Published March 26, 2012
Miller Park, home to the Milwaukee Brewers, became the first Major League Baseball stadium with a retractable roof to earn a LEED certification. It is also just the third park in all of baseball to earn such a distinction.
Published April 17, 2009
Earth Day 2009 is Wednesday, April 22, but there's no need to stand idly by and do nothing until then. If you haven't already begun your eco-friendly deeds this spring, here are a few ways to keep you green and active all week long.
Published March 28, 2009
In terms of helping the environment, this is about the easiest thing you can do. You turn off all the non-essential lighting and electronics in your home or business for an hour today, Saturday, March 28, and bam! you've just participated in Earth Hour, a global effort to raise awareness of climate change.
Published April 24, 2008
While the former city forester does worry about trees, Milwaukee's Environmental Services Superintendent Preston Cole has a bigger job now. Five years ago, the city merged its forestry and sanitation divisions, and he now oversees 650 employees.
Published June 5, 2007
More people are considering the environment in just about everything they do, from recycling to what they drive to how they vacation. Now, you can “travel green” throughout Wisconsin, thanks to a state Department of Tourism program.
Arms and legs bare, the two coeds sat directly on UWM grass and smiled at each other as they chatted. I slowed my bike. Would they glare at me or thank me if I said something? I kept going. The usual Pesticide Application Keep Off the Grass signs were posted, block after nauseating bl...
Tomorrow, Saturday, March 19th at 6 p.m. I will be hosting an awesome event to showcase the premiere of my clothing line and the store Jeanerations! This event will be located at 240 N. Milwaukee St. in the Historic Third Ward! Come down for a night of pure fun, relaxation, networking opportuniti...
We dipped into spring for a while before churches chimed midnight on 12/31/10. Spring didn’t lead into summer, instead lead to midwinter mutters, though it wasn’t midwinter. Yes, 2011 began with howls of wind. Weird weather here, dramatic temperature swings, our first serio...
It’s calming to weed the garden. Anyway, it used to be, before this month’s Second Sunday Soup and Salad Salon! Harvey Taylor http://www.harveytaylor.net/index.php, one of my fellow Earth Poets http://www.milwaukeerenaissance.com/EarthPoetsAndMusicians/HomePage, and Susie Krause led...
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