Media Coverage

Articles, editorial letters, and media coverage about Wintergreen appear below. Read about the youth group we hosted from Bolivia and many parts of Canada, about the sustainable features of our facilities, about our workshops, and about how our lodge fosters heritage conservation in the articles below.

  • Wintergreen was recently featured in the Community Foundation of Kingston and Area newsletter (Summer, 2010). Check the online version here for a description of our summer activities and plans for the early fall.
  • The Anniversary Edition of Canadian Geographic included a Letter to the Editor about the construction of the Wintergreen lodge in response to an article about heritage conservation groups and sustainable building community, December, 2009. Download the PDF or check the online version here (scroll down to the 5th letter).
  • Wintergreen hosted a group of young Canadians and Bolivians for three days in mid-December. One of the features of their program was to prepare food using a 100-mile diet. For the full story and photographs, see the article in The Kingston Whig Standard which appeared on December 30, 2009, titled Youth Exchange: Canadians and Bolivians Live and Learn Together.
  • Wintergreen was featured in an article on living roofs in The Kingston Whig Standard, July 24, 2009 (p. 26). The Whig Standard
  • Making Eco-art at an Eco-lodge, by Julie Druker. Feature Article in the Frontenac News, July 16, 2009.
    http://www.frontenacnews.ca/2009/09-28_jul_16/eco_art.html
  • Wintergreen Studios Unveils Summer Programs by Craig Bakay. Article in Frontenac EMC, Thursday, June 4, 2009.http://www.perfprint.ca/emckingstonp674.php
  • Building an Off-Grid Business. Presentation hosted by the Frontenac Community Futures Development Corporation (FCFDC) in Verona, Ontario, April 29, 2009.
  • Exhibition at GreenUp! http://www.greenupfestival.ca, Kingston’s celebration of earth-friendly living, on April 19, 2009.
  • Education centre aims to bring balance back by Margaret Brand. The Review-Mirror, March 26, 2009.
  • New Eco-lodge Offers Nature and the Lost Arts by Julie Druker. http://www.frontenacnews.ca/2009/09-09_mar_5/eco_lodge.html, March 5, 2009.
  • Building an Off-Grid Retreat Centre. Presentation to the Kingston Rotary Club, March 3, 2009. Frontenac News, March 5, 2009.
  • Wintergreen was featured in the cover story, Artful Living, by Anita Jansman, in Complete Health, Fall, 2008.