HARVEST FEST & ENERGY FAIR EXHIBITORS
Better World Builders - Duluth, MN
Website: www.betterworldbuilders.com
Company Info: Better World Builders has
been putting together residential and
commercial energy efficient remodeling and
new construction projects in Northern
Minnesota and western Wisconsin since
2007. We are Certified Green Professionals
through the National Association of Home
Builders, trained Residential Energy Auditors,
and Blower Door Certified through Dunwoody
College of Technology.
Carlton County By-Products Program-
Carlton, MN
Website: www.co.carlton.mn.us
CERTs - Duluth, MN
Website: www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org
Company Info: Clean Energy Resource
Teams (CERTs) has been working since 2002
to help the state's economy reduce its
dependence on fossil fuels. CERTs work is
done in 7 regions of Minnesota to increase
conservation, efficiency and renewables.
These are keys to the 21st century economy.
Families, organizations, businesses and
communities that make these changes in
energy use will be more sustainable in the
21st century. Learn what we can do together
to make our state and community more
resilient.
City of Duluth Utilities - Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthmn.gov
Company Info:
Conservation Technologies -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.conservtech.com
Company Info: Conservation Technologies
sells energy efficient building supplies,
Venmar heat recovery ventilation systems,
and solar electric and hot water systems. We
also consult in building design and
performance. We work with various utilities on
the design and delivery of energy efficiency
and conservation programs. Conservation
Technologies has a comprehensive support
team that includes sales, installation and
technical support professionals. We serve a
growing area in the upper Midwest from our
Duluth office.
Country Financial - Duluth, MN
Website: www.countryfinancial.com/megan.
swap
Company Info: Country Financial provides
farm insurance and will be providing
information on products and services.
Duluth City Chickens - Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthcitychickens.org
Company Info: Learn about raising chickens
in Duluth and come see how to build an urban
chicken coop. Everything you need to know
and more about keeping chickens in Duluth.
Duluth Community Garden Program -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthcommunitygarden.org
Company Info: The mission of the Duluth
Community Garden Program is to strengthen
the Duluth area community and foster self-
sufficiency by providing access for all to food
production and preservation resources and
promoting sustainable gardening practices.
Duluth Energy Efficiency Program -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthenergy.org
Company Info: The Duluth Energy Efficiency
Program (DEEP) will be launched this fall to
assist homeowners in completing energy
efficiency home improvements. DEEP will
provide financial tools to help accomplish air
sealing and weatherization of structures as
well as educational information to the general
public on effective energy efficiency measures.
Duluth Stove and Fireplace – Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthstove.com
Company Info: High efficiency hearth and
heating products, masonry, heaters, biom-
mass appliances.
Duluth Transit Authority - Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthtransit.com
Company Info: DTA’s Compelling Vision
Statement: Improve energy conservation and
reduce emissions while providing high quality
public transportation services to the Twin
Ports. This company is a Sustainable Twin
Ports Early Adopter.
ECO - Duluth, MN
Website: www.ecolivingspace.com
Company Info: Eco supplies interior finish
materials and helps customers achieve eco-
friendly kitchens, baths, and more! We supply
cabinetry, flooring, countertops, wall-
coverings, and window treatments for your
home or commercial spaces as well as some
locally made gifts and items such as water
bottles, chlorine filters, etc. All of our products
are made from eco-friendly materials.
Energy Conservation Products and
Services - Carlton, MN
Website: www.soalrway6000.com
Company Info: Solar heating panel
manufacturer, sales, design, installation,
service, education and promotion of
renewable energy, manufactured in Duluth, MN
Evergreen Foam Insulation, LLC -
Wright, MN
Website: www.evergreenfoaminsulation.com
Company Info:
Hartley Nature Center - Duluth, MN
Website: www.hartleynature.org
Company Info: Visit the Hartley Nature Center
and learn about Hartley’s green building
design and alternative energy systems. See
the new alternative energy trailer, the
Electron. It has a musical theme with
instruments powered by alternative energy.
Heritage Window and Door -
Superior, WI
Website: www.heritagewindow.com
Company Info: Heritage Window and Door
offers energy efficient window and door
replacement and new construction.
Imagine a Waldorf-inspired school -
Duluth, MN
Company Info: From ages 3 through 6th
grade, which believes that the arts, including
handwork, and creating a daily and seasonal
communal rhythm with nature is as important
for children as individual academic
excellence. Envision a community where
organic gardens and a connection with
animals, a lively summer program, a
relationship with our local healing arts
community, and more, is encouraged and
deeped by reverence, gratitude, and fun. If
our school, which welcomes religious and
cultural diversity, interdisciplinary studies,
multiple intelligences, and a global/universal
consciousness attracts you, please visit our
booth. Doll making, using reused
household materials, will be available for
the children and young at heart.
KUMD – Duluth, MN
Website: www.kumd.org
Company Info: KUMD is a public radio station
broadcasting from the University of Minnesota
Duluth campus. Member supported KUMD
103.3 FM offers independent alternative
music, insightful local interviews and
distinguished public affairs coverage 100-mile
radius from Duluth.
League of Women Voters – Duluth, MN
Website: www.lwvmn.org
Company Info: League of Women Voters will
provide voter registration information as well
as membership opportunities.
Locally Adapted Food Systems
Initiatives - Lake Superior Bioregion
Website: www.foodsummit.ning.com ; www.
superiorgrown.org ; www.d.umn.edu/cscd
Company Info: Showcases several current
activities around strengthening and rebuilding
a locally adapted food system. Projects
highlighted include the Superior Grown Food
Summit (to be held at UMD on Nov. 14, 2009);
and UMD research "Defining the Agricultural
Landscape of the Western Lake Superior
Region: Realities and potentials for a healthy
local food system for healthy people."
LOGIX- Pelican Rapids, MN
Website: www.logixicf.com
Company Info: LOGIX is leading the Insulated
Concrete Form (ICF) system in North America.
With superior R-value of up to Rvalue built
into its DNA, LOGIX helps you create an
airtight building envelope today for the quality
of thermal performance that will be expected
tomorrow.
Members Cooperative Credit Union -
Duluth, MN and Surrounding Area
Website: www.membersccu.org
Company Info: Members Cooperative Credit
Union offers local service and smart financial
products to the individuals and businesses in
the Duluth, Cloquet, Aitkin, and McGregor
communities. MCCU is proud to be a
participant in the Sustainable Twin Ports
Initiative, and has been honored by Minnesota
Power for our sustainable business practices.
Stop by our booth and visit with one of our
business lenders.
Mentor Duluth - Duluth, MN
Website: www.mentorduluth.org
Company Info:
Meteek and Company - Duluth, MN
Company Info: Meteek & Company is a
supplier of sustainable building products. We
carry fiberglass windows, condensing boilers,
and active solar hot water panels. In addition,
we have a well established contracting division
that can carry your project from design
through construction.
Midwest Renewable Energy
Association (MREA) - Custer, WI
Website: www.the-mrea.org
Company Info: The MREA promotes
renewable energy.
Midwest Renewable Energy Society
(MRES) - Minneapolis, MN
Website: www.mnrenewables.org
Company Info: The Minnesota Renewable
Energy Society (MRES) is a member-run, 501
(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in
Minneapolis in 1978 to promote the use of,
and to engage in advocacy for, renewable
energies in Minnesota through education and
through the demonstration of practical
applications. MRES is involved in education,
awareness, and advocacy efforts for all forms
of renewable energy, with a particular
emphasis on solar technologies.
Website: www.betterworldbuilders.com
Company Info: Better World Builders has
been putting together residential and
commercial energy efficient remodeling and
new construction projects in Northern
Minnesota and western Wisconsin since
2007. We are Certified Green Professionals
through the National Association of Home
Builders, trained Residential Energy Auditors,
and Blower Door Certified through Dunwoody
College of Technology.
Carlton County By-Products Program-
Carlton, MN
Website: www.co.carlton.mn.us
CERTs - Duluth, MN
Website: www.cleanenergyresourceteams.org
Company Info: Clean Energy Resource
Teams (CERTs) has been working since 2002
to help the state's economy reduce its
dependence on fossil fuels. CERTs work is
done in 7 regions of Minnesota to increase
conservation, efficiency and renewables.
These are keys to the 21st century economy.
Families, organizations, businesses and
communities that make these changes in
energy use will be more sustainable in the
21st century. Learn what we can do together
to make our state and community more
resilient.
City of Duluth Utilities - Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthmn.gov
Company Info:
Conservation Technologies -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.conservtech.com
Company Info: Conservation Technologies
sells energy efficient building supplies,
Venmar heat recovery ventilation systems,
and solar electric and hot water systems. We
also consult in building design and
performance. We work with various utilities on
the design and delivery of energy efficiency
and conservation programs. Conservation
Technologies has a comprehensive support
team that includes sales, installation and
technical support professionals. We serve a
growing area in the upper Midwest from our
Duluth office.
Country Financial - Duluth, MN
Website: www.countryfinancial.com/megan.
swap
Company Info: Country Financial provides
farm insurance and will be providing
information on products and services.
Duluth City Chickens - Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthcitychickens.org
Company Info: Learn about raising chickens
in Duluth and come see how to build an urban
chicken coop. Everything you need to know
and more about keeping chickens in Duluth.
Duluth Community Garden Program -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthcommunitygarden.org
Company Info: The mission of the Duluth
Community Garden Program is to strengthen
the Duluth area community and foster self-
sufficiency by providing access for all to food
production and preservation resources and
promoting sustainable gardening practices.
Duluth Energy Efficiency Program -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthenergy.org
Company Info: The Duluth Energy Efficiency
Program (DEEP) will be launched this fall to
assist homeowners in completing energy
efficiency home improvements. DEEP will
provide financial tools to help accomplish air
sealing and weatherization of structures as
well as educational information to the general
public on effective energy efficiency measures.
Duluth Stove and Fireplace – Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthstove.com
Company Info: High efficiency hearth and
heating products, masonry, heaters, biom-
mass appliances.
Duluth Transit Authority - Duluth, MN
Website: www.duluthtransit.com
Company Info: DTA’s Compelling Vision
Statement: Improve energy conservation and
reduce emissions while providing high quality
public transportation services to the Twin
Ports. This company is a Sustainable Twin
Ports Early Adopter.
ECO - Duluth, MN
Website: www.ecolivingspace.com
Company Info: Eco supplies interior finish
materials and helps customers achieve eco-
friendly kitchens, baths, and more! We supply
cabinetry, flooring, countertops, wall-
coverings, and window treatments for your
home or commercial spaces as well as some
locally made gifts and items such as water
bottles, chlorine filters, etc. All of our products
are made from eco-friendly materials.
Energy Conservation Products and
Services - Carlton, MN
Website: www.soalrway6000.com
Company Info: Solar heating panel
manufacturer, sales, design, installation,
service, education and promotion of
renewable energy, manufactured in Duluth, MN
Evergreen Foam Insulation, LLC -
Wright, MN
Website: www.evergreenfoaminsulation.com
Company Info:
Hartley Nature Center - Duluth, MN
Website: www.hartleynature.org
Company Info: Visit the Hartley Nature Center
and learn about Hartley’s green building
design and alternative energy systems. See
the new alternative energy trailer, the
Electron. It has a musical theme with
instruments powered by alternative energy.
Heritage Window and Door -
Superior, WI
Website: www.heritagewindow.com
Company Info: Heritage Window and Door
offers energy efficient window and door
replacement and new construction.
Imagine a Waldorf-inspired school -
Duluth, MN
Company Info: From ages 3 through 6th
grade, which believes that the arts, including
handwork, and creating a daily and seasonal
communal rhythm with nature is as important
for children as individual academic
excellence. Envision a community where
organic gardens and a connection with
animals, a lively summer program, a
relationship with our local healing arts
community, and more, is encouraged and
deeped by reverence, gratitude, and fun. If
our school, which welcomes religious and
cultural diversity, interdisciplinary studies,
multiple intelligences, and a global/universal
consciousness attracts you, please visit our
booth. Doll making, using reused
household materials, will be available for
the children and young at heart.
KUMD – Duluth, MN
Website: www.kumd.org
Company Info: KUMD is a public radio station
broadcasting from the University of Minnesota
Duluth campus. Member supported KUMD
103.3 FM offers independent alternative
music, insightful local interviews and
distinguished public affairs coverage 100-mile
radius from Duluth.
League of Women Voters – Duluth, MN
Website: www.lwvmn.org
Company Info: League of Women Voters will
provide voter registration information as well
as membership opportunities.
Locally Adapted Food Systems
Initiatives - Lake Superior Bioregion
Website: www.foodsummit.ning.com ; www.
superiorgrown.org ; www.d.umn.edu/cscd
Company Info: Showcases several current
activities around strengthening and rebuilding
a locally adapted food system. Projects
highlighted include the Superior Grown Food
Summit (to be held at UMD on Nov. 14, 2009);
and UMD research "Defining the Agricultural
Landscape of the Western Lake Superior
Region: Realities and potentials for a healthy
local food system for healthy people."
LOGIX- Pelican Rapids, MN
Website: www.logixicf.com
Company Info: LOGIX is leading the Insulated
Concrete Form (ICF) system in North America.
With superior R-value of up to Rvalue built
into its DNA, LOGIX helps you create an
airtight building envelope today for the quality
of thermal performance that will be expected
tomorrow.
Members Cooperative Credit Union -
Duluth, MN and Surrounding Area
Website: www.membersccu.org
Company Info: Members Cooperative Credit
Union offers local service and smart financial
products to the individuals and businesses in
the Duluth, Cloquet, Aitkin, and McGregor
communities. MCCU is proud to be a
participant in the Sustainable Twin Ports
Initiative, and has been honored by Minnesota
Power for our sustainable business practices.
Stop by our booth and visit with one of our
business lenders.
Mentor Duluth - Duluth, MN
Website: www.mentorduluth.org
Company Info:
Meteek and Company - Duluth, MN
Company Info: Meteek & Company is a
supplier of sustainable building products. We
carry fiberglass windows, condensing boilers,
and active solar hot water panels. In addition,
we have a well established contracting division
that can carry your project from design
through construction.
Midwest Renewable Energy
Association (MREA) - Custer, WI
Website: www.the-mrea.org
Company Info: The MREA promotes
renewable energy.
Midwest Renewable Energy Society
(MRES) - Minneapolis, MN
Website: www.mnrenewables.org
Company Info: The Minnesota Renewable
Energy Society (MRES) is a member-run, 501
(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in
Minneapolis in 1978 to promote the use of,
and to engage in advocacy for, renewable
energies in Minnesota through education and
through the demonstration of practical
applications. MRES is involved in education,
awareness, and advocacy efforts for all forms
of renewable energy, with a particular
emphasis on solar technologies.
MN Department of Agriculture Energy
and Sustainable Agriculture Program -
Saint Paul, MN
Website: www.mda.state.mn.us
Company Info: The Energy & Sustainable
Agriculture Program was established in 1987
in response to concerns over the impact of
conventional agricultural practices on farm
profitability, health and the environment. The
purpose of the program is to demonstrate and
promote alternative practices which are
energy efficient, environmentally sound,
profitable and which enhance the self-
sufficiency of Minnesota farmers.
MN Institute for Sustainable
Agriculture - Saint Paul, MN
Website: www.misa.umn.edu
Company Info: The purpose of MISA is to
bring together the diverse interests of the
agricultural community with interests from
across the University community in a
cooperative effort to develop and promote
sustainable agriculture in Minnesota and
beyond.
Neighborhood Housing Duluth -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.nhsduluth.org
Company Info: NHS provides low interest
home improvement loans, first time home
buyers education and counseling and
community development
Northern Communities Land Trust -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.landtrustduluth.org
Company Info: NCLT provides home
ownership opportunities for low to moderate
income households while preserving the
permanent affordability of the homes for
future generations.
Northland Geothermal - Duluth, MN
Website: www.northlandgeothermal.com
Company Info: Heritage business providing
geothermal heating and colling for
homeowners
Norwex - Duluth, MN
Website: www.norwex.com
Company Info: The Norwex mission is to
improve the quality of life by radically reducing
the use of chemicals in personal care and
cleaning.
Nukewatch - Luck, WI
Website: www.nukewatch.com
Company Info: Providing information and
activism about Lake Superior barrels, nuclear
power and weapons, radioactive waste, food
irradiation, uranium munitions, cancer.
Rural Renewable Energy Alliance -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.rreal.org
Company Info: Manufacture, sales and
installation of solar air heating collectors.
Market rate PV and Hot Water Solar Systems.
A 501C3 non-profit organization.
Seeds of Success - Duluth, MN
Website: www.communityactionduluth.com
Company Info: Community Action Duluth has
launched its new urban farming program,
Seeds of Success. Created in partnership with
Green Duluth, the Zeppa Foundation and the
City of Duluth, Seeds of Success provides
employment opportunities to low-income youth
through urban agriculture. The program
currently has eight sites throughout the city of
Duluth, ranging from an old tennis court in
Chester Bowl to a formerly blighted lot in
Lincoln Park. Program staff and community
volunteers work together to grow a wide
variety of fresh produce. In addition to
creating green jobs and neighborhood green
spaces, the program seeks to include low-
income community members in the local food
system. Income-eligible volunteers earn
shares of the harvest, as well as the
knowledge and tools to grow their own
vegetables and herbs at home.
Slow Food Lake Superior
Website:
Company Info:
Solid Rock Masonry - Duluth, MN
Website: www.solidrockmasonry.com
Company Info:Solid Rock Masonry is family
owned company that lives and promotes
sustainable living. We design, craft, and teach
workshops on masonry heaters and ovens of
all shapes and sizes. Masonry heaters burn
wood (a renewable fuel) to heat your home,
cook your meals, and heat your water all from
one fire. The average home only needs 2-3
cords of wood to heat 2,000 sq.ft. with a
wonderful radiant heat like the sun.
This craft can be dated back over 4,000+
years. We also design and manufacture
masonry heater and oven kits for Do-It-
Yourself people.Our company also focuses on
historical stone and brick preservation and
restoration. Preserving and reusing our
masonry heritage all over the midwest.
South St. Louis Soil & Water
Conservation District - Duluth, MN
Website: www.southstlouisswcd.org
Company Info: The mission of the South St.
Louis Soil and Water Conservation District is
to provide technical, educational, and
financial resources to land occupiers in order
to implement practices and projects that
preserve, protect, and enhance water quality
and other natural resources.
Stark Enterprises - Duluth, MN
Website: www.starkllc.com
Company Info: Dave Stark is the President of
the Lake Superior Energy Association (LSEA)
and owner of Stark Enterprises, LLC and
recently became the first American Rainwater
Collection System Association (ARCSA)
accredited designer in the state of
Minnesota. He designs, sources and installs
rainwater collection systems and does
hydrology and water quality studies that
support sustainable land and water use. With
a desire to implement what he has learned, he
consults with commercial and residential
clients on their building projects and provides
tours of his home that utilizes passive, active
and thermal solar applications, rainwater
collection, graywater treatment and
composting systems. Dave will have a
demonstration rainwater system on display at
the fair.
Strawbale Farms - Trego, WI
Website: www.strawbalefarms.com
Company Info: A renewable energy company
that sells the most efficient outdoor wood
boilers on the market, including a gasification
unit called the Optimizer 250. We also give
sustainable living and renewable energy tours
of our strawbale home to schools, groups,
and individuals.
Sunny Day Earth Solutions -
Minneapolis, MN
Website: www.sunnydaymn.com
Company Info:
Sustainable Twin Ports – Twin Ports
Region of MN and WI
Website: www.sustainabletwinports.org
Company Info:
The Hillsider - Duluth, MN
Website: the-hillsider.blogspot.com
Company Info: The Hillsider is a monthly
paper created through the work of a non-
profit board encouraging and promoting the
good things about Duluth's Central Hillside,
East Hillside and Lincoln Park neighborhoods.
UMD Office of Sustainability - Duluth, MN
Website: www.addinguptozero.com
Ventera Energy – Duluth, MN
Website: www.venteraenergy.com
Company Info: Ventera is proud to present
to the world our all-new 10 kilowatt VT10 Wind
Turbine, our exclusive taper leg self-
supporting tower and the first ever dual wind
and solar input, dual peak power tracking 12
kilowatt VI12 Synchronous Inverter. In wind
regimes having 12.5 mph-5.5m/s or better
average wind speeds at 30 feet (10 meters
elevation), we have achieved our goal of a 10-
year payback for many if not most potential
users.
Western Lake Superior Sanitary
District (WLSSD)
Website: www.wlssd.com
Company Info: Join WLSSD at the Harvest
Festival and Energy Fair and learn about
ways to deal with waste in and around your
home. WLSSD provides solid waste
management and wastewater services for 500
square mile radius around Duluth. WLSSD's
nationally recognized pollution prevention
programs serve as models across the nation.
Wild Ones - MN Arrowhead Chapter -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.d.umn.edu/~wildones/
Company Info: Wild Ones is a national non-
profit that promotes sustainable landscaping
using native plant communities to provide
habitat for birds, butterflies and other wildlife.
The local Wild Ones - Arrowhead Chapter
offers information on the benefits of native
plants and natural landscaping to area
residents in a casual, enjoyable atmosphere.
Wild Ones meetings offer speakers, group
sharing, lending library, and discounts. Our
programs are a part of Hartley Nature
Center's weekly adult educational
opportunities.
Zeitgeist Arts - Duluth, MN
Website: www.zeitgeistartscafe.com
Company Info: Zeitgeist Arts is a
philanthropic social venture of the A.H. Zeppa
Family Foundation that seeks to create
socially responsible and environmentally
sustainable enterprises that support and
celebrate the arts. Proceeds from Zeitgeist
Arts are returned to the Foundation allowing
further giving locally, regionally, and globally
to organizations that support the overall
missions of the Foundation.
and Sustainable Agriculture Program -
Saint Paul, MN
Website: www.mda.state.mn.us
Company Info: The Energy & Sustainable
Agriculture Program was established in 1987
in response to concerns over the impact of
conventional agricultural practices on farm
profitability, health and the environment. The
purpose of the program is to demonstrate and
promote alternative practices which are
energy efficient, environmentally sound,
profitable and which enhance the self-
sufficiency of Minnesota farmers.
MN Institute for Sustainable
Agriculture - Saint Paul, MN
Website: www.misa.umn.edu
Company Info: The purpose of MISA is to
bring together the diverse interests of the
agricultural community with interests from
across the University community in a
cooperative effort to develop and promote
sustainable agriculture in Minnesota and
beyond.
Neighborhood Housing Duluth -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.nhsduluth.org
Company Info: NHS provides low interest
home improvement loans, first time home
buyers education and counseling and
community development
Northern Communities Land Trust -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.landtrustduluth.org
Company Info: NCLT provides home
ownership opportunities for low to moderate
income households while preserving the
permanent affordability of the homes for
future generations.
Northland Geothermal - Duluth, MN
Website: www.northlandgeothermal.com
Company Info: Heritage business providing
geothermal heating and colling for
homeowners
Norwex - Duluth, MN
Website: www.norwex.com
Company Info: The Norwex mission is to
improve the quality of life by radically reducing
the use of chemicals in personal care and
cleaning.
Nukewatch - Luck, WI
Website: www.nukewatch.com
Company Info: Providing information and
activism about Lake Superior barrels, nuclear
power and weapons, radioactive waste, food
irradiation, uranium munitions, cancer.
Rural Renewable Energy Alliance -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.rreal.org
Company Info: Manufacture, sales and
installation of solar air heating collectors.
Market rate PV and Hot Water Solar Systems.
A 501C3 non-profit organization.
Seeds of Success - Duluth, MN
Website: www.communityactionduluth.com
Company Info: Community Action Duluth has
launched its new urban farming program,
Seeds of Success. Created in partnership with
Green Duluth, the Zeppa Foundation and the
City of Duluth, Seeds of Success provides
employment opportunities to low-income youth
through urban agriculture. The program
currently has eight sites throughout the city of
Duluth, ranging from an old tennis court in
Chester Bowl to a formerly blighted lot in
Lincoln Park. Program staff and community
volunteers work together to grow a wide
variety of fresh produce. In addition to
creating green jobs and neighborhood green
spaces, the program seeks to include low-
income community members in the local food
system. Income-eligible volunteers earn
shares of the harvest, as well as the
knowledge and tools to grow their own
vegetables and herbs at home.
Slow Food Lake Superior
Website:
Company Info:
Solid Rock Masonry - Duluth, MN
Website: www.solidrockmasonry.com
Company Info:Solid Rock Masonry is family
owned company that lives and promotes
sustainable living. We design, craft, and teach
workshops on masonry heaters and ovens of
all shapes and sizes. Masonry heaters burn
wood (a renewable fuel) to heat your home,
cook your meals, and heat your water all from
one fire. The average home only needs 2-3
cords of wood to heat 2,000 sq.ft. with a
wonderful radiant heat like the sun.
This craft can be dated back over 4,000+
years. We also design and manufacture
masonry heater and oven kits for Do-It-
Yourself people.Our company also focuses on
historical stone and brick preservation and
restoration. Preserving and reusing our
masonry heritage all over the midwest.
South St. Louis Soil & Water
Conservation District - Duluth, MN
Website: www.southstlouisswcd.org
Company Info: The mission of the South St.
Louis Soil and Water Conservation District is
to provide technical, educational, and
financial resources to land occupiers in order
to implement practices and projects that
preserve, protect, and enhance water quality
and other natural resources.
Stark Enterprises - Duluth, MN
Website: www.starkllc.com
Company Info: Dave Stark is the President of
the Lake Superior Energy Association (LSEA)
and owner of Stark Enterprises, LLC and
recently became the first American Rainwater
Collection System Association (ARCSA)
accredited designer in the state of
Minnesota. He designs, sources and installs
rainwater collection systems and does
hydrology and water quality studies that
support sustainable land and water use. With
a desire to implement what he has learned, he
consults with commercial and residential
clients on their building projects and provides
tours of his home that utilizes passive, active
and thermal solar applications, rainwater
collection, graywater treatment and
composting systems. Dave will have a
demonstration rainwater system on display at
the fair.
Strawbale Farms - Trego, WI
Website: www.strawbalefarms.com
Company Info: A renewable energy company
that sells the most efficient outdoor wood
boilers on the market, including a gasification
unit called the Optimizer 250. We also give
sustainable living and renewable energy tours
of our strawbale home to schools, groups,
and individuals.
Sunny Day Earth Solutions -
Minneapolis, MN
Website: www.sunnydaymn.com
Company Info:
Sustainable Twin Ports – Twin Ports
Region of MN and WI
Website: www.sustainabletwinports.org
Company Info:
The Hillsider - Duluth, MN
Website: the-hillsider.blogspot.com
Company Info: The Hillsider is a monthly
paper created through the work of a non-
profit board encouraging and promoting the
good things about Duluth's Central Hillside,
East Hillside and Lincoln Park neighborhoods.
UMD Office of Sustainability - Duluth, MN
Website: www.addinguptozero.com
Ventera Energy – Duluth, MN
Website: www.venteraenergy.com
Company Info: Ventera is proud to present
to the world our all-new 10 kilowatt VT10 Wind
Turbine, our exclusive taper leg self-
supporting tower and the first ever dual wind
and solar input, dual peak power tracking 12
kilowatt VI12 Synchronous Inverter. In wind
regimes having 12.5 mph-5.5m/s or better
average wind speeds at 30 feet (10 meters
elevation), we have achieved our goal of a 10-
year payback for many if not most potential
users.
Western Lake Superior Sanitary
District (WLSSD)
Website: www.wlssd.com
Company Info: Join WLSSD at the Harvest
Festival and Energy Fair and learn about
ways to deal with waste in and around your
home. WLSSD provides solid waste
management and wastewater services for 500
square mile radius around Duluth. WLSSD's
nationally recognized pollution prevention
programs serve as models across the nation.
Wild Ones - MN Arrowhead Chapter -
Duluth, MN
Website: www.d.umn.edu/~wildones/
Company Info: Wild Ones is a national non-
profit that promotes sustainable landscaping
using native plant communities to provide
habitat for birds, butterflies and other wildlife.
The local Wild Ones - Arrowhead Chapter
offers information on the benefits of native
plants and natural landscaping to area
residents in a casual, enjoyable atmosphere.
Wild Ones meetings offer speakers, group
sharing, lending library, and discounts. Our
programs are a part of Hartley Nature
Center's weekly adult educational
opportunities.
Zeitgeist Arts - Duluth, MN
Website: www.zeitgeistartscafe.com
Company Info: Zeitgeist Arts is a
philanthropic social venture of the A.H. Zeppa
Family Foundation that seeks to create
socially responsible and environmentally
sustainable enterprises that support and
celebrate the arts. Proceeds from Zeitgeist
Arts are returned to the Foundation allowing
further giving locally, regionally, and globally
to organizations that support the overall
missions of the Foundation.
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| Saturday, September 11, 2010 - 8 am to 4 pm / 4 pm Speaker / 5:30 Concert- Bayfront Park |