May 8th I went to a native plant sale at the Hortonville Community Center that CERV Hortonville put on to grow awareness of native plants in the area. CERV, Community Environmental Restoration Volunteers, is an organization focused on doing small,…
Farmers Union organized an education and fun field day at In Nature’s Thyme on May 7th. During the urban farm field day we explored seeds, soil and sustainability on the micro scale! In Nature’s Thyme is an 1/8 acre urban…
On May 6th I was asked to lead a garden clean up and prep for planting with a work group from the Community Foundation of the Fox Valley region at the Multicultural Coalition’s community garden. Maria Mason is the Multicultural…
Singing Resistance Fox Cities joined the May Day rally in Houdini Plaza organized by Indivisible Fox Valley. Check out the video highlights from the Sing! For more information about Singing Resistance Fox Cities and upcoming Sing In events please visit…
The City of Oshkosh Parks department partnered with local environmental groups for a special tree planting event at Oshkosh North Conservancy (Akan Acres), a 12-acre, City owned parcel adjacent to Oshkosh North High School. The city worked with Urban Ecology…
Do you want your vote to count? That requires that we end gerrymandering in our state, once and for all. Gerrymandering has been a scourge on our WI politics ever since the Republicans drew the most partisan maps in the…
Politics in the Park is back with their schedule for May Politics in the Park is offering something new this spring. Each week, they’ll share a one-word prompt to spark conversation in our community. Think of it as a starting…
Do you think learning about Sustainable Agricultural is important? Would you like to help keep the Sustainable Agriculture program going at NWTC? We are meeting this Friday, May 1st at 6 p.m. at the NWTC Landscape & Horticulture Building / GB Botanical Gardens to…
I attended the CommUnity Conference hosted by the Whitburn Center at UWO on Monday, April 27. One of the afternoon sessions was titled: Youth Civic Engagement through Environmental Issues – Interactive Roundtables Here is the description of the session: Join…
Grassroots Uprising will be a public monthly Mutual Aid Market under the Common Roots Rising commUNITY umbrella (including Common Roots Rising & CommonRootsRising.org ), one Saturday morning per month beginning in May through October. Valerie Nett is the visionary behind…