Clean Energy Consultation

Are you looking for advice on how to decarbonize your home, business, church, or organization? Want to learn more and get involved in reducing your greenhouse gas emissions and advocating for policy changes in your local community and state?

Rick Brown, PhD, TerraVerde Energy Board Chair and member of the Holden Board, is eager to share his knowledge and experiences in a conversation (in person in the Bay Area or virtually) with others.

He has been involved in the development of clean energy policy and businesses over the past 20 years and looks forward to offering his knowledge and experience in developing strategies to meaningfully address the climate crisis.

Learn about how Holden continues to prioritize clean energy efforts as well, seeking to live out environmental stewardship.

This consultation will specifically focus on how to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from your home, business, church or other organization, and get involved in advocating for policy changes in your local community and state. The consultation can include up to 6 people.

Date to be mutually agreed upon between Rick and the winning bidder. No expiration date.

Value: $250

Meal, Music, and Mix for 8!

Enjoy a gourmet dinner with wine for eight people prepared and served by four current and former Holden Village Board members: Sandie Anderson, Mark Schwehn, Chris Hughes, and Anthony Titus. You choose the location (within an hour of the Twin Cities, Minnesota) or this experience can be hosted at a Board member's home in the Twin Cities. Begin the evening with classy hors d'oeuvres and an extraordinary signature cocktail made by Mark. Live classical guitar music by Anthony Titus will accompany your dinner.

Expires one year after the auction. Date and location to be mutually agreed upon by hosts and winning bidder.

Value: $800

Music with John Hermanson

Bid on the chance to host singer-songwriter John Hermanson for an evening of music at your home, church, or other venue. John will bring his music to your event and perform!

Options include a hymn sing-along or a mini concert featuring John's original music. John is also available to lead a Holden-style vespers service using his Isaiah Service of Light, which John wrote while in residence at Holden Village.

Musical offerings for your event to be discussed with John. Locations are limited to the Puget Sound region, Bozeman, Montana, and the Twin Cities area in Minnesota, and are to be scheduled as mutually agreed upon by the winning bidder and John. The performance must occur before Oct. 1, 2025.

John Hermanson is an award-winning songwriter and composer of the acclaimed acoustic duo Storyhill and has also been involved in projects across the musical spectrum, including orchestral, world, pop, rock, and indie genres. Raised in the Lutheran church and rooted in prophetic and mystical traditions, his songs raise ancient yet urgent questions about radical love and mutual responsibility, written in his compelling, distinctive folk style. This summer, John has released a new collection of 25 hymns and liturgical songs drawn from his Isaiah recordings and liturgical music he composed during residencies and for commissions in a variety of contexts--including Holden Village!

Value: $500