by Lee Gutowski You may not know his name, although you’ve probably seen him before. Like many people around town, you may know him only as “The Bee Guy.” Which is pretty appropriate, really, as Charlie Koenen (pronounced KEE-nen) is all about the Bees. Honeybees in particular. For Charlie is the brains behind and inventor […]
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Club Noir
by KJ I gallivanted the afterlife’s foggy streets for a millennium and never stumbled upon a place I could call home All the giggle sticks I mortified myself with Lucifer couldn’t give me bliss My trench coat was plastered in Cuban cigar smoke and a prostitute’s pleasure A murder of fiery-eyed crows circled above my […]
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The Future of Snails Crossing
by Abigail Elsmo-Siebert Research conducted in 2012 presented the correlation between the environment of a play area and the physical health of the children in that community. The research revealed that traditional playground design methods that were mostly composed of brightly colored metal equipment were related to a higher overweight and obesity percentage rather that […]
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Dam Decision – Remove It
Photo and story by Vince Bushell You can’t make everybody happy. The common good should determine resource management. Resources include public land and water, and public finance. Science is not opinion. Some aspects of best use in the public arena are opinion. The above aphorisms are criteria I use to make a judgement on […]
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Sustainability Summit MATC
by Soumya Gokuli Since 2003, Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) has had the pleasure of hosting the Sustainability Summit, a widely anticipated event for the environmentally–concerned crowd. The 12th annual, 2015 Sustainability Summit and Exposition will be held March 4th-6th at the Wisconsin Center, conveniently located on downtown Milwaukee’s Wisconsin Avenue. The Summit aims to […]
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