Each February for 4 days people from around the world come together to watch, learn about, count and celebrate birds. You are invited to get out and spend time in nature watching and counting as many birds as you can…
Clean Green Action is a Wisconsin Rapids grassroots group dedicated to creating a sustainable community through education, recycling and conservation efforts in greater south Wood County. I was introduced to Clean Green Action by Jane Haasch, one of our collaborators…
“When you are a maker of things, when you create things — art or clothes or whatever you make — you never know where they’re going to go. And the fact that these mittens were made with the sewing machine…
If we merge mercy with might and might with right then love becomes our legacy and change our children’s birthright. Amanda Gorman Common Roots Rising is nurturing the seeds of love and shining a light on the beauty growing all…
Rural Uprising Bakery is a local bakery specializing in sourdough breads and torillas made from locally milled organic grains. Cole Madden is the founder and baker. I’ve been a fan of Cole’s bakery ever since we discover him at the…
Hiking – “I don’t like either the word or the thing. People ought to saunter in the mountains – not hike! Do you know the origin of that word ‘saunter?’ It’s a beautiful word. Away back in the Middle Ages…
Our environmental education efforts at the Oz Natural Area began when our oldest daughter, Hannah, was two and we purchased this property and made it the first site of Waupaca’s River Ridge Trail. We began by hosting small groups of…
Common Roots Rising is preparing the ground, planting seeds and growing a movement. We are imagining new ways of working together, combining skills and networking toward greater cooperation and mutual support. Common Roots Rising is incubating co-creativity, connecting potential and…
“We have lived by the assumption that what was good for us would be good for the world. And this has been based on the even flimsier assumption that we could know with any certainty what was good even for…
Waupaca Community Arts Board’s Winter Craft Cafe starts Jan. 17 with a peaceful luminary project! Everything you need to make beautiful luminaries is included — even a realistically flickering battery-powered tealight with a timer. Just add your own creativity! Kits…