Time: Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 10 am to 5 pm
Location: Hunter Tree Farm, 7744 35th Ave NE
Hosted By: Sustainable Northeast Seattle
Come learn how you can reduce your environmental footprint and share your experiences in trying to live more sustainably! Free workshops, speakers, food, live music, demonstrations, hands-on science and art activities for kids! Learn about solar cooking, bicycle repair (bring your bike!), cheese-making, weatherizing you home, growing your own tea (bring a cup!), sod replacement, worm bins, bee-keeping, tool repair (bring your tools!), edible landscaping, knowledge-sharing with community elders, rain gardens, and much much more. Take home ideas for environmentally-friendly living and maybe win some eco products to help you on your way.
Morning schedule includes:
Annette Cottrell – SustainableEats.com
Tom Watson, King County’s eco-consumer – incorporating recycled materials into your garden
Rob Stevens of Puget Sound Beekeepers Association – beekeeping basics
Emily Bishton of Green Light Gardening – gardening for wildlife
Heidi Mair – herbal and medicinal gardens
Julianne Jaz – dye gardens
James Reichstadt – cheese making demonstration
Afternoon schedule includes:
Linda Chalker Scott, WSU Extension Specialist for Urban Horticulture and author of ‘The Informed Gardner” – QA on soil building and other garden topics
Barry Lia of the Washington Biodynamic Group – biodynamic gardening techniques
Wilson Atteberry – Washington State renewable energy incentives
Jenny Pell of Permaculture Now! – permaculture techniques
Janine Van Sanden – no waste living
Lacia Lynne Bailey of Seattle Farm Co-op on goats
For more info, see the
Sustainable Northeast Seattle event page: http://sustainableneseattle.ning.com/events/planet-home-a-sustainable
Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=116633528384607
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