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NEWPORT, Ore. – A five-hour seminar that promotes local self-reliance while discussing energy and the economy will be held Thursday, May 28, beginning at 9 a.m. at the Newport Recreation Center.

The workshop is the third offered by the Oregon State University Extension office in Lincoln County and the Oregon Coast Community College Small Business Development Center. Cost of the seminar is $10 without lunch or $20 with lunch.

Discussion will be on solar energy, wave energy, bio-diesel, buying local, efficient recycling, virtual farmers markets, using wood/or wood pellets for energy, and growing your own food, according to Sam Angima, chair of the Lincoln County Extension office. A video on using small wind turbines for local energy production will be shown during the lunch break.

"People have called our office asking what they can do to start local efforts to use alternative energy and become more self-reliant in their own communities," Angima said. "We realized local issues can be solved best by local people, and we've invited community professionals and college faculty to discuss past, present and future methods."

Registration is required and can be accessed online at http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lincoln/agriculture/self-local-reliance, or locally at the OSU Extension Office at 29 S.E. 2nd St., in Newport, or by calling 541-574-6534.