.
March 12, 2008: Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona, "Discussing the Disgusting - Humanure and the International Year of Sanitation."
2007
October 19-28,
2007: Natural
Building Colloquium, Kerrville, Texas - In the spirit
of strengthening and expanding our community of natural builders,
central Texas invites you to attend a Natural Building Colloquium,
October 19-28. Colloquia are gatherings of people, ranging
from experienced to simply curious, who come to learn from
each other, to synergize their experience and to remind themselves
of their larger vision... [more]
Thursday,
October 11 - Saturday, October 13, 2007: International
Preservation Trades Workshops,
Frederick, Maryland: PTN is
proud to announce that the 10th Anniversary International
Preservation Trades Workshop will be held in partnership
with the National Park Service Historic Preservation Training
Center (HPTC) at the historic Jenkins Cannery. [more]
August 3rd, 2007: Natural Building Colloquium,
Bath New York
January 26, 2007: Wesley Grange, Wesley,
PA: Mongolia Travelogue
2006
January 10, 2006:
Grove City Kiwanis, Grove City, PA; "Slate Roofs"
January 15th, 2006:
Penn State Public Radio WPSU, Take
Note, 7:30 am, Slate
Roofs; Listen to the Interview
February
3, 2006: 15th annual Pennsylvania
Association for Sustainable Agriculture Conference at
the Penn Stater Conference Center in State College, Pennsylvania. "Humanure
- the Misunderstood Manure"
February 15, 2006, International
Roofing Expo, Las Vegas Nevada. Topic: "Installing
Slate Roofs and Avoiding Common Mistakes."
February 23-March
14, 2006 (tentative dates): Mongolia
humanure composting project via PADCO.
Humanure toilet presentations in Mongolia,
late winter, 2006.
March 23-24, 2006, Traditional
Slate Roof Installation for Architects: National
Slate Technology Center - This course will focus
on the needs of architects to know and understand installation
techniques for slate roofing, including flashing and
gutters, moisture and ventilation, underlayments, and
slate roof repair. There will be hands-on opportunities
and demonstrations as well as information on specifying
and detailing costs for slate roofing.- Total hours:
12; Thursday 12:00 pm until Friday 5:00 pm; Maximum
participants: 15; Cost: $300. National
Slate Technology Center • PO Box 196, Poultney,
VT 05764 • 802-287-4284
May, 2006 Mongolia
humanure composting project via PADCO (continued).
September 10,
2006 - American Society of Home Inspectors,
Pittsburgh, PA Sheraton Hotel; contact Brendan Ryan
at 724-898-1414. What Home Inspectors Should Know About
Slate Roofs
10-27/28, 2006: 10th
Annual International Preservation Trades Workshop (IPTW);
Holy Cross Neighborhood, Lower 9th Ward, Post-Katrina New
Orleans. Slate Roof Repair
2005
April 10, 2005: Westminster
College, PA - 2nd Annual Progressive Conference, hosted
by the Westminster College Green Party
April 30, 2005: Saturday,
11:30 am to 12:30 pm: Traditional
Building Exhibition and Conference, Pennsylvania Convention
Center, in the heart of historic Philadelphia; Title of
presentation: Traditional AmericanSlate Roofs: Their
Anatomy, Maintenance and Repair
June, 2005: Building
With Spirit, a Regional Natural Building Colloquium,
June 25 - July 2, 2005; Thunder Mountain Retreat Center,
Bath, New York. (Slates donated by Camara
Slate Company.)
September 25th,
2005: Newport News, VA, American Society
of Home Inspectors Tech Talk Seminar; Helping Preserve
a National Treasure: What Home Inspectors Need to Know
About Slate and Tile Roofs; 7:30 am to 11:30 am.
October 1, 2005:
Jennings Environmental Education Center's Nature Writers
Book Fair
October 7-9,
2005: 9th Annual International Preservation
Trades Workshop (IPTW);
Belmont Technical College, St. Clairsville, Ohio. The IPTW is
the annual conference held by the Preservation
Trades Network (PTN). IPTW-2005 will feature workshops
on finishes, carpentry, slate roofing, masonry, plaster
and timber-framing. Keep checking www.iptw.org for
updated information. (Slates donated by Camara
Slate Company.)
November 18, 2005: Ohio
Composting Association annual Conference.
Theme is "Composting Different Feedstocks." Jenkins
Presentation topics include: "Nova Scotia's
Municipal Recycling Program," and "Humanure
Composting."
2004
January 14, 2004,
7 pm: WYEP (radio), Pittsburgh: Humanure Composting
January 23, 2004,
7:30 pm, WQED, Pittsburgh (TV): Humanure Composting
April
22 , 2004: Boston Renovation and Restoration
Trade Show, Thursday, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm, Room
207: W11: Everything You Need to Know About Slate
Roofs: Fabrication, Installation, Repair and
Restoration
September 14-17, 2004:
Ponferrada, Spain: American Slate
Roofing (part of the 4 hour presentation included a
demonstration of American slating tools and techniques,
shown in photograph below with Joe Jenkins):
October 21 through
24, 2004: International
Preservation Trades Workshops, Mobile, Alabama: Slate
Roofs
November 4, 2004: Institute
for Learning in Retirement, 10:30 am to 1 pm, Center Presbyterian
Church, Slippery Rock, PA: Slate
Roofs
November 7, 2004:
Friends of Ohio Barns, Dawes Arboretum, Ohio: Slate
Roof Repair on Barn: Postponed until May, 2005.
Full List:
-- 4/22/08 Earth Day - Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, "Humanure and the International Year of Sanitation."
-- 3/12/2008 Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona — " Humanure"
-- 10/19-28/2007 Natural Building
Colloquium, Kerrville, TX
-- 10/11-13/2007 IPTW 2007, Frederick, MD
-- 8/3/07, Natural Building Colloquium, Bath,
NY
-- 1/26, 2007 Wesley Grange, Wesley, PA: Mongolia
Travelogue
-- 10-27/28-2006 10th Annual International Preservation
Trades Workshop (IPTW); Holy Cross Neighborhood, Lower
9th Ward, Post-Katrina New Orleans. Slate and Asbestos
Roof Repair.
-- 9-10-06 What Home Inspectors Need to Know About Slate
Roofs, American Society of Home Inspectors, Pittsburgh,
PA; 8 am to 1 pm
-- 3/23-24, 2006 Traditional Slate Roof Installation for
Architects; National Slate Technology Center, PO Box 196,
Poultney, VT 05764
-- 2-15-06 International Roofing Expo, sponsored by the
National Roofing Contractors Association, Las Vegas, Nevada;
1.5 hour Powerpoint presentation: Installing Slate Roofs
and Avoiding Common Mistakes.
-- 2-3-06 Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture,
Penn State University, 1.5 hour Powerpoint presentation:
Humanure, the Misunderstood Manure.
-- 1-10-06 Kiwanis, Grove City, PA: Slate Roofs
-- 11-18-05 Ohio Composting Conference, Wooster, Ohio; two
presentations of approximately 1 hour each: Nova Scotia
Composting and Humanure — Composting the Unmentionable
-- 10/7-9, 2005 9th Annual International Preservation Trades
Workshop (IPTW); Belmont Technical College, St. Clairsville,
Ohio. Slate Roofing.
-- 10/1, 2005 Jennings State Park (Pennsylvania) Environmental
Education Center's Nature Writers Book Fair: Self-Publishing.
-- 9/25, 2005 Newport News, VA, American Society of Home
Inspectors Tech Talk Seminar; Helping Preserve a National
Treasure: What Home Inspectors Need to Know About Slate
and Tile Roofs; 7:30 am to 11:30 am.
-- 6/25-7/2, 2005 Slate Roof Installation; Natural Building
Colloquium East — Building with Spirit; week long
slate roof installation demonstration, including two 1.25
hour Powerpoint presentations.
-- April 10, 2005 “Self-Publishing: A Ten Year Retrospective,” 2nd
annual Progressive Conference, Westminster College, PA
-- Oct. 22-24, 2004 “Slate Roofing,” International
Preservation Trades Workshops, Mobile, Alabama; two 1 1/2
hour presentations;
-- Sept. 15, 2004 “American Slate Roofing,” Ponferrada,
Spain, 3 hour Powerpoint presentation
-- April 22, 2004 “Everything You Need to Know About
Slate Roofs: Fabrication, Installation, Repair and Restoration,” The
Restoration and Renovation Exhibition and Conference, Boston,
Mass. (three hour Powerpoint presentation with some live
demonstration)
-- March 25, 2004 “International Slating Styles,” “European
Roofing Schools,” and “How to Use the NSA Website,” at
the National Slate Association annual meeting, Boston World
Trade Center (about 30 minutes total).
-- Oct. 9-11, 2003 “Slate Roof Restoration — Flashing
Chimneys,” International Preservation Trades Workshops,
sponsored by the Preservation Trades Network, Colombia,
MD; (2) hour and a half presentations.
-- Sept. 9, 2003 Grassroots Recycling: Getting the Most
Out of Your Home Composting Program (“Going Beyond
the Garden”); Slippery Rock University, Slippery
Rock, PA; Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, 1 hr.
presentation.
-- August 6, 2003 “Nova Scotia’s Composting
and Municipal Recycling Programs,” Butler Outdoor
Club, Butler PA, 40 minute Powerpoint presentation.
-- April 25, 2003 “Slate Roofs on Barns,” 45
minute Powerpoint presentation plus a separate hand’s
on demonstration, Ohio Barn Conference, Chillicothe, Ohio.
-- April 12, 2003 “Humanure — Composting the
Unthinkable,” 45
minute Powerpoint presentation, Green Design Conference
and Competition, Penn State University.
-- February 21, 2003: “Following the Leader — Nova
Scotia Composting Shows the Way,” 45 minute Powerpoint
presentation, Green Building Alliance, Brown Bag Lunch
Discussion, --Pittsburgh, PA USA.
-- February 5, 2003 “Following the Leader — Nova
Scotia Composting Shows the Way,” 1 1/2 hour Powerpoint
presentation, Slippery Rock University Seminar, Slippery
Rock, PA USA.
-- January 30, 2003 “Following the Leader — Nova
Scotia Composting Shows the Way,” 30 minute Powerpoint
presentation, US Compost Council annual conference, Las
Vegas, Nevada.
-- August 2002 “Slate Roof Restoration,” International
Preservation Trades Workshops (sponsored by the Preservation
Trades Network), Fairmont, WV; (2) hour and a half presentations.
-- May 23, 2002 “The Future of Composting in Pennsylvania,” 30
minute Powerpoint presentation, 2002 Pennsylvania Compost
Conference, State College, PA (PADEP sponsored).
-- May 6, 2002 “What Roof Consultants Need to Know
About Slate Roofs,” Roof Consultants Institute 17th
International Convention and Trade Show, Galveston, Texas;
two presentations, each 1 hour and 15 minutes
-- February 23, 2002 “Slate Roof Restoration,” Old
House Fair, Victoria Hall, Bloomfield, PA; one 45 minute
oral presentation.
-- January 31, 2002 “Composting Dairy Manure,” Composting
Symposium, Sponsored by Southern Alleghenies Resource Conservation
and Development Councils and Agriculture Today and Tomorrow
Committee with further funding by Western PA Watershed
Protection Program and Canaan Valley Institute; Morrison’s
Cove Memorial Park, Martinsburg, PA. Panel format with
5 other speakers, from 9:30 am to 3:30 pm.
-- October 2001 “Slate Roof Restoration,” International
Preservation Trades Workshops, sponsored by the Preservation
Trades Network, Brooklyn, NY; (2) hour and a half presentations.
-- September 2001 Home and Garden TV interview regarding
slate roof restoration (episode 401, aired April 7th, 2002 — see
below).
-- August 2001 “Close Encounters of the Turd Kind,” Solar
Living Festival, sponsored by the Institute for Solar Living,
Hopland, CA, one 50 minute presentation.
-- November 2000 “Slate and Tile Roof Restoration,” International
Preservation Trades Workshops, sponsored by the Preservation
Trades Network, Harrisburg, PA; (2) hour and a half presentations.
-- November 1999 “Slate Roof Restoration,” International
Preservation Trades Workshops, sponsored by the Preservation
Trades Network, Gaithersburg, Maryland, (2) hour and a
half presentations.
-- October 2, 1999 Panel:“The Environmental Movement,” Convocation
of the Invisible Universe, sponsored by Chelsea Green Publishing,
Shelburne, Vermont — Discussion with Alan Atkisson
(author of Believing Cassandra); Donella Meadows (co-author
of Limits to Growth and Beyond the Limits); and Nancy Jack
Todd of Ocean Arks International.
-- November 1998 “Slate Roof Restoration,” International
Preservation Trades Workshops, sponsored by the Preservation
Trades Network, Gaithersburg, Maryland, (2) hour and a
half presentations
-- August 1998 “Halifax Radio Interview: Humanure,” sponsored
by CBC Public Radio, produced by Maritime Noon, Halifax,
Nova Scotia.
-- 1998 “Humanure Composting” presentation,
Northeast Organic Farming Assn (NOFA) Annual Conference,
New Hampshire.
-- 1998 “Humanure Composting” presentation,
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
-- 1998 “Humanure Composting” presentation,
survival skills school, Maine.
-- June 1998 “The Influence of Effluent,” Interview
by BBC Radio for inclusion in a three-part series, produced
by Sheila Dillon.
-- June 7-13, 1998 “Slate Roofs,” and “Humanure
Composting,” separate presentations, Natural Building
Colloquium East, Davidsonville, Maryland.
-- May 1998 Howard Stern Radio Interview, bumped for a walk-in
transvestite, then rescheduled a week later.
-- April 1998 “Slate Roofs,” sponsored by the
Historic Franklin Preservation Association, Franklin, Pennsylvania.
-- October 1997 “Keynote Speech: Simple Alternatives:
Birth to Death” and “Self-Publishing,” Committed
Living for Sustainable Community Conference sponsored by
Community Service, Inc., Yellow Springs, Ohio.
-- October 1996 “Humanure Composting,” Simple
Living Conference, sponsored by Community Service, Inc.,
Yellow Springs, Ohio.
-- Earth Day, 1995 “Humanure Composting,” The
E House, Pittsburgh, PA.
-- 1995 “Humanure Composting,” Villa Maria Convent,
Villa Maria, PA.
-- 1990 “A Peace Activists View of the Gulf War,” public
speech, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
-- 1990 “A Peace Activists View of the Gulf War,” WFRA
Radio interview.
-- 1987 “Sunflower School” radio interview,
PBS, Erie, PA.
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