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The
W. V. Sustainable Fair 2008:
"Green Makes $en$e" will be held at Davis and Elkins College,
Elkins, West Virginia on April 18th, 19th and 20th, 2008. Details
below as they are confirmed.
For Tentative Schedule for weekend,
scroll down.
For
Press Releases, click here.
The two dinners described
below are Fund Raisers at the Sustainable Fair for Sustainable Living
For
West Virginia, Inc., a registered non-profit W. V. organization.
Donations are tax deductible.
A Sustainable
Feast: Living in Concert
to precede the WV Symphony
Orchestra Saturday evening April 19th, 2008: $40/per person to
benefit Sustainable Living for W. V. . Send check or money order to:
Jan Myers, Treasurer, 295 Simpson Run Rd., Weston, W. V. 26452
or phone Jan at (304) 269-7019 to make
reservations via credit card.
(Reservations limited)
Spinach and Arugula
Salad Spring Red Onions Ramp Vinaigrette
Golden Beet Salad with Roasted Walnuts Firefly Mountain Top Blue Cheese
Sesame Raisin Vinaigrette
Mixed Spring Greens
Buttermilk Dressing, Balsamic Vinaigrette
Puree of Fresh
Asparagus Soup Lemon Cream
Braised West Virginia
Beef Roast Morels and Roasted Root Vegetables
Roast Leg of Lamb
Stuffed with Spinach, Rosemary, Garlic and Feta
Pan Seared Artic Char
"Peas and Carrots"
Spinach and Mushroom
Lasagna
Jeff's Breads
Holl's Chocolates,
Lemon Tarts "24 Carrot" Cake
To order A Taste of West
Virginia: local Chefs serving their signature dishes on Friday
Night,
April 18th, send check or money order for $25. to Sustainable
Living for W. V., c/o Jan Myers,
Treasurer 295 Simpson Run Rd., Weston,
W. V. 26452 or phone Jan at
(304) 269-7019 to reserve via credit card. Those registered will
have their names listed at the Registration table at Davis and Elkins
and upon entering Halliehurst Mansion for the dinners. If there
are any questions, phone Jan at (304) 269-7019 five days after
registering.
Chefs Confirmed for April 18th
Friday nights: "Taste of West Virginia" (local chefs serving local
food - presenting their signatures dishes): Dale Hawkins,
Executive Chef, Stonewall Resort. Melanie Campbell: Graceland,
Davis and Elkins College. Jay Mahoney: Pierpont Community and
Technical College at Fairmont State. Hall Hitzig: The Crazy
Baker.
Jeff's Kessler: Jeff's Breads.
Tim Urbanic: Cafe Cimino. Joy Marr: Smokey's on the Gorge.
Nemat Odeh: Canaan Valley Resort. Pablo Solonet: Firefly
Farms
To order A Sustainable Feast Dinner at
the Sustainable Fair 2008 on Saturday, April 19th, send check or money order
for $40. to: Sustainable Living for W. V.
c/o Jan Myers, Treasurer, 295 Simpson Run Rd., Weston, W. V. 26452 or
phone (304) 269-7019 after 5 pm
Attention: People
must make reservations for either Friday or Saturday night's dinners by
check or credit card no later than the 14th of April to the Treasurer,
Jan Myers. If reservations are not received by the Treasurer by
the 14th, they cannot be honored. However, there will be a limited
number of dinners available at the door on both Friday and Saturday
nights.
Profits from both dinners
are for the benefit of Sustainable Living for W. V., a non-profit
organization.
For WV Symphony Orchestra
concert on Saturday night ($12.. per person $10. for students and
senior citizens) , contact Carol Schuler, Public
Relations and Marketing Director, D & E, at
schulerc@davisandelkins.edu
or phone (304) 637-1338
Gourmet menu featuring local
chefs and local produce below.
List of Booths (scroll down) |
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Workshops, Demonstrations
Exhibits & Booths on
Energy: solar, wind & more
Food & Farming
Sustainable Tourism & Recycling
Green Building & Green Business
Environmental Art Exhibit
Children's Program & Music
Gourmet Dining using local foods
Davis & Elkins College
April 18th, 19th, 20th, 2008
Elkins W. V.
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Deborah Koons Garcia will be the
Keynote Speaker at the
W. V. Sustainable Fair
A writer, producer and
director, Ms. Garcia's film
"The Future of Food" is described below by Wikipedia the Free
Encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Future_of_Food"
The Future of
Food is a
2004
documentary film which makes an in-depth
investigation into unlabelled, patented,
genetically engineered foods that have quietly made
their way onto grocery store shelves in the
United States for the past decade.
It gives farmers in
disagreement with the food industry a voice to express
how their lives and livelihoods have been negatively
impacted by this new technology, and shines a light on
the market and political forces that are changing what
we eat.
The film decries the
cost of a globalized food industry on human lives around
the world, and highlights how international companies
are gradually driving farmers off the land in many
countries. Potential global dependence of the human race
on a limited number of global food corporations is
discussed, as is the increased risk of
ecological disasters (such as the
Irish Potato Famine (1845–1849)) resulting from the
reduction of
biological diversity due to the promotion of
corporate sponsored
monoculture farming.
The issue of
incorporating a
suicide gene into plant seeds is questioned, with
concern being expressed about the potential for a
widespread catastrophe affecting the food supply, should
such a gene contaminate other plants in the wild. Legal
stories reported by the film related how a number of
farmers in North America have been sued by
Monsanto; and the defendant of the
Monsanto Canada Inc. v. Schmeiser case is
interviewed.
The film was written
and directed by Deborah Koon Garcia, produced by Catherine
Butler and Deborah Koon Garcia, and premiered on
14 September
2005 at
Film Forum in
New York City to a full house. It has since been
released on DVD in both
NTSC and
PAL formats. The film will be available for
viewing at the Sustainable Fair.
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:Tentative Schedule of Events at Sustainable Fair 2008: Green Makes $en$e ~ April 18th, 19th, 20th.Davis & Elkins College
Please note
that workshops, demonstrations, exhibits can change or be cancelled and
I will try to keep up with these changes on the website, but this is not
always possible. MBH
Friday, April 18th
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4 – 6 p.m.
1.
Early Registration: (for all event i.d. and Taste of
W. V.)
2. Sustainable Fair Art Show Opening at D & E Library. |
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5 – 7 p.m.:
Early Bird Booth Set Up |
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6 – 7:30 p.m.: Taste of West Virginia: Local Chefs serve their
signature dishes using local food at Halliehurst $25./person
(see chefs committed to date above) |
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7:30 – 8 p.m.: Now Hear This: Saturday presenters give brief
descriptions of their forums/workshops/talks |
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8:00
– Music by Public Outcry: D & E sponsors this event at
Harper-McNeely Auditorium – no fee (for more information
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Saturday,
April 19th
All day at designated areas –
Register in order to attend workshops and keynote address by
Deborah Koons Garcia. All participants must
register for an i.d. stamp. $5. each $10/family.
Students with identification free.
Artists for
Sustainability Show: Open in Booth Library all day beginning April
18th
through August, 2008
9
a.m.: Fair Opens ~ Booths Set Up
9:00 a.m. to
12 Noon: Children's Environmental Awareness Activities (ages 6 to
11)
Caretakers Responsible for Lunch
Workshops
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Food & Farm
Dale Hawkins, Chair
Location - Science Center 413 |
Green Makes $en$e
Myra Bonhage-Hale Chair
Location - Science Center 319 |
Energy
Russ McClain, Chair
Location
- Science Center 400 |
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9:30 a.m. –
10:30 |
Collaborative for the 21st Century
www.wvfarm2u.org
Annie Seay
Dr. Allen Arnold
Dale Hawkins |
Recycling;
Dr. David Ahrend JEDD
WVO Recycling Used Vegetable Oil for Home and Car
Jane Birdsong, Conversations with Local Official
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Note:
This is a last minute change!
Thom Worlledge,
Green Building: Pres. Elect American Institute of
Architects WV first LEED certified professional in W. V.
Location - Science Center 300 |
Rick Webb
Wind Energy: Pros and Cons
U of VA
who is a member of the National Academy of Sciences committee of
16 scientists who recently published a report on the
environmental impact of wind energy. This study was commissioned
by congress. |
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10:30 – 11
a.m.
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Break: Visit booths |
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11 a.m. –
Noon |
Keynote Address |
Deborah Koons Garcia |
Food & Integrity |
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Noon – 1
p.m. |
Lunch Break |
Watch
for the Green Piper!
Colin Henning
Answer
his environmental questions and win a green prize |
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12:30 – 4
p.m. |
Children's Environmental
Awareness Activities |
Caretakers responsible for children’s lunch |
Food Booths at the
Sustainable Fair on Saturday April 19th: Stonewall Resort
soup, salads, sandwiches, cookies, drinks., The Crazy Baker,
Jeff's Breads, Fire Fly Farms, DeFluri's Chocolates.
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1 p.m. – 2
p.m. |
Goat Farming
in West Virginia
with Rachel Moran |
Sustainable Tourism:
Brent Bailey, Exec. Dir. Mountain Institute - concerned about
lack of policy for supporting sustainable tourism in W. V.
Doug Arbogast,
Travel Green West Virginia |
West
Virginia Solar
Dan Bowes |
Vicki Wolfe
WVEC
Renewable Energy Board
A Citizen's Energy Plan- What's In It For You! |
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2 p.m. –
2:30 p.m. |
Booth Break |
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2:30 – 3:30
p.m. |
Slow Food USA:
Hall Hitzig
from The Crazy Baker in Rennik WV will host this presentation and
introduce a Slow Food Chapter to W.V. |
Green Business:
Scott
Weaner Organic Farmer selling to area high end restaurants
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Mike Davis
Water Gap Retreat
How to Start a Successful Green Business in W. V.
www.watergapretreat.com
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Mountain
View Solar Builders:
WV Environmental Council Green Entrepreneur of the Year |
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3:30 – 4
p.m. |
Booth Break |
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4:00 – 5
p.m. |
EZ Bites PBS Kids:
Debbie Oleska from WV Pubcast will facilitate an E-Z Bite
read-along session for kids that will incorporate cooking.
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Green Building:
Don Spencer, Morgantown City Council member Convinced Council to
build the new fire station as a LEED certified
"Green Building". |
Saving
Energy in Your New Home:
Ken Auvil |
Don Garvin TBA |
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5:30 -
-7:30 p.m.
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A Sustainable Feast
Halliehurst |
Living in Concert
for the benefit of Sustainable Living for W. V. |
$40./person
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Booths down |
By
7:30 p.m. |
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7:30 p.m. -
doors open at 7 p.m. |
W. V. Symphony Orchestra |
Harper- McNeely Auditorium |
$12 general
> admission;
> $10 seniors and students; $8 per person for groups of 10 or
more. For
> symphony tickets, call 304-637-1240.
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Davis &
Elkins College Bookstore will be open both Friday before the
dinner and Saturday all day
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Sunday,
April 20th, 2008: Angela Eib, Chair |
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10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Prayers for the Environment – Robbins Chapel |
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10:30 a.m.
– Distribution of Maps for Visits to a
Green Life on the way home
Includes:
Edible Wild Plant Walk on site (D & E campus) Eve Van Deck
Underground home – Melissa Dennison
Self guided Wood Walks in Nature – Stonewall
Resort
Tour of the Gardens of La Paix – organic herbs and
produce
Tour of Water Gap
Retreat - shelters made out of art!
2 p.m.:
Boiler House Theatre, Campus: URINETOWN:
A Musical
$7./ticket
Music and Lyrics by Mark Hollmann Book and Lyrics by
Greg Kotis
URINETOWN was produced on Broadway in September, 2001 by the
Araca Group and Dodger Theatricals in association with
TheaterDreams, Inc., and Lauren Mitchell.
URINETOWN is presented through special arrangement with
Music Theatre International (MTI).All authorized performance
materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street,
New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684
www.MTIShows.com
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A Sustainable
Feast: Living in Concert
to precede the WV Symphony
Orchestra Saturday evening April 19th, 2008: $40/per person to
benefit Sustainable Living for W. V. . Send check or money order to:
Jan Myers, Treasurer, 295 Simpson Run Rd., Weston, W. V. 26452
(Reservations limited)
Spinach and Arugula
Salad Spring Red Onions Ramp Vinaigrette
Golden Beet Salad with Roasted Walnuts Firefly Mountain Top Blue Cheese
Sesame Raisin Vinaigrette
Mixed Spring Greens
Buttermilk Dress, Balsamic Vinaigrette
Puree of Fresh
Asparagus Soup Lemon Cream
Braised West Virginia
Beef Roast Morels and Roasted Root Vegetables
Roast Leg of Lamb
Stuffed with Spinach, Rosemary, Garlic and Feta
Pan Seared Artic Char
"Peas and Carrots"
Spinach and Mushroom
Lasagna
Jeff's Breads
Holl's Chocolates,
Lemon Tarts "24 Carrot" Cake
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Sustainable Fair
2008 Booth List
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Name |
Mail Name |
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Chair Massage |
Mike Plybon |
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Charleston Area Youth Environmental Network (CAYEN) |
Treavor Swan |
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Davis & Elkins Admissions |
Ken Maxwell |
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Davis & Elkins Student Environmental Group |
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Electric Car |
Mike and Faith McKechnie |
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Elkins Farmers Market |
Katie & Joel Wolpert |
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Environmental Advocate / DEP |
Pam Nixon |
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Fabric Art |
Laurie Gundersen |
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Faiths United for Sustainable Energy (FUSE) |
FUSE |
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Gamesa |
Ann Nozica |
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Garden Treasures |
Melissa Dennison |
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Glenville State College |
Milan C. Vavrek |
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Great Spirit Herbs |
Eve Von Deck |
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Green Building |
Ken Auvil |
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Hardscrabble Enterprises |
Paul Goland |
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Holistic Moms Network, North Central Chapter |
Kristy Clark |
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Hybrid car / Prius |
Davis & Elkins contact |
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Landscape Architecture |
Thomas Vasale |
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LaPaix Herb Farm |
Myra Bonhage-Hale |
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Laural Mountain Preservation Association |
Pam and Art Dodds |
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Morgana Fair Trade |
Morgan McKinney |
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Mother Earth Foods |
Dave Hawkins |
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Mountain Party of WV |
Frank Young |
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Mountain View Builders |
Mike McKechnie |
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Omega-Alpha Recycling Systems" |
Bob Hamburg |
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Organic Foods (for purchase, variety) |
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PIMBY, LLC |
Sarah Hunt and Matt |
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Poole's Art & Antiques |
Denise Poole |
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Pottery |
Scotty Weist |
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Pottery |
Renee' Margocee |
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Pottery - "Mud River Pottery" |
Susan Maslowski |
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Red Spruce project / WV Highlands & Wilderness |
Dave Saville / Cory Bonasso |
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Rivanna Natural Designs |
Gretchen Wirth |
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Rolling Thunder Vegetable Preserve |
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Shepherds Federation |
Sigrid & Jason Keets |
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Sierra Club, WV Chapter |
Beth Little |
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Smoke Camp Crafts |
Dot Montgillian |
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Student Environmental Action Coalition (SEAC) |
Danny Chiotos |
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The Crazy Baker |
Hall Hitzig |
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Travel Green WV |
Doug Arbogast |
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Uncle Bunk's |
Stacy Young |
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Vegetable Oil run car |
David Ahrend |
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Water Gap Retreat |
Michael Davis |
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Wee Care LLC / Envirosax |
Amanda Hussion |
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Wilderness Co-Op |
Lyle Coutts |
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WV Environmental Council |
WVEC |
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WV Friends of Midwives |
Morgan McKinney |
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WV Highlands Conservancy |
Cindy Rank |
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WV Rivers Coalition |
Arin Dickson |
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WV Wilderness Coalition |
Mike Costello |
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WV-DEP Environmental Public Information Office |
Theodora Plumley |
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Transportation
1) Hybrid Car - Toyoto 2)
Veggie Oil Car (Mercedes) Jim Peters 3) Veggie Oil Car
(volkswagon) Abe Miwaura
About Public Outcry Presentation
Harper McNeely Auditorium Friday, April 18th, 8 p.m.:
Public Outcry is a
group of six Appalachian writers, songwriters, and musicians, all
hailing from Kentucky, and all united in a collective mission to
“educate people inside and outside their home state” about the
devastating effects of mountaintop removal mining (MTR). Public
Outcry blends song, reading, visual imagery, and dialogue to raise
awareness about this growing environmental problem.
Public Outcry is
The Cosmic Mamaws (Jessie Lynne Keltner, Kate Larken, Anne Shelby,
and George Ella Lyon) and The Doolittles (Jason Howard and Silas
House). Although as individuals, they are published authors (Silas
House, author of three best-selling novels and several prestigious
fiction awards, visited campus with great success last year), as a
group they have also become successful. They have played all over
the Appalachian region on college campuses, at community forums, and
in the Capitol Rotunda in Frankfort, Kentucky. Their music is
featured on the CD Songs for the
Mountaintop and in the book
Missing Mountains, a
collection of non-fiction about MTR. It is, in fact, this unique
blend of artistic genres, both grounded in the word, which promises
to expand interest in Writers’ Week, both amongst the student body
and within the local community.
Lodging Information
www.watergapretreat.com ,
304-704-7867
http://www.randolphcountywv.com/Lodging.htm
Chamber of Commerce Information:
Lodging
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Sponsors and Supporters to
Date:
Sustainable Living for West Virginia, Inc.
Davis & Elkins College, Elkins, West Virginia
West Virginia Environmental Council
Davis & Elkins
College Wilderness Student Co-Op
Stonewall
Resort
Highlands Conservancy
WV Wilderness Coalition
Bryson Van Nostrand Architect |
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History of the
WV Sustainable Fair 2008: The Fourth West
Virginia Sustainable Fair is being planned for 2008 or 2009. The
initial planning meeting was at La Paix Herb Farm on Saturday, December
2nd, 2006. Members of the Planning Committee to date (January 6,
2007) are:
Denise Poole, President, West Virginia Environmental Council &
Co-Director, Sustainable Living for W.V.,
Ben and Stacy McKean, Healthberry Farms,
Russ McClain, Professor, Davis & Elkins College, coordinator of the
Biology and Environmental Science Department’s Environmental Science
Program,
Elizabeth McClain, Elkins West Virginia
Andy Andryshak, Board Member, Sustainable Living for W.V.
Doug Arbogast, Project Leader West Virginia Sustainable Communities
Project
A partnership of the West Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection, SCA - Students Conserving America, and the Claude
Worthington Benedum Foundation.
Myra Bonhage-Hale, Co-Director,
Sustainable Living for W.V., Board Member, WVEC,
Justin Wizard, Innovative Technology Research Center,
Joan Beard, Eureka Herbs,
Tom McConnell, WVU Extension Service: Sustainable Agriculture
Dale Hawkins, Executive Chef, Stonewall Resort, Collaborative for 21st
Century Appalachia: Creating Sustainable Communities (local
organic food for local restaurants)
Don Garvin, Past WVEC President and Legislative Coordinator
Frank Young, WVEC Treasurer, WV Highlands Conservancy
On Dec. 2,
2006, Planning Committee Members (left to right) Doug Arbogast, Joan
Beard, Russ McClain, Denise Poole, Elizabeth McClain and Myra
Bonhage-Hale (took photo) met at La Paix. Major decisions made:
The 4th WV Sustainable Fair will be held Earth Day week (Friday, Sat.
Sunday) in April of 2008 at Davis & Elkins College in Elkins West
Virginia.
Sustainable Living By-Laws below. (scroll down)
A Short History
of the Sustainable Living for WV group
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| 1999: The collaborators, Denise Poole, Myra
Bonhage-Hale,John Williams, Kara Capandonis, Debbie Mixon & Eve
Van Sant Drennan planned and held "Music for the Millennium" a fund
raiser for the First Sustainable Fair to take place in 2000.
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| 2000: The First Sustainable Fair was held at
Watters Smith State Park in Harrison County.
Speakers included:
Tom McConnell ... WVU Extension
Susan Sauter ... Mountain State Organic Grower & Buyers Assoc; Comm.
Supp. Agric
Sue Cosgrove ... Mountain State Organic Grower & Buyers Assoc.
Art Digman ... Mountain State Dowsers
Dr. John Williams ... Natural Lifeways Corp.
Natasha Diamond ... WV Dept. of Nat. Resources
Mark English ... Whistlin' Wheels
Melissa Dennison ... WV Herb Assoc.
Greg Good ... Green Space Coalition
Greg Sayre ... WV Solid Waste Assoc.
Pam Nixon ... Environ. Advocates Office, DEP
Gary Zuckett ... WV Citizen Action Group
Rick Eades ... WV Environmental Council
Myra Bonhage-Hale ... La Paix Herb Farm
Thomas Mulligan ... Sustainable Housing
Denise Poole ... W.V. Environmental Council
Peter Maille ... Nat'l Park Service
Peggy Pings ... Rec. Trails Program
Co directors of the Sustainable Fair 2000
were:
Dr. John Williams, Natural Lifeways, Inc. 17 Center Ave., Weston, W.V.
26452 (304) 269-7902
Myra Bonhage-Hale, La Paix Herb Farm, HC 64, Box 17, Alum Bridge, 26321
(304) 269-768l
Denise Poole, WV Environmental Council, 1324 Virginia St. E.,
Charleston, W.V. 25301 (304) 346-5905 |
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Summaries of Workshops and Presentations; Sustainable Fair 2001
WVWC Buckhannon, W.V. 26201
In
order of presentation:
Friday
8:45-9:00
Welcome
& Orientation by
Myra
Bonhage-Hale
and Denise Poole
John
Lozier,
Harping
for Harmony will perform
9-11:45"Getting
Grants That Build Better Communities"
Margaret
Krome
from the Michael Fields Institute of Troy, Wisc., who wrote a book
titled Building Better Communities - about grantmanship for
farmers - will present a workshop on agriculture and rural grant
writing. She will help those attending better understand the grant
process and how to pattern their present research needs into a
meaningful grant request. Everyone attending will receive a copy of her
book
1:30-2:30
"Successful Sustainable Agriculture Grants for Farmer/Growers"
David
Holm
will explain the popular Farmer/Grower grant program where farmers can
apply for grants to experiment on their own farms so they can gain new
insight into their operations. Holm will explain the grant process,
which starts with an idea and ends with a successful on-farm solution.
In addition to David Holm, four actual on-farm studies dealing
with pest control, organic nitrogen production for vegetables and deer
damage abatement options, will be presented by grant recipients. The
recipients will also share their grant experiences from 3 - 5 p.m.
2-?
"Whole Foods Demonstration"
Lynn
Degen
summarizes her demonstration: Healthy Whole Foods: Our Ancestral Diet.
While modern food processing emphasizes profit over nutrition, a more
traditional diet enhances health.
2:00-3:00
"Demonstration
of Solar Energy"
Bob
Handley
3.00-4:00
"Farmer-Friendly Community Supported Agriculture & The Unmet Demand for
Organic Food"
Susan
Truxell Sauter: Nationwide, the organic industry has posted double-
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