Category: Green Page

90: Percent of the world’s big fish that have been fished out of the seas since the 1950s

Door County Parks recently planted 436 evergreen trees along the Ahnapee State Trail. Cellcom donated the trees after an Earth Day promotion. “The trees donated from Cellcom are greatly appreciated,” said George Pinney, director of Door County Parks.

“Truth be told, what’s normal in the grocery business isn’t healthy for consumers or the environment.”

Landmark Resort has received the Travel Green Wisconsin certification from the Wisconsin Department of Tourism. “We have been operating the resort in an earth-friendly, environmentally-conscious way for years,” said Patti Taylor, general manager.

100: More gallons of gas used per household per year when urban density drops 50 percent 570: Million pounds of food packaging Americans throw away

“If we are going to manage the planet, the private sector needs to step up and do this out of their own interest.”

“Is it possible to grow our food in abundance without pesticides and herbicides and in harmony with nature?” Increasingly, people are taking that question very seriously.

70: Number of California’s state parks that Gov. Jerry Brown plans to close permanently this fall 98: Percent of apples tested by the Environmental Working Group that tested positive for pesticide residue after washing and peeling

In the pristine wilderness of Peninsula and Potawatomi State Parks, where visitors are often told to “leave nothing but footprints,” cutting-edge technology may seem out of place.

“From my experience, it’s a false choice between the economy and ecology. We can have both – and we have to have both.”

6: Times more plastic than plankton in the world’s oceans

Door County Interiors & Design took a green approach to projects at two large Door County inns this year. The Newport Resort in Egg Harbor updated 59 one and two-bedroom suites with new carpeting in April.

“Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.”

On a recent field trip, Gibraltar second graders pulled and bagged invasive garlic mustard that was encroaching on a federally threatened dwarf lake iris colony in Peninsula State Park.

The Settlement Shops Farmer’s Market will be held each Wednesday from 10 am – 2 pm (or sellout) through late October, depending upon the weather. The Settlement Shops, an old fruit farm, was converted into an artist colony by artist Andrew Redmann in the late ‘70s.

Local farmers and specialty growers are invited to participate in the Saturday Farm Market sponsored by the Sister Bay Historical Society. Located on The Corner of the Past farm museum grounds, the Market will run from 8 am – noon weekly, June 25 through September 25.

The Jacksonport Farmer’s Market, sponsored by the Jacksonport Area Business Association, will open for the season on June 14. As in the past, the market will be held at Lakeside Park on Highway 57 in downtown Jacksonport on Tuesdays from 9 am – 1 pm through October, as weather permits.

A qualified applicant will receive a scholarship for half of the registration fee for a permaculture design charrette to be held at Wind & Sun Farm in the Town of Clay Banks from June 29 – July 3.

“The present day educational system is brainwashing our children and young people, from age 5-20, into consumerism and materialism. This current system is all about how to conquer and control nature, subjugate her, and exploit her for human gain or profit.”

1,500 gallons: The amount of water used in making a 32-gallon barrel of beer