by Jim Loew
If You Go:
Saturday, May 14 Pub Crawl, Sunday May 21 Spaces & Traces Housing Tour
5PM – 9:30PM
Presale ticket prices: $20 (HMI members) | $25 (nonmembers) – One ticket for both events – Ticket locations at end of story.
by Sue Blaustein – Photo by Joshua Sutton
Denise Crumble has lived in Riverwest for thirty-two years, and she is not someone who drifts through life taking events as they come. Her decision to move to Riverwest in 1979 was a characteristically considered one, with the aim of living in concert with closely-held principles while meeting her needs as a single mother. She was a student at UWM majoring in secondary education, raising her daughter Fatima, and pregnant with her son Bakeer when she moved into a building at Booth and Burleigh.
by Tiffany Donald
In her role as director of COA’s Adult Basic Education/GED program, longtime Riverwest resident Wendy Green has the important job of demonstrating to her young students that life can change in positive and unexpected ways. Her journey is a great example of this, and her devotion to the teenagers who come to her looking for a second chance at education is yielding real rewards.
by Erik Lindberg
Transition Milwaukee is the local branch of Transition USA, which works closely with the Transition Network, a UK-based organization that started it all. To learn more, visit transitionmilwaukee.ning.com, or attend one of the many events announced on the website. –Ed.
When people think about environ-mentalism or the green movement, many picture wind turbines and solar panels, hybrid cars and canvas shopping bags. Sustainability means changing your light bulbs to CFLs, buying products advertised as biodegradable or organic, paper instead of plastic, and separating recyclables.
You may shop at farmers markets and encourage legislation for high-speed rail. You probably lower your heat, insulate your house and bundle errands to limit driving.
You “lower your carbon footprint” while listening hopefully to promises of clean-burning natural gas, ethanol-fueled cars, carbon-dioxide free nuclear, and new sources of oil.
by Jessica Wineberg Binder and Kevin Luecke
Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin
To many, crocuses and other flowersare the first sign of spring. To Jacob Newborn of the Bicycle Federation of Wisconsin, more crowded bike lanes indicate that winter is over.
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