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Happening
at the Crossroads:
April 19,
2010
by Coggin
Heeringa
Crossroads at Big Creek Hosts Sustain Door Inc.’s Sustainability Fair 2010, Apr 24
We
will celebrate Earth Day on April 22 and continue to celebrate well
into May. During the coming month, students from seven area
schools will be involved in educational activities and service
projects. But our biggest event is this weekend.
logo-sustain-doorCrossroads
at Big Creek will host Sustain Door, Inc.’s Sustainability Fair 2010 on
Saturday, April 24 from 10 am t0 to 4 pm. The Historical Village at The
Crossroads will be included in the “fair grounds” where participants
can tour displays from more than forty sustainable vendors and
producers of green products while members of the Door County Historical
Society interpret the building in The Historical Village.
The
first 25 Door County residents who choose more sustainable options for
traveling to the Fair will be rewarded for their efforts. Those who
carpool (four or more riders), bike, hike, ski or dogsled to Crossroads
should check in at the Sustain Door table to receive their award.
Activities
for children will include kite flying, art projects, newspaper seedling
pots and seed planting, stories and hikes to Big Creek (where we hope
the fish will still be running.) .
In the Collins Learning
Center, an impressive roster of guest speakers will present programs
and you will learn about Green Resources from the Sturgeon Bay Library
or about Door County Greenprint from Door County Soil and Water
Conservation Department personnel. The Door County Sustainability Fair
is a Travel Green Wisconsin Certified Event. Admission is free.
April
24 also is National Youth Service Day and Door County young
people will be performing a sustainable project at Crossroads,
restoring the mixed hardwood forest on the hill east of the Crossroads
Astronomy Campus.
Crossroads at Big Creek is located at 2041
Michigan Street in Sturgeon Bay. For more information about the
Sustainability Fair, visit www.sustaindoor.org
Saturday, April 24, 10:00 -4:00
The Door County Sustainability Fair 2010
Meet
local vendors and producers of sustainable products and service, learn
about sustainability theory and practice and participate in family
activities. Admission is free. Lectures are as follows:
10:00
The Natural Step-A Systems Framework for Moving Toward Sustainability”
Catherine Neiswender, UW Extension Community Development Educator-Winnebago County
11:30
“Beyond Earth Day, Northeast Wisconsin’s Role in Environmental History Leading to Earth Day”
Paul Wozniak, environmental historian, author of Beyond Earth Day
12:30
“Sustainability from the Farm to the Store”
Kevin Kiehnau and Gary Mosgaller, organic farmers
1:30
“Relationships between Environmental, Economic, and Community Aspects of Sustainability”
Dr,Roger Kuhns, Geologist , Sustainability Consultant
2:30
“Tools for Moving Toward Sustainability in Door County”
Dr. Larry Smith, Economist, UWGB faculty, retired
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