Beaver Island Eco-Fair
this Weekend, June 23 and June 24
This is a celebration of nature and sustainability!
Friday night: 7:30 Bonfire at Brotherâ??s Lodge â?? bring a percussion instrument!
Saturday morning: 9:30 - 12 â?? Meet at Tour Office for â??How Beavers Can Save the Worldâ?
Saturday afternoon: 1:00 â?? 6 pm - Theme: â??Community Resilienceâ?.
It will feature many exhibits including: Portable Solar-Powered Charging Station, The Zynoc Foundation (renewable energy), BI Farmerâ??s Market, BI Historical Society, BI Birding and Waterways Trails, BI Invasive Species, Janaâ??s Java Joint, Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, Citizens Climate Lobby, Oil and Water Donâ??t Mix Coalition, etc. . . . . .
Also on Saturday afternoon we welcome â??Speakersâ? from around Michigan:
1:00 Brad Kallio at Library - Zynoc Foundation
2:00 Lisa DelBuono â?? Citizens Climate Lobby
2:30 Peggy Case â?? Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation (MCWC)
3:00 Jennifer McKay â?? Tip of the Mitt
3:30 Liz Kirkwood â?? FLOW (For Love of Water)
4:00 Melissa Mays - Water You Fighting For? Flint Water Protector
4:30 Deb Hansen - Concerned Citizens of Cheboygan and Emmet Counties
5:10 Eco-Fair AWARD for Beaver Island Ecological Hero
5:20 Sacred Water Ceremony - Gennie Morgan and Gayle Christensen
Saturday Evening: THIRD COAST KINGS
9 pm at the Circle M.
The THIRD COAST KINGS: A fusion of Soul-Funk Music.
Our mission is to showcase Beaver Island as a regional leader in the promotion of solution in ecology, renewable energy, healthy local food systems, and community resilience.
Event sponsored by:
BI Music Festival, Taraâ??s Meadow, MCWC, BIBCO, Island Airways, BI Historical Society and the BI Library.
This Saturday, June 24: BI Eco-Fair
Moderator: Gillespie
B.I. Eco-Fair welcomes Deb Hansen
Rev Deb Hansen is a chaplain who lives a half hour south of the Straits. She started getting involved with energy issues as a concerned citizen in 2012 after her power cooperative announced plans to build a coal plant near Lake Huron. In 2014 after learning about the aging oil pipelines at the Straits, Deb created a network called Concerned Citizens of Cheboygan and Emmet County. The network keeps individuals and small groups scattered across our rural geography up to date on energy issues and their impact on our communities and the environment.  Concerned Citizens is a member of the Oil & Water Donâ??t Mix campaign. Deb had a career with IBM and worked as a hospital chaplain in Detroit where she continues to be involved with access to water.
Liz Kirkwood from FLOW
Liz Kirkwood is executive director of FLOW (For Love of Water), a non-profit based in Traverse City, Mich., dedicated to protecting waters and ecosystems in the Great Lakes Basin. She is an environmental lawyer with 17 years of experience working on water, sanitation, energy, and environmental governance issues both nationally and internationally. At FLOW, Liz has been instrumental in leading the Oil & Water Donâ??t Mix campaign to shut down the Line 5 oil pipelines at the Straits of Mackinac. She maintains a frequent public speaking schedule throughout the region, delivering policy and educational presentations on a key Great Lakes issues, including water diversions, privatization, oil transport, factory fish farming, and more. Previously, Liz worked for USAID in Thailand on water sanitation issues.
Jennifer McKay - Tip of the Mitt
Jennifer McKay joined Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council in May of 2005. As Policy Director, Jennifer is responsible for federal, Great Lakes Basin wide, and state policy initiatives to improve the level of protection to water resources. She is currently working on invasive species, water diversions, and Great Lakes Restoration, among many other issues. She serves on the Emmet County Local Emergency Planning Committee, participates in the Northern Michigan Area Committee, and was appointed to the Michigan Pipeline Safety Advisory Board by Governor Rick Snyder. Before joining the Watershed Council, she worked for the Public Interest Research Group in Michigan and the State of Michigan Senate and House of Representatives. She graduated from Michigan State University with degrees in Environmental Studies and Political Science.
Peggy Case from Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation
Peggy Case is a retired school teacher living in northern Michigan near Traverse City and has been an activist all her life, working in civil rights, peace, environmental justice movements.
She is currently building a resilient homestead in northern Michigan, raising food, chickens and forage for her bees.
She is current president of Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, sings with the Gaia women of the Great Lakes Basin and the Singing Sisters, and bikes and canoes when there is time. She has two grandchildren, and it is for their future she works to support.
She is currently building a resilient homestead in northern Michigan, raising food, chickens and forage for her bees.
She is current president of Michigan Citizens for Water Conservation, sings with the Gaia women of the Great Lakes Basin and the Singing Sisters, and bikes and canoes when there is time. She has two grandchildren, and it is for their future she works to support.
Lisa DelBuono
Elizabeth (Lisa) Del Buono, M.D., is a surgical pathologist practicing at Munson. She volunteers with the Citizensâ?? Climate Lobby and focuses on the Climate and Health Action Team, U.S. Climate and Health Alliance, Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health and Healthcare Without Harm.
Brad Kallio from Zynoc Foundation
Yes, a special welcome to Brad - the only man with all of the women speakers! Brad has figured out how to create energy 9 different ways without burning. He is creating the ALTERNATIVES!!!
Brad Kallio, owner of the Zynoc Foundation. Brad started out in Electronics in high school, later went to college majoring in industrial electronics while working as a stereo technician. After school, he worked in industrial automation and robotics.
In 2005 after Hurricane Katrina his attention was redirected to what was happening to our world. Brad founded the Zynoc Foundation in 2010 and has been focused on a clean sustainable energy infrastructure ever since. He now teaches 9 ways to collect energy from mother nature without burning anything. Many ways to store energy and electric transportation. Human Evolution is NOW and Clean Energy is HOW.
Brad Kallio, owner of the Zynoc Foundation. Brad started out in Electronics in high school, later went to college majoring in industrial electronics while working as a stereo technician. After school, he worked in industrial automation and robotics.
In 2005 after Hurricane Katrina his attention was redirected to what was happening to our world. Brad founded the Zynoc Foundation in 2010 and has been focused on a clean sustainable energy infrastructure ever since. He now teaches 9 ways to collect energy from mother nature without burning anything. Many ways to store energy and electric transportation. Human Evolution is NOW and Clean Energy is HOW.
Melissa Mays from Flint
Melissa Mays has learned first-hand about â??Community Resilience.â? She, her husband, and 3 teenage sons were poisoned and continue to struggle with Flint water. Melissa has risen to this cause and is now known all over the world for her actions and activism. Melissa is Chairman of the Environmental Caucus of the Michigan Democratic Party , Management (music) at Demise of the Enthroned and Founder & Activist at Past: Uli's Haus Of Rock and Roll in Bedlam. She studied Business Management at Baker Center for Graduate Studies. We certainly welcome Melissa and family to Beaver Island!
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Gennie Morgan and Gayle Christensen
Welcome our Native women who will lead us in a Sacred Water Ceremony. This will not be photographed or filmed. So please do attend at around 5:15 pm on Saturday.
Gennie Morgan is a member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is graced as the Drum Leader for the Grandmother Moon Drummers since 2010. The past 7 years she has worked with the Museum of Ojibwe Culture and is teaching the Native Traditions.
Since 2015 she has been a board member of the Mackinaw Area Historical Society. We have recently added an Anishinaabe voices section to the Heritage Village. In this section of the village we have placed a native Medicine Wheel where I give the teachings the Native medicines.
Gayle has a close connection to the Potawatomi people of Hannaville, receiving her native teachings from Cultural Leader Earl Mishagaud. Gayle is of Native decent but is not tribal affiliated. She brings a brightness of spirituality wherever she goes!
Gennie Morgan is a member of the Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She is graced as the Drum Leader for the Grandmother Moon Drummers since 2010. The past 7 years she has worked with the Museum of Ojibwe Culture and is teaching the Native Traditions.
Since 2015 she has been a board member of the Mackinaw Area Historical Society. We have recently added an Anishinaabe voices section to the Heritage Village. In this section of the village we have placed a native Medicine Wheel where I give the teachings the Native medicines.
Gayle has a close connection to the Potawatomi people of Hannaville, receiving her native teachings from Cultural Leader Earl Mishagaud. Gayle is of Native decent but is not tribal affiliated. She brings a brightness of spirituality wherever she goes!
Third Coast Kings
DONT MISS THE THIRD COAST KINGS!!!!! 9:00 at Circle M
Hailing from the Metro Detroit area in south east Michigan, Third Coast Kings are a deep funk and heavy soul outfit that brings back the era of music one can only find on dusty old 45 records. Right from the beginning in 2007 the band delved into the old, funky catalog of vinyl records that DJ's and beat makers were using to get crowds moving. Over the years they have refined this sound into their own unique blend of the old and the new, and have released two critically acclaimed and internationally renowned albums of original material on the Italian-based Record Kicks label. The band's second album, "West Grand Boulevard", was named one of the top R&B recordings of 2014, alongside the likes of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Lee Fields, in All Music Guide's year-end review. Â
Third Coast Kings is comprised of James Keovongsak on drums; Sean Ike on vocals; Andy Filisko on Guitar; Steve Barker on bass; Ryan Dolan on trumpet; and Alec Cooper on tenor and baritone saxophones.
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Hailing from the Metro Detroit area in south east Michigan, Third Coast Kings are a deep funk and heavy soul outfit that brings back the era of music one can only find on dusty old 45 records. Right from the beginning in 2007 the band delved into the old, funky catalog of vinyl records that DJ's and beat makers were using to get crowds moving. Over the years they have refined this sound into their own unique blend of the old and the new, and have released two critically acclaimed and internationally renowned albums of original material on the Italian-based Record Kicks label. The band's second album, "West Grand Boulevard", was named one of the top R&B recordings of 2014, alongside the likes of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings and Lee Fields, in All Music Guide's year-end review. Â
Third Coast Kings is comprised of James Keovongsak on drums; Sean Ike on vocals; Andy Filisko on Guitar; Steve Barker on bass; Ryan Dolan on trumpet; and Alec Cooper on tenor and baritone saxophones.
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