| Time |
Building 1 |
Building 2 |
| 9 am |
Hand Crafting Soils
Mark Sherman |
To be announced |
| 10 am |
It's as Simple as Riding a Bike
Sue Menzel |
Plight of the Monarch Butterfly
Mary Ellen Ryall |
| 11 am |
No Oil
Chris Schneider |
Freecycle
Jim Landrith |
| Noon |
Check out the delicious food at the food booth located south down the paved road |
| 1 pm |
Case Studies in Sustainable Community Development
Kelly Westlund |
Wood Pellet, Grain, and Cordwood Heating: A Fad or Something Sustainable?
Jim Jorgensen |
| 2 pm |
Farmers Markets: Their Role in the Local Food Movement
Martha Smart |
Living Sustainably in the Solar Home You Already Own
Peter Brockhaus |
| 3 pm |
Modern Conveniences
Ed Doerr |
Attempting Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Jane Hansen |
| 4 pm |
Do-It-Yourself Green
Levi Jenness |
Home Vegetable/Fruit Gardens: Basic Beginnings to Established Experience
Colleen Peters |
| 5 pm |
Simple, Inexpensive Passive Solar Energy
Cader Olive |
How to Locate Local Food in Your Community
Richard Toebe |
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Title of Talk and Speaker
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Talk Description
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Living Sustainably in the Solar Home You Already Own
Peter Brockhaus
mrsun@pcpros.net |
Your home is more sustainable and solar than you might think. Julie Mayrose and Peter Brockhaus will show you how to take advantage of items, locations, and materials in your home to take advantage of the sun's heating power and winter's cooling effects to cut your energy costs. They will also present some science to understand the processes that can save you money. |
Modern Conveniences
Ed Doerr
edoerr2224@yahoo.com |
Exploring the modern conveniences that control and effect our lives. Appliances patented over a century ago deplete our energy resources. I will explore alternatives that significantly reduce the energy demands from evaporative clothes dryers to solar tool boxes to winter fridges. I will also discuss solar system sizing. |
Attempting Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
Jane Hansen
northfarm@centurytel.net |
We're motivated by sustainability and self-sufficiency - treading a little lighter on this precious planet. We've purchased a very small existing home, added a bit more space, and reconfigured for passive solar gain. We've designed our landscaping for sustainability and we're raising a great deal of our own food and some for others using sustainable agricultural practices. |
Do It Yourself Green
Levi Jenness |
How to get started in making off-grid products. Steps to learning skills needed to do it yourself. A brief talk on what's out there already, where to find information, and what's new in technology. |
Wood Pellet, Grain, and Cord Wood Heating: A Fad or Something Sustainable?
Jim Jorgensen
877 458-5252
jaes@mosaictelecom.net |
Jim will offer some insights on pellet, grain, and cordwood heating based on a lifetime of woodheating plus over 5 years in the pellet and woodstove/furnace retail sales, installation, and service business. Jim will show how changes in non-renewable fossil fuel prices determine the domestic heat cost savings of renewable heating and discuss the many new options and styles of renewable heaters available today. Special guest speaker Peter Blaser from Cumberland Stove Works will share some of the new ideas they are working to develop. |
Freecycle
Jim Landrith
jland912@yahoo.com |
Do you need to get rid of something and don’t want to throw it away? Freecycle is a grassroots and entirely nonprofit movement of people who are giving (& getting) stuff for free in their own towns. It's all about reuse and keeping good stuff out of landfills. Membership is free. Learn about the history of Freecycle and the benefits of its existence. It's impact on today's economy will be discussed. |
It's as Simple as Riding a Bike
Sue Menzel
damzel02@gmail.com |
Isn't that what one tells us regarding learning new skills or starting new projects? Alternative transportation is as simple as riding a bike. I will explore the use of the bicycle and its many forms not only as a great recreational vehicle but as a real and viable choice for transportation and opportunities. |
Simple, Inexpensive Passive Solar Energy
Cader Olive
livefreeforall@hotmail.com |
The sun's heat is free and available everywhere. Learn how to build solar cooking ovens, food dryers, water heaters, space heaters, green houses, and passive solar homes from cheap or free materials. You can save money on fuel and electricity and have fun doing it. |
Plight of the Monarch Butterfly
Mary Ellen Ryall
715 468-2097
maryellen@happytonics.org |
Monarch butterflies are important pollinators across North America. Come learn their history, amazing migration story, and the current situations they face. Find out what is being done nationally, locally, and what you can do in your own backyard to help these special creatures. |
No Oil
Chris Schneider
www.hybridcarstore.com |
If a no oil solution for transportation existed, would you use it? If your answer is a resounding yes, learn more about Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) and the vehicles that have been using it as a fuel for over half a century. The only mystery about CNG is why more of us are not using this clean, affordable, abundant, and American fuel. |
Hand Crafting Soils
Mark Sherman
www.handcraftedsoils.com |
The soils we live with were developed by Nature over long periods of time - generally thousands of years. Unlike most of the other soil-forming factors, man can have detrimental impacts on the land. We will consider what we can do to enhance the work of Nature in building soil. |
Farmers Markets: Their Role in the Local Food Movement
Martha Smart
marthas119@gmail.com |
An overview of the role of farmers markets in bringing local food to communities and a brief history of the Rusk County Farmers Market. Also, a discussion about starting and managing markets and finding local sources of food. |
How to Locate Local Food in your Community
Richard Toebe
richard.toebe@ces.uwex.edu
715 532-2153 |
"Eating locally" is a practical and rewarding step to living sustainably. This presentation will focus on identifying the ways you can increase the amount of locally grown and sustainably produced food you and your family consumes. |
Home Vegetable/Fruit Gardens: Basic Beginnings to Established Experience
Colleen Peters
colleen.peters11@gmail.com |
Thinking of starting a home vegetable/fruit garden or learning new techniques for your existing garden? Hear Ladysmith gardeners share knowledge and experience of local sustainable practices. |
Case Studies in Sustainable Community Development
Kelly Westlund
kelly@allianceforsustainability.org |
Creating a sustainable community may not be easy, but worthwhile things often aren't. This presentation will focus on several communities that have employed creative, forward-thinking methods to address sustainability issues. Examples will include steps anyone can take. |
