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  • WEP, Inc. Presents the 4th Annual Home Energy Fair

    “Live Green…Save Green,” is the theme for the 2012 Home Energy Fair presented by WEP, Inc. Oct. 13, 9 am – 2 pm, at the Cherry Point Mall. Participants can meet energy experts during demonstrations and presentations concerning plumbing, heating and electrical alternatives; insulation, sealing and indoor air quality; benefits of a home energy audit and energy efficiency.

  • SBSI Hosts Recycling Fundraiser

    On Oct. 20, 8 am – 12 pm, the Sturgeon Bay Skatepark Initiative are joining with Cyber Green at the Baylake Bank parking lot on the corner of 3rd Avenue and Jefferson Street for a recycling fundraiser.

  • $224,653 in Coastal Grants Awarded to Door County

    Funding to protect America’s coastline – including Great Lakes coastline – has trickled from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to projects along Door County shores through grants from the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program.

  • Sturgeon Bay Farm and Craft Market “Vendor of the Week”

    Are you looking for a great gift for someone who has everything, or maybe a fun gift idea for the next wedding or baby “shower” you are going to? Then you might want to visit Bob and Bonnie Abrahamson who have been in business selling their Logan Creek Soap for approximately 13 years and have been attending the Saturday Morning Farm and Craft Market for 11 of those years.

  • MREA Hosts Solar Tour

    The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is joining the non-profit American Solar Energy Society (ASES) and hundreds of solar-savvy installers and grassroots organizations throughout America to showcase more than 5,000 solar-powered homes, schools and businesses for the 16th Annual National Solar Tour, the world’s largest grassroots solar event.

  • A New Definition of Perfection for Local Lawns

    A new group wants to redefine the perfect lawn. Instead of large, mowed expanses of Kentucky Bluegrass, Door County Property Owners Safe Lawns Campaign members hope local lawns will take on a more natural look.

  • Sturgeon Bay Farm and Craft Market “Vendor of the Week”

    This week’s vendor of the week, Charles Bordeau, has been in business for over 40 years and attending the Sturgeon Bay Farm and Craft Market for approximately 15 years, bringing customers home grown fruits and vegetables as well as jams, jellies and pickles.

  • Garden to Grow Library’s Uses

    Say goodbye to the stretch of grass behind the Sister Bay-Liberty Grove library. By next summer, the space will be in transition from regular lawn to educational, sustainable, user-friendly garden.

  • Green Roof Enhances Sustainability on NWTC Campus

    High above the grounds of Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) in Green Bay lays a small patch of green space that most students are unlikely to come across.

  • Door and Kewaunee Counties Featured on Nature Conservancy Slideshow

    The Nature Conservancy recently featured a slideshow on their website with photography of Wisconsin landscapes by Green Bay photographer Darryl Beers and haiku poetry by Green Bay writer Reed Hardy.

  • 500 Land Trust Supporters Celebrate a Grand Year

    A record crowd of over 500 supporters turned out for the Door County Land Trust’s annual membership gathering on Aug. 26 at the Liberty Grove Historical Society property adjacent to the Grand View Scenic Overlook and Park in Ellison Bay.

  • Jacksonport Historical Society Screens Green Fire

    On Sept. 26 at 7 pm, during the monthly meeting of the Jacksonport Historical Society, Ray Osinski, the Land Ethics Leader of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, will present Green Fire.

  • Cellcom Accepting Green Gifts Applications

    Cellcom is now accepting applications for its Green Gifts program. Through Green Gifts, Cellcom donates proceeds from its cell phone recycling program to local organizations, programs and projects dedicated to or supporting environmental sustainability.

  • Spotted Wing Drosophila confirmed in the county

    Fruit flies are a common autumn pest in gardens and kitchens, but this year there’s a new species swarming the peninsula. “These two people noticed there were a lot of flies around, and some of the fruit had little moving critters – which are actually the larvae in the fruit,” said Dean Volenberg, Door County Extension agriculture agent.

  • Sturgeon Bay Farm and Craft Market “Vendor of the Week”

    Kris Berns is one of our market’s longest standing vendors. She has been in business for approximately 34 years and has been attending the Sturgeon Bay Farm and Craft Market for over 30 years! Berns makes clay Christmas ornaments and hand painted cherry décor.

  • Stone Path Yoga to host Soma-Yoga for Runners class

    As Door County becomes more of a destination for silent sports enthusiasts, one person is ready to treat and prevent the pulled muscles, displaced kneecaps and torn tendons that come with extreme athletics.

  • Green Fund Application Deadline Approaching

    The Door County Community Foundation is looking for applications from both traditional environmental organizations and non-environmental charities with ideas on how they might incorporate an environmentally conscious perspective into their work.

  • Incredible Recycling Facts

    Aluminum foil on Hershey’s Kisses, an Empire State Building filled with glass jars and aluminum cans running a TV…

  • “So Delicious So Door County” Celebrates Local Culinary Treats

    As summer turns to fall, Door County prepares for a culinary celebration complete with fresh local produce, bustling farm markets, foodie tours and harvest festivals amidst a backdrop of beautiful fall colors.

  • Cooking Demonstration at Settlement Shops Farmer’s Market

    On Sept. 12 at 10:30 am, Door County Private Chef will demonstrate how to make a gourmet lunch using locally grown ingredients at the Settlement Shops Farmer’s Market.