Milwaukee’s environmental community has taken an exciting and unprecedented leap into what former Vice President Al Gore has deemed the “century of the environment” with the strategic alliance of several organizations into the Milwaukee Environmental Consortium (MEC).
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Riverwest and the Wisconsin Humane Society
The Wisconsin Humane Society (WHS) has been caring for and saving sick, injured, and homeless animals in our community for 125 years. WHS provides top-quality, cost-effective services to people and animals. It is the largest animal shelter in Wisconsin, and one of the largest, and most respected, in the United States.
Posted inMusic & Events
What Happened in Miami?
What Happened in Miami? And What’s Next for the Fair Trade Movement? Thurs., Dec. 11, 6:30 pm, Milwaukee County Labor Council, 633 S. Hawley Rd.
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LOST FILM FESTIVAL comes to Milwaukee
In the midsts of Teargas, police brutality, censorship, and repression in the name of “Homeland Security” there is a movement of independent mediamakers dedicated to maintaining a free and open press. Lost Film Festival celebrates freedom of expression by traveling around the world, presenting controversial work often glossed over by the corporate press.
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Eudemon: The Gift
A deep chill was in the air as Eudemon left his home and headed east on Locust Street. A full moon shone on him as he walked to Riverside’s Urban Ecology Center. As he walked he stared at the moon as the earth’s shadow crept across its face. In the park telescopes were set up to observe this celestial happening. For a while, the man with the fancy telescope had it pointed at a nebula, which looked like a fuzzy cloud so very far away. Our planet’s shadow crept across the moon until it was an orange orb in the sky. Eudemon felt kind of spacey as he walked back across the river, turning around every now and then to gaze at the moon.