Category: Green Page

“We must not allow our future to be stolen by hucksters who would frighten us into giving up our birthright in the name of saving the planet. It sounds good and noble, as most scams do, but it is just a trick, a hoax.”

• Door County Master Gardener Association Plant Sale will be on Saturday, May 29, at the University of Wisconsin Peninsular Research Station, from 9 am – noon.

1.21 degrees Fahrenheit: The increase in water temperature in 104 inland water bodies over the last decade

Ellison Bay’s Christmas tree will be illuminated this year by energy-efficient Light-Emitting Diodes (LEDs). The Ellison Bay Service Club, sponsor of the annual Christmas tree lighting, is providing the LEDs as one of its efforts to protect and beautify the environment.

The 19th Annual Grazing Conference, hosted by GrassWorks, Inc., will be held Feb. 13 – 15, 2011 at Wilderness Territory Resort in Wisconsin Dells. The theme is “Grounded in Grazing.”

As we head into the winter months, a large snowfall looms as a possibility. The folks at Clean Wisconsin are urging people to consider the the environmental impacts of snow and ice removal practices.

“The idea that carbon dioxide is a carcinogen that is harmful to our environment is almost comical. Every time we exhale, we exhale carbon dioxide. Every cow in the world, you know, when they do what they do, you’ve got more carbon dioxide.”

Novice or experienced gardeners have an opportunity to join The Door County Master Gardeners Association (DCMGA). The DCMGA Training Team is looking to fill 8 – 10 seats for their winter training program.

“Your Garden as Your Grocery Store” will be the topic of conversation at the November Green Drinks event at Glas, the green coffeehouse, in Sturgeon Bay.

Need another incentive to eat local, raw and organic? Check out Food Matters, a documentary about the neglected science of treating health through nutrition.

“People ask us, ‘Do you miss Alaska?’” Patrick Knapp said. “But the first time I saw Mellen running with the goats and dogs, I knew we had made the right decision.”

Each of China’s 1.3 billion people uses one-third the amount of electricity as the average North American today, but that’s changing rapidly. By 2035, the International Energy Agency predicts that Chinese energy demand will rise 75 percent.

Bill Wilson of Midwest Permaculture will present a seminar on the topic of permaculture, a design model used in gardening, farming, building structures, and organizing communities, which is based on natural principles and care for people.

“As we travelled the country the last 20 months, visiting more than 90 cities in 40 states, what we found was that there’s a pent-up demand in America for more walking paths, biking paths, more transit, more buses… It’s what Americans want.”

Recently, members of the Neptune Dive Club participated in a clean up dive in the Sister Bay Marina. The Neptune Dive Club is a NE Wisconsin regional club with members from all over NE Wisconsin and Door County.

Film aficionados in Door County are encouraged to join in the creation of a new interest group that will pursue their love of cinema at biweekly meetings of the Green Door Film Society.

Before “buy local” became a buzzword, the Friends of Gibraltar (FOG) decided to change the format of their fundraiser so that it would not only benefit their organization, but also other members of the community.

$190 million: The amount General Motors will invest in its Lansing Grand River plant to retool it to make fuel-efficient vehicles in response to federal mandates to improve fuel economy.

The Door County Chapter of Wild Ones annually honors a local business for excellence in landscaping. At their recent annual meeting, the group recognized Door Landscape and Nursery.

In a decision that will create jobs and help homeowners and businesses save millions, the Public Service Commission (PSC) voted to increase support for Focus on Energy, the state’s energy efficiency program that has saved homeowners and businesses over $275,000,000 since its inception in 2000.