Would you like to be an exhibitor, speaker or vendor at Iron Range Earth Fest 2012?  We are now accepting applications from individuals, organizations or businesses who have information to share about anything related to sustainability.   Download a copy of the application here.  2012 Earth Fest Exhibitor, Speaker, Vendor Application  Don’t forget to send in a completed ST19 form as well st19

Confused about what sustainability means?  It’s all about achieving a healthy holistic balance between the three elements of community, economy and environment.  Check out out Earth Fest brochure for definitions and a description of the Iron Range Partnership for sustainability.   2012 IREF – IRPS Brochure

Please consider joining us as we work together to create a sustainable future for the Iron Range and all of northeastern Minnesota.    Download a copy of our sponsorship packet here.     2012 Sponsor Packet – Earth Fest & Green Inventors Contest (12-2-11)

Iron Range Earth Fest is a one day celebration of local traditions and practical resources for sustainable living.  Over 2,500 people have attended Iron Range Earth Fest in the last three years, and were inspired to work towards making their own homes, businesses, organizations and communities more sustainable.

The success of Earth Fest has fostered a grassroots sustainability movement on the Iron Range, which in just three short years has fostered a number of incredibly successful projects, including:

• Formation of the Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability (IRPS) -  a 501c3 nonprofit corporation dedicated to stimulating conversation and action for a sustainable future on the Iron Range of northeastern Minnesota.
• Earth Fest Green Inventors Contest – an opportunity for local youth and adults to show off their creativity and imagination to create an invention designed to solve a sustainability problem.
• Everyday Guide to Sustainable Living – an annual publication exploring the balance between the three elements of sustainability – community, economy and environment.  Featuring resource lists, stories of people who “walk the talk”, and sponsorship advertising opportunities.
• The Local Foods Project – bringing awareness to local sustainable food production.
• Congregations Caring for the Earth – an ecumenical, interfaith group of congregations working together to highlight the connection between our faith and our relationship with the earth.
• A new group has just starting their work to use recreation as a conduit to connect people to the land.

Please consider supporting the work of IRPS -  check out the sponsorship opportunities here or contact Ardy at 218-749-4331  2012 Sponsor Packet – Earth Fest & Green Inventors Contest

Mark your calendars now to join us on Saturday, April 21, 2012 for the 4th annual Iron Range Earth Fest presented by the Iron Range Partnership for Sustainability.

Iron Range Earth Fest offers opportunities to explore how we can all live more sustainably in our homes and communities, our economy and our environment.  Participants are invited to learn about new and existing technological approaches as well as rediscover some of our long standing local traditions.  We tap into the knowledge of cutting edge experts as well as our local indigenous knowledge through exhibits, demonstrations, speakers and vendors.  Emphasis is placed on local products, local services, local foods, local traditions and our local wilderness.