Tag Archives: Sustain Door
Sustain Door Offers Scholarship for Permaculture Design Charrette, June 29 – July 3
Posted on 26. May, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
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 June 29 – July 3. The hands-on training, known as a design charrette because of its intensity and its problem-solving nature, will be [...]
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Sustain Door Film Series Presents “Power of Community” and “FRESH,’ Feb 3 and 17
Posted on 30. Jan, 2011 by Staff Reporter.
Sustain Door will screen a documentary about Cuba’s 1990 fuel and food crisis “The Power of Community” on Thursday, February 3 at 7 pm at Crossroads at Big Creek. When the Soviet Union collaped in 1990, Cuba no longer had enough fuel to run automobiles, equipment and public transportation, no way to fertilize fields or [...]
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Sustain Door presents ‘FRESH’ at Crossroads, Feb 17
Posted on 30. Jan, 2011 by Stephen Kastner.
FRESH celebrates the farmers, thinkers and business people across America who are re-inventing our food system at Crossroads at Big Creek on Thursday February 17, at 7 pm in Sturgeon Bay. Each has witnessed the rapid transformation of our agriculture into an industrial model, and confronted the consequences: food contamination, environmental pollution, depletion of natural resources, and [...]
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This Week at Door County’s Crossroads: Film Screening, Bird Feeder Workshop, Ski
Posted on 12. Jan, 2011 by Coggin Heeringa.
We sincerely hope that snow conditions in Door County regain their splendor by this weekend so people of all ages can get in touch with nature at Crossroads at Big Creek. Each Sunday that ski trail conditions are good, volunteer members of Friends of Crossroads loan skis or snowshoes to people who visit the Collins Learning Center between 1 [...]
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This Week at Door County’s Crossroads: Hike, snowshoe, bird-watching, astronomy or cross-country skiing
Posted on 05. Jan, 2011 by Coggin Heeringa.
A beginning bird watching class and a beginning astronomy class are offered this week at Crossroads through the wonderful Clearing in Winter program. Consequently, we are paying particular attention to our winter birds and birds are easiest to watch when they are at the feeder. In almost any flock of birds, some individuals are dominant [...]
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Sustain Door Scholarships Encourage Door County Participation in UW Sustainable Communities Public Policy Forum, March 25-26
Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by Ann Hippensteel.
Sustain Door, a local nonprofit organization which promotes the social, economic and environmental sustainability of Door County, is offering four scholarships of up to $75 each to Door County residents to assist in the cost of registration for the Sustainable Communities Public Policy Forum at UW Fox Valley. This forum brings to the discussion about [...]
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Door County Economic Development Corporation and Sustain Door Partner to Present a Course on Sustainable Business
Posted on 13. Jan, 2010 by Staff Reporter.
How can your organization prosper in these financially challenging times while contributing to a more sustainable world? Learn from working examples, about companies that are making progress toward a new green model of sustainability, A Natural Step for Business study circle, co-sponsored by the Door County Economic Development Corporation and Sustain Door, Inc., will provide [...]
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Door County Economic Development Corp and Sustain Door Partner in Presenting Sustainable Business Course
Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
Do you worry about creating a “sustainable world”? Do you wonder how your business could prosper while contributing to this goal? Are you hungry for examples of businesses that are actually making significant progress towards sustainability? The Natural Step for Business course, co-sponsored by Sustain Door, Inc. and the Door County Economic Development Corporation (DCEDC) [...]
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Locavores and Sustain Door, Inc. Complete Year Long Door County 100-mile Food Challenge
Posted on 13. Aug, 2009 by Staff Reporter.
In 2007, the New Oxford American Dictionary chose locavore, a person who seeks out locally produced food, as its word of the year. As spring turned to summer this year, the Door County 100-mile Food Challenge came to an end for several Door County residents. A year ago these locavores entered into an agreement with [...]
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