Health crisis? Hunger crisis? Local food production can address them both. According to the Zero Hunger Challenge, a program presented by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in 2012, the only way to end world hunger is through sustainable small-plot farming. Some think this kind of initiative is only needed in third world countries. However, UN […]
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Neighbor Spotlight: Barb Wesson
by Lee Gutowski The Art of Living Dynamically: Barb Wesson’s Winding Trail to Nia-land Barb Wesson is a dancing, dreaming dynamo. The Nia Technique teacher has lived in Riverwest since 1999, and for years has been manifesting her goals and helping others achieve theirs by teaching them the art of “mind-body fitness.” So what exactly […]
Posted inGreen Spaces Briefs, Neighborhood News
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 […]
Posted inBusiness Briefs, Music & Events
Green Holidays
They say you can’t buy happiness, but you can buy local! The Green Holidays section is a handy guide to local holiday music, fairs, art, books, shopping, and dining. “Green Holidays” means local shopping and keeping the “green” in the hood. It also means going “green” with eco-friendly gifts. Our local shopkeepers offer many ways […]
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Riverwest Radio “station granted”
by Jim Loew The eclectic, thoroughly fascinating, and enter-taining Riverwest Radio (RwR), which has been available through web broadcast, or “podcast,” has been granted a construction permit for a low-power FM station in the Milwaukee area by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). For all those involved with making Riverwest Radio happen, this is a big […]
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