Springfield, MO - Can't afford solar panels or heat pumps to save energy dollars? The Nov. 10 program of the White River Group of the Sierra Club offers alternatives to those expensive options. The public is invited to attend Jeff Barber's "No-cost, Low-cost Energy Savers" program at 7 p.m. at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center.

The presentation will feature inexpensive or no-cost tips for conserving energy in homes and businesses and is based on a weatherization and conservation workshop Barber provides to Ozarks Area Community Action Corporation constituents in five counties. Attendees at the Nov. 10 meeting will learn immediate and longer-term strategies to save money and what they can do for themselves to conserve energy. For example, information is provided on how to build a simple "draft dodger" to block air leaks around doors and windows.

Barber is a LEED AP architect and housing and environmental design specialist for the southwest region/Greene County of the University of Missouri.

Downloadable energy tips will be available at www.missouri.sierraclub.org/wrg.

The White River Group of the Ozark Chapter of the Sierra Club includes more than 900 members of the national Sierra Club in southwest Missouri. The Group offers a program for members and the interested public at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of every month at the Springfield Conservation Nature Center.  Come early for refreshments and networking at 6:30 p.m.

The Group also offers outings and the opportunity to become involved in regional, state and local conservation and environmental issues. For details, go to www.missouri.sierraclub.org/wrg.