CITIZEN POWER ALLIANCE

CANTON — Thirteen was a lucky number for the annual North Country Sustainable Energy Fair and Home Tours, which continued its growth as a regional event.

With 60 exhibitors and 54 workshops, this year's fair is the largest so far, said Patricia M. Greene, who organized the event for Community Energy Services, a nonprofit corporation founded in 2001 to promote energy efficiency and renewable energy systems in the north country.

"We're in the midst of a kind of paradigm shift about the way we think," she said, pointing to the sharp climb in fuel prices and headlines about the growing threat of global warming.

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