Category: Green Page

Nature lovers might want to check out Leafsnap, a new iPhone app that identifies trees. Take a picture of a leaf, and this app will identify the tree and give you all sorts of information about it.

“It might sound strange to environmental ears, but the first thing I’d fix is the American body politic. Without a political system and an economy where the lower and middle class feel somewhat secure and optimistic, I fear that our polarized political system will trade a sustainable future for a few pyrrhic years of near term growth.”

The Dutch are installing Solaroads, a pilot program beginning with bike lanes. A centimeter thick layer of crystalline silicon solar cells is laid over a layer of concrete, covered by a tough layer of glass.

This month’s DCIST meeting will take place Monday, May 16 at 2 pm at the Baileys Harbor Town Hall to try and accommodate Northern Door volunteers. DNR Aquatic Invasive Species Specialist Brenda Nordin will give an aquatic invasive species identification training.

The Sister Bay Community Garden has plots available for use this growing season. The garden is located at the Sister Bay Sports Complex by the long-term marina parking.

“The key to building a global economy that can sustain economic progress is creating a market that tells the ecological truth. We create this by restructuring the tax system: reducing taxes on work and raising those on carbon emissions and other environmentally destructive activities.”

21: Million tons, the decline in paper consumption in the United States since 2000

Door to Door Local Harvest C.S.A., opened by Corrine Lea in 2009 in Northern Door, has recently changed hands. The Laurent family, Matthew and Tonya and their four children, purchased Door to Door and plans to run it with the same motto: “Local food delivered to your door.”

Many people have gotten into the trend of growing their own plants for the vegetable garden. The reasons for this are numerous, but some of the more common reasons are: the vegetable variety is not available locally, the vegetable variety is available but is not organically certified, or simply, many people just enjoy jump starting the spring garden season indoors.

Use these tips and ideas to reduce, reuse, and recycle – saving energy and minimizing your carbon footprint.

The average family of four throws away at least $1,300 of food each year, and most of that waste is unnecessary.

The banana resting in my fruit bowl didn’t look very appetizing last week. It was showing a few brown spots, and the stem was weak. I left it in the bowl as I headed to work.

The best way to cut down your landfill impact is to find creative ways to not turn things into trash in the first place. Of course, what we call “creative tips” today, our grandparents might have simply called “routine.

Over the last 20 years, Wisconsin has become one of the nation’s leading recycling states, implementing comprehensive recycling laws and diverting millions of tons of recyclable and hazardous materials from our landfills.

When Patrick Foy began Trashé, a boutique residential garbage service, a year ago, he thought his target market would be older, wealthier residents. His service doesn’t require customers to take their trash to the curb.

This recipe uses local eggs, cheese, and onions from the farmer’s market. I buy most of my eggs from Jeanne Majeski at the Baileys Harbor library, love Renard’s cheese, and Schartner’s Farm Market south of Egg Harbor on 42 is my favorite place for fruits and vegetables. I also buy at the Farm Museum in […]

We feature this recipe in our restaurant when we have locally raised greens, squash, beets, mint and tomatoes from Sully’s Produce of Sturgeon Bay. The vegetables in this recipe can be adjusted based upon the produce that is available and in season.

Six 6 to 7 ounce pieces of halibut filet (serves 6) Herb Vinaigrette 2 bunches of cleaned cilantro and/or basil 2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar 1 tablespoon honey 1 teaspoon lemon juice 2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped ½ cup to ¾ cup canola or vegetable oil Asparagus, Ramp, Morel, Yukon Potato Mixture 6 medium […]

As we hurdle into 2011, more Door County residents are growing a backyard garden, more farmers’ markets sprout up in municipalities each spring, and more businesses are attempting to source their products from local growers. If there was ever a place ripe for a “locavore” to thrive, Door County is it.

“Learn by doing” is the expression used by Midwest Permaculture to characterize a hands-on training workshop the organization will conduct this summer at Wind & Sun Farm in Clay Banks.