May 15 WEN MN Member's Only Local Wine Tasting Event!
WEN MN Member's Only Local Wine Tasting Event - online registration is closed.
Event time: 6-8pm on Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Online registration is closed. Walkups are still allowed. See pricing below.
Join the WEN MN Members for a local wine tasting event at Warehouse Winery in St. Louis Park. This award winning winery was started by winemaker Billy Smith in which he “planted over 400 cold climate Marquette grape vines in his front yard”. Today the wines are blends of Minnesota’s finest cold hardy grapes with selected varietals from Northern California. In 2012 they won the Finger Lake International Wine Competition and were voted Best Minnesota White and Red wine by Food and Wine Experience. You must be 21 years old or older to attend, please bring an ID.
The evening will begin with a variety of wine samplings and light appetizers while learning about the vineyard and its history followed by a tour of its artistically crafted winery.
Purchase of bottles of wine this evening will be discounted.
$20 for WEN MN members
$45 for Non-WEN MN members (includes a membership)
Location: Warehouse Winery at 6415 Cambridge Street in St. Louis Park, MN 55426. The winery is off of Cedar Lake Trail bike route (just west of the Midtown Greenway) and accessible by a few buses. Metro Transit.
2013 Event Schedule and 2012 Event Summary
2012 was an amazing year for the Women’s Environmental Network Minnesota. This 20th year we hosted six events, and changed our name and logo. Thank you to the Board of the Women’s Environmental Network for planning and organizing these events and working on the name and logo change! Thanks to all of you who attended our events and became or renewed your membership in our organization. Thank you to our event speakers, sponsors and cohosts for working with us in 2012. Mark your calendars for 2013:
2013 Event Schedule
January 23 – Endangered Species Act
April 3 – Annual Networking Event
May 15 – Local Wine Event (members only dinner and tour)
July 20 (Saturday) – 20th Anniversary Gala possibly with a silent auction
September 25 – Sustainability in Business Event
November 20 – Members Only Dinner – Political Panel open to all
Give a one year membership for only $25! Member are invited to attend two dinners per year that are open only to members. This is a tremendous opportunity in a small setting which makes networking count more than ever. Members also receive $6 off the cost for each event. Click here to become a member or give a gift membership. Memberships and events are open to both men and women.
2012 Event Summary
Annual Sponsor - SeilerSchindel, PLLC
Logo Sponsor - Kim Gordon with Open Cupboard Designs
January 2012 – Everyday Toxins Event at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Barbara Murdock, Program Manager with the Environmental Health Tracking and Biomonitoring Program at the Minnesota Department of Health
Lisa Simer, Interim Director at Preventing Harm Minnesota
Kathleen Schuler, Co-director with Healthy Legacy
March 2012 – Networking Event at Hamline University
Center for Global Environmental Education
Career professionals from: Hamline, St. Catherine's, St. Thomas and the U of M.
Historical Information Gatherers, Inc.
Capitol Region Watershed District
Republic Services (Allied Waste)
AMEC Environment & Infrastructure
Minnesota National Guard Environmental Division
Association of Women Geoscientists
St. Paul Public Schools Facilities Department
May 2012 – Local Food & Drink Event at Harriet Brewing
July 2012 – Summer Birthday Bash at Foundation Shelter in Roseville
September 2012 – Sustainability Practices in Business Event at Antea Group
Leo Raudys, Best Buy
Tod Christenson, Antea Group
Pete Swenson, Tennant
Company
November 2012 – Member’s only dinner followed by a discussion on Energy at Common Good Books
Maggie Koerth-Baker, Science Editor boingboing.net and New York Times columnist
Ellen Anderson, Energy Advisor to Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton
About FWEF
The Forum of Women in the Environmental Field is a not-for-profit professional organization, both public and private sectors primarily in Minnesota, focused on building personal and professional networks and promoting a better understanding of our individual and collective roles in preserving and improving the environment. Since 1989!
The Forum of Women in the Environmental Field:- Provides current information on environmental topics,
- Builds personal and professional networks,
- Encourages and supports women, and
- Promotes a better understanding of an individual's role in preserving and improving the environment.
The Forum sponsors six events a year on topics related to the environment or environmental careers. Recent topics have included:
- Women's role in politics
- Media coverage of environmental issues
- Art and social change
- Career strategies for women
Speakers are drawn from a pool of local and national figures working in a variety of environmentally-related fields.
2013 Event Schedule
January 23 – Endangered Species Act
April 3 – Annual Networking Event
May 15 – Local Wine Event (members only dinner and tour)
July 20 (Saturday) – 20th Anniversary Gala with silent auction
September 25 – Sustainability in Business Event
November 20 – Members Only Dinner – Political Panel open to all
FWEF 2013 Events!
January 23, 2013
April 3, 2013
May 15, 2013 (new date!)
July 20, 2013 (Gala on Saturday)
September 25, 2013
November 20, 2013
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