Renewable Energy Fair 2007

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) is a non-profit organization that promotes renewable energy and sustainable living.

MREA's 8th annual Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair was held June 15-17 at the ReNew the Earth Institute (MREA’s demonstration site and educational facility) in Custer, WI. With so much to see including a Clean Energy Car Show, and workshops, speakers and exhibits involving clean energy & sustainable living, it is the largest educational event of its kind. There was something for everyone from handmade soaps, organic pet treats, and a massage tent, to native plants, renewable building, and solar and wind energy equipment, and much much more.

The Renewable Energy Fair is also certified by Travel Green Wisconsin as a green tourist event.

Taking DIY to a New Level- Landscape Coaches

Plant! Water! Weed!
By JOANNE KAUFMAN Published in the New York Times: June 15, 2007

"A new addition to the landscape, gardening coaches — or gardening mentors as they are sometimes called — are the personal trainers of the prune-and-plant set. Their target audience — do-it-yourselfers in search of enlightenment — occupies a middle ground between the people who simply sit back and watch, while others do the planting and mulching, and amateur plant killers whose gardening strategy can best be summed up as trowel and error."

Smart Energy Design Assistance Center

"The Smart Energy Design Assistance Center (SEDAC) provides advice and analysis, enabling small businesses in the State of Illinois to increase their profitability through the efficient use of energy resources.
(SEDAC is sponsored by the Illinois Dept of Commerce and Economic Opportunity’s and managed by the University of Illinois School of Architecture)

Download SEDAC's June Newsletter for articles including

• 'Net Metering Legislation News'
• 'Chicago's Move Toward Becoming The Greenest City Of All'

Learn about Events, including Illinois Renewable Energy Fair August 11 -12, in Oregon Illinois.

Biological EAB Control

"Tiny, stingless parasitic wasps could be released in Michigan this summer as a biological control for the emerald ash borer, which has claimed more than 20 million ash trees here and in other states. The proposal is to use three kinds of insect parasitoids that kill the emerald ash borer in China, where it is native. It would be the first widespread use of biological controls for a wood-boring insect that, if unchecked, threatens the nation's 7.5 billion ash trees.Michigan might recruit wasps to destroy emerald ash borers."
Michigan might recruit wasps to destroy emerald ash borers May 24, 2007 BY MARTY HAIR FREE PRESS GARDEN WRITER

Virtual Open House

Welcome to our Summer 2007 Virtual Open House!
Open 24/7, day or night from anywhere

This month we will be walking through our Container Sales Yard