2009 Sustainability Fair Draws
70
Participants
Although the Forest Beach Migratory Preserve
building was wintery-cold and the day was rainy and chilly,
approximately 70 participants enjoyed meeting our 17 exhibitors and
listened to our four speakers with interest and appreciation.
The most creative discussion group was headed by John Peck of
Family Farm Defenders, who used empty food containers of all types
(some organic, some worse than non-organic) and had those present
read the labels. What a
revelation! We learned
with Martha Kipcak of the Kitchen Table Project that there are many
things we can do to become more Mindful Eaters, like supporting
farmer’s markets, preparing our own food (from our own gardens!) and
connecting once again to agriculture.
Dan Collins, COWS, described the ME2 Program on energy
efficiency which is being implemented in
A lunch sponsored by St. Mary and St. Peter Parishes, earned $200
for Habitat for Humanity -
The poster contest was won by four students from Cedarburg High, where the poster contest took place: All of the posters, including the winning four, were displayed at the Fair.
The co-sponsor of the Fair was the Ozaukee Washington Land Trust, which owns the building and beautiful lakeshore property. We have been invited to hold the Fair at that location next year. Watch for further information on our website.
