CALUMET -- An Earthday Festival will be held Saturday, Apr. 19, at the Calumet Theater. From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., in the Theatre Ballroom a variety of Upper Peninsula participants will present workshops, seed planting, demonstrations, art and music activities, exhibits on sustainable design, a program on alternative community power sources, handmade goods, refreshments and more. Admission to the ballroom is free.
A concert beginning at 7 p.m. will feature he Earth Works Music Collective, including Seth Bernard, Daisy May, Jen Sygit, Breathe Owl Breathe, Chris Dorman, Darlene, Susan Fawcett, Brandon Foote, Laura Bates and Luke Winslow-King. Over a dozen musicians take the stage in a round robin, song-swapping setting. Admission is $15, $13 for Theatre members and $8 for students.
The following is a list of presentations and activities in the Ballroom:
Keweenaw Krayons: Hands on seed planting and art activities
Mission statement: To provide a safe, mentoring, intergenerational environment for everyone in which they can participate in creative educational activities, regardless of their economic or social status.
10 Stanton Ave., PO Box 191
Mohawk, MI 49950
906-337-47061
kkpr@charterinternet.com
www.keweenawkrayons.com
Keweenaw Food Co-op
Offering healthy soup, snacks and refreshments from 5-7 p.m. and during intermission
info@keweenaw.coop
Seeds
A non-profit research, design and educational institution whose mission is to seek the development of socially and ecologically sustainable environments. We foster projects that are participatory in nature and holistic in perspective. To this end, we act as an educational and networking resource. SEEDS focuses on incubating projects that lessen our ecological footprint and designing spaces conducive to this.
www.ecoseeds.org
The Keweenaw Land Trust
Mission: A community partner protecting land, water and quality of life through conservation, stewardship and education.
Our Vision: The Keweenaw Land Trust empowers landowners and citizens to create and conserve a landscape that is beautiful, healthy and diverse, to sustain wildlife, strengthen our local economy and provide recreational opportunities that together enhance our quality of life.
801 N. Lincoln Dr., Suite 201A
Hancock, MI 49930
906-482-0820
Northern Options
Northern Options Energy Center
205 S. Front St. Suite 2F
Marquette, MI 49855
906-226-1136
www.northernoptions.com
Earthwork Music
CD’s, T-shirts, Posters and more!
The Earthwork Music collective believes in the intrinsic and historical power of music to raise both community and self-awareness and serves to facilitate and encourage original music in the state of Michigan and beyond.
www.earthworkmusic.com
Ryan Dalman Pottery
Wood Fired Pottery
DalmanPottery@Ironbay.net
Autumn Start Designs
Autumn Star Designs is a small company dedicated to providing conscious clothing using ancient dyeing techniques. We select fibers not only for quality, but also for sustainability. Our garments are made using all natural and organic fibers like hemp, organic cotton, and wool. Our fabrics are naturally dyed in small batches, using earth's botanical treasures and pigments, resulting in one of a kind garments. The techniques used are environmentally conscious with plenty of love and
creativity mixed in.
www.autumnstardesigns.com
Yana Dee
Clothing and accessories from natural and salvaged materials.
Handmade in Michigan
www.yanadee.com
Barbara Hardy and Viki Weglarz
Presentation Title: Backyard Ecosystems, A short animation that spotlights on ecological design principles and how they can be applied in our own backyard. Barb and Viki are on a quest for the best home-scale food, water, energy, and shelter systems for northern climates. They share a love of the outdoors and take pleasure in providing for their families' needs through direct means. Viki brings over 20 years experience of living and gardening in the Keweenaw, and Barb brings 15 years of sustainable design practice. They are both students of Permaculture Design.
Slide Show Presentations (In order of appearance):
Melissa Davis
New Home Power Tour
Presentation on alternative community power sources.
Raymond Weglarz
Presentation Title: Canoeing the Rivers of the Western UP.
Enjoy the scenery and learn about the wild rivers in the western UP that Ray and friends have canoed for over 30 years.
Rick Loduha
Sustainable Design Presentation and Demonstration
Rick has been a professional designer since 1972, a dedicated green designer since the early 1980’s and has been teaching university-level sustainable design since 1991. He has been in partnership with designer Barbara Hardy in R+r Sustainable Design since 1997. R+r is currently practicing here in the U.P. in commercial and residential sustainable interior architecture, in-fill architectural design, waste stream resource reclamation and inventive reuse design.
Mary Hindelang PhD,
Presentation Title: Wild Nature
Description: Places and animals I have had the honor to visit. Wilderness is defined as “...an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain.” Fortunate to be that visitor who does not remain, I carry these memories of the wild in my heart as I travel on.
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