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Theme:
"Healthy Communities"
Dates:
January 29-31, 2010
Location:
Central Wisconsin Environmental Station - Amherst Junction, WI
Summary:
Printable PDF Version (with photos)
Renovations at Treehaven this year put Winter Workshop
in the “tension zone.” For the first time, the Central Wisconsin
Environmental Station hosted the 2010 WAEE Winter Workshop in
Amherst Junction, Wisconsin.
The theme for this year’s workshop, “Healthy Communities,”
brought in some wonderful and dynamic presenters. The three
themes included: Natural Communities, Local Foods, and Service
Learning. In total there were 15 presentations enjoyed by 76
workshop attendees. Keeping with the theme, the workshop
provided meals prepared with as many locally produced and
organic ingredients as possible. The event kicked off with a
viewing of “Fresh-the Movie” followed by a local foods panel
discussion on local, organic, and sustainable agriculture.
Saturday provided a beautiful sunny, yet chilly, day to give the
proper ambiance of the WAEE Winter Workshop. That didn’t stop
the Brutal Gourmet. He came out and did not let participants
down. The keynote presentation was given by one of our own,
Clayton Russell of Northland College who provided a wonderful
presentation, “Minding Our Place.” The afternoon continued with
another tradition: WAEE Winter Olympics. Before dinner
three-hours of “free play” gave participants time in the
outdoors. After dinner there was something for everyone: a wine
tasting, a Nertz Tournament, and live music at Sunset Lodge. All
the while, the WAEE annual Winter Workshop tradition of a Nertz
tournament brought together ten pairs to compete for the title:
2010 Nertz Champions. Tying the festivities together,
Cannonball, blue-grass music, kept folks tapping their feet and
enjoying the scene.
Sunday morning gave participants a wonderful selection of
concurrent sessions topping off enlightening discussions around
local foods, service learning, and the beauty of our natural
communities in Wisconsin. The whole weekend was memorable for
all.
Sentiments from Participants:
“Great presenters I learned a lot and enjoyed my time!”
“The video "Fresh" was exceptional and will be using it with my
Environmental Studies
classes that I teach - Thank you!!”
“Really enjoyed the times available for informal networking and
socialization.”