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NORTHERN
SUSTAINABILITY
&
SIMPLE
LIVING
SYMPOSIUM
May 5-8, 2011
The 2011 Northern Sustainability & Simple Living Symposium
will focus
on the Slow Food Movement. Anticipate hands-on coursework,
presentations, roundtable discussions and films. Educate. Be Inspired. Engage.
Watch for more
details, and check out information on last year's event
below!
NORTHERN
SUSTAINABILITY &
SIMPLE
LIVING
SYMPOSIUM
April 23-25, 2010
Thanks for a great
Symposium weekend!
The weekend was filled with great people,
inspiring conversation and more.
The Northern Sustainability & Simple Living Symposium takes
on this global issue by providing a series of courses,
inviting students to engage in a series of hands-on
coursework, informative presentations, roundtable
discussions and a film series. Renewable energy, shelter,
transportation and food are four primary threads explored
throughout the symposium, articulated from a northern
community perspective. Educate. Be Inspired. Engage.
Hands-On Coursework – Educate.
Participate in a hands-on, positive learning
environment
and register for a class today.
Solar Hot Water
Systems: Get The Heat - 2 days
Near Net Zero - Energy Efficient Home Design In The North - 1 day
Sensible Eating:
Chickens for YOUR Backyard - 2 days
Green Medicines
- 1 day
Furniture Craft
For Small Spaces - 1 day
Essential of
Cordwood Construction - 1/2 day
Clean and Green:
Making Sustainable Suds - 1/2 day
Simple Living Seminars –
Engage.
Introducing a
series of eight free, public seminars, including
presentations and roundtable discussions exploring renewable
energy,
transportation, shelter and food.
Field Trips – Be
Inspired.
Take a field
trip to one of a number of sites,
homes and businesses that
have
embraced sustainability.
Film Series – Be
Informed.
Enjoy a series
of thought provoking,
award-winning film screenings.
Community SERVICE -
HARBOR CLEAN UP.
The
Grand Marais Harbor deserves a little attention
every spring!
Your help is needed.
** Thursday, April 22
- April 22nd is the 40th anniversary
of Earth Day. Bring your work gloves and make a
difference.
Community Eats -
Community Building.
Share
in the enjoyment of eating together as a community, bridging
ideas,
opinions and understanding over a healthy meal.
Thursday,
April 22 Chez Jude Restaurant Earth Day Dinner
with Cook County High School Culinary Arts Program
Saturday, April 24
Wood-Fired Community Pizza Potluck from North House Folk
School's Wood-Fired Masonry Oven
Saturday, April 24 &
Sunday, April 25 "Make
Your Own" Open House at the Cook County Whole Foods Co-op |
photo credit - Specialty Studios/Ripple Effect