Category: Green Page

If Paul Regnier could order weather, for May 31 he would want a cool, sunny morning with a low front moving in from the north and stopping just north of Door County.

Anyone out there suffer from trypophobia? The name literally means “fear of holes.” Sufferers become uncomfortable or even repulsed by viewing photographs or actual structures riddled with holes.

For the first time in more than a decade, five NASA Earth-observing missions will be launched into space in a single year. To celebrate this milestone, NASA is inviting people all around the world to step outside on Earth Day, April 22, take a “selfie,” and share it with the world on social media.

Garlic mustard and phragmites are old news, but what about some of the early detection invasive species that occur in very small patches in Door County? “The Importance of Early Detection” 
workshop, held May 2 from 3 to 4:30 pm at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall, will focus on imminent invaders and the technology to fight them.

Nicole James, CFMP, CNC and wellness therapist at Sturgeon Bay’s Center for Optimal Health will present a seminar at Greens N Grains on April 17 at 1 pm that will discuss the most effective ways to detox and cleanse your body.

No Impact Man will be screened on April 15, 4:30 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in north Ephraim. This documentary tells the story of a writer living in Manhattan who had the usual concerns about the future of the environment until he realized he wasn’t doing much about it.

According to Science and other science publications, the biomedical breakthrough of 2013 is cancer immunotherapy. In a nutshell, cells of a cancer patient’s immune system are manipulated and “taught” to seek out and destroy cancer cells.

The Door County Master Gardeners will present a free public two-part program on home landscape design on April 15 & 22 at 7 pm at Crossroads at Big Creek.

Dr. Melissa Nelson recently returned from a four-week immersive study of raw food cuisine at the Living Light Culinary Institute in Ft. Bragg, Calif. She completed certification as a chef-instructor, training in gourmet raw food cuisine, unbaked pastry arts and as a raw food nutrition educator.

Habitat for Humanity Restore, along with the City of Sturgeon Bay and many other organizations, is hosting a free recycling extravaganza on April 22 from 12 to 5 pm at Sunset Park in Sturgeon Bay.

Earth Day takes on an even greater significance for The Ridges Sanctuary this year as a new era begins on April 22. Join The Ridges for a groundbreaking ceremony from 10 – 11 am on the future site of their new facility, 8166 Highway 57, in Baileys Harbor.

Looking forward to its eleventh season, the Settlement Farmers Market is seeking more vendors for the 2014 season. The market begins with the annual plant sale on May 25 from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.

About 252 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period, 90 percent of all animal, plant and marine species on the planet suddenly disappeared. To find out why this catastrophe occurred, geochronologists studied the site of a huge, ancient volcano in Siberia.

Join Door County’s organic gardening guru Linda Cockburn for an informative class on planting and seed collecting at Greens N Grains on April 5. In “Let’s Get Planting,” Cockburn will explain how to start seed flats, how to maintain them and how to eventually transplant them into an organic garden.

The Jacksonport Women’s Club (JWC) will again undertake the Beautification Program in hopes to line the scenic byways, backroads and small lakes with beautiful blooms in late May.

The Door County Master Gardeners will present a free public program on butterfly gardening on April 8 at 7 pm at Crossroads at Big Creek. Chriss Daubner, a Door County Master Gardener and Wild Ones member, will present this colorful and informative program.

The Center for Optimal Health Sturgeon Bay is excited to expand its wellness services. “The Center focuses on functional medicine, a personalized approach that focuses on discovering the underlying cause of your symptoms,” owner Nicole James explains.

Paul Rentmeester and Justus Hedeen, financial advisers from RH Group/Merrill Lynch of Green Bay, will focus on Socially Responsible Investing at the April meeting of the Climate Change Coalition on April 2 at 7 pm.

As organizations dedicated to preserving and protecting the lands that make Wisconsin special, Wisconsin land trusts have a unique responsibility to recognize how climate change is affecting those lands and to help their communities address those changes.