Upcoming Events:

§  Sustainable Stockton Meeting.  Please join us for our next meeting on Thursday, October 1, 2009, at 7 pm in the Town of Stockton Municipal Building.  All are welcome to attend.  The August meeting minutes and the October agenda will be forthcoming.

§  Winter Film Series.  The green-themed, winter film series, sponsored by Sustainable Stockton and MREA, will kick-off on Thursday, October 8, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. at the MREA building, 7558 Deer Road, Custer.  This season’s film series date/movie schedule includes:

Thursday, October 8, 2009, the Peabody award-winning film Flow                                  
Thursday, November 12, 2009, Silence of the Bees

Thursday, January 14, 2010, Food, Inc. 
                                                 
Thursday, February 11, 2010, (To Be Announced at a later date)

               Thursday, March 11, 2010, (To Be Announced at a later date) 

Free popcorn!  Bring your own beverage.  Call 592-4051 with questions.

§  Future of Food Invitation.  A book discussion group, using selected readings related to the topic of how food is produced and consumed in the United States, is planned to begin in October this year.  The discussion will use food as the entry point to talk about how our food-choices affect our local environment, economy, and community as well as encourage participants to explore positive ways to address those concerns locally.  On Tuesday, September 22nd, at 7:00 p.m. in the Prairie Room (basement level) at the Portage County Library in downtown Stevens Point, people interested in joining this discussion group are invited to gather to determine a time and place for future meetings and also order materials.  Please call 715-592-4051 or 346-3879 with questions.

§  Find It In Stockton Directory.  If you have a local business you would like to list in the Find it in Stockton Directory please send your submission to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by October 20, 2009.  We will list former submissions “as is” unless we hear from you by that date. 

§  Tour of Hans Schabel Property.  The Fall Tour of UWSP Emeritus Forestry Professor, Dr. Hans Schabel’s property, has been postponed until next spring. 

More information will be available at a later date.             

§  Community Calendar.  We plan to start listing appropriate, community events (not for profit) happening in the Town of Stockton that are not necessarily sustainability-related.  If you have submissions for our Community Calendar, please send them to Sharon Reichert for committee approval and possible listing.

§  Last Summer Local Garden Tour.  The last of the this season’s local garden tours, sponsored by Portage County UW-Extension and Central Rivers Farmshed, will be on Tuesday, September 15, 2009, from 7 pm to 8 pm, at 1375 Bob White Lane, Stevens Point, WI.  Join host Jen Zach in viewing her large vegetable garden, small fruits, orchard with larger trees, many flower and shrub beds—herbs, annuals and perennials.  Jen and her family use organic gardening methods. In addition, they raise chickens for meat and eggs, and this year they have added two bee hives.  All are welcome to attend.  For more information, contact the Portage County UW-Extension Office at 346-1316. 

§  Food Preservation Workshops.   Central Waters Farmshed, Interfaith Community for the Earth, UW Extension Service, and St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Stevens Point, are sponsoring food preservation workshops this summer/fall.  Thanks to these sponsors all these educational workshops are open to the public and are free or at the minimal cost of materials.  For workshop details visit Central Waters Farmshed website at www.farmshed.org or call 592-4423 for more information.

Sauerkraut, Kim Chee and Pickled Eggs Demo

Saturday September 19, 2009  1-3pm

St. Paul’s UMC, 600 Wilshire Blvd. St. Pt.

Jen Zach and Kate Williams, presenters.

Applesauce Workshop

Saturday, October 10, 2009   9am-noon

St. Paul’s UMC, 600 Wilshire Blvd. St. Pt.  
               Make applesauce for your freezer.

Bring plastic containers to hold 2-4 quarts of applesauce.

Cost of material donation.

*Registration preferred.

Call 592-4423.

§  Midwest Renewable Energy Association Events.  On September 26, 2009, MREA will host its second annual  Ride for Renewables and Harvest Fest. You can register on-line for the bicycle ride, frisbee golf tournament, or the harvest festival at:  http://www.the-mrea.org/ride4renewables.php.  Wisconsin Solar Tour of homes and businesses will take place on October 2 & 3, 2009.  You can view the huge list of participating homes and join the tour at:  http://www.the-mrea.org/solartour.php.  For more information visit MREA on line at:  http://www.the-mrea.org/index.php or call 715-592-6595.

Sharon Reichert, Sustainable Stockton Secretary