KICKAPOO COUNTY FAIR

Quick update for those watching this BLOG: the KICKAPOO COUNTRY FAIR approaches and we have been invited to attend and represent along side the Kickapoo Green Builders Guild. I will be attending and bring out some materials on natural plasters, ect. My question to the rest of the Blue Heron Guild: would anyone else from the Guild like to attend and/or bring materials to present at this event? Here's the link to the fair to find out more:
http://www.organicvalley.coop/kickapoo/

thanks all, hope the summer is treating you well. Eric J.

Habitat ReStore News
Earth Day Celebration
Saturday, April 18, 2009

Noon to 4 p.m., Habitat ReStore, 208 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison, WI. Eighth annual Earth Day celebration featuring earth-friendly exhibition booths providing information on green building, sustainable living and other recycling/reuse options and of course Mother Earth!!!!

Exhibitors include: Artisan Exteriors, Blair Landscape, Bicycle Federation of WI, Full Spectrum Solar, MPower Campaign, PrairieFire BioFuels Coop, Focus on Energy, Isthmus Green Day, Design Coalition, Wildwood Institute of Herbal Medicine, Sustainable Times, City of Madison, Willy Street Coop, Growing Power w/worm composters, Natural Step Group-Monona, Nelson Institute, Olbrich Garden, Green Jeans Insulation, Welz Farm, Dick Horan- lead abatement, Blue Heron Natural Builders, MG&E, a neighborhood electric vehicle, Sustain Dane Rain Barrels and water conservation kits and much more!

Open to the public, no fee, free refreshments, and live music with Round the Bend!

settings open for use...

Morning all, happy Easter. I had a minute to look over the settings on this blog page and enabled the site to open up to all members to make posts and comments which is really the whole point of this blog so give it a go when you have a moment and let me know if you run into any problems along the way? I will be putting out another post here for the upcoming Earth Day Event this coming weekend already. See you there.
thanks again, Eric J.

Prep day in Dodgeville

Update on the Timberframe Booth from this morning. Bryan, Alex, myself and a new friend Jake were able to convene out at Bryan's shop this morning to have a look over of the Booth from last year's Earth Day Event. We decided to hold off on reworking any of the joinery until the morning of this year's Event and simply re-stacked the timbers out of the way in Bryan's driveway. I am hoping that we have better success with the auction of the timberframe this year and I am working the promotion of it starting right now. Please help out by forwarding the coming poster about the Timber Frame auction once I get it posted. Thanks all, Eric J.

8th Annual Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 18, 2009

Noon to 4 p.m., Habitat ReStore, 208 Cottage Grove Rd., Madison, WI.
Eighth annual Earth Day celebration featuring earth-friendly exhibition booths providing information on green building, sustainable living and other recycling/reuse options and of course Mother Earth!!!!
www.restoredane.org

We will be featuring out Blue Heron Built Timber Frame Display and be having a silent auction for it during the Earth Day Event!

Starting up the BHNBG blog

Greetings friends,
I'm happy to inform you of a new addition to the Blue Heron Natural Builders Guild website and network. I am starting up a much needed Blog that will be utilized to keep open conversations going among us natural builders and advocates in the southern wisconsin region. We have not set up this opportunity as of yet and our friend Alex Greene with Red Beard Lumber has inspired me to finally move forward on this virtual tool in order to continue the growth and excitement around sustainable and natural building methods and projects in our area. Please consider signing yourself up on this blog if you have interest in local natural building projects and opportunities because this is the place where I will personally be focusing my energies with updates and entries for the Blue Heron Guild and sustainable building network.
Thanks much and I look forward to what this blog will open up...
Eric J. Nelson