Green Resources
Whether you're building a worm composting system or sustainable building materials, the Urban Ecology Center can help you ways to change your everyday life in order to live more lighly on the earth. From compost to vermiculture, water collection to community supported agriculture, we can help you begin projects that will change your perspective and habits.
You’ll never look at a worm the same way again.
Community Connections
Be a Food Leader with the Victory Garden Initiative!Be the first to participate in this unique, cutting edge program that combines knowledge of the food system, with community organizing, and the skills needed to grow your own food! This certificate program, offered by the Victory Garden Initiative, is for people who want to become leaders in the food movement, in their personal or professional lives. The 2-day retreat is the launching event for the one-year certification program, that also includes 2 day-long community organizing trainings, 8+ Edible Gardening Classes and much more. With supervision, participants will plan and execute a community food project during the one-year training period. Saturday, February 25 & Sunday, February 26 (overnight) |
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Safe Street Biking
If you bike to work, take a look at this site http://bicyclesafe.com/. It gives you some practical collision-prevention advice that isn’t very obvious at first, but makes a whole lot of sense.
(Please note: they minimize the importance of wearing a helmet. Don’t listen to them! Riding smart AND wearing a helmet just makes you all the more safe.)
Interesting Links
Earth Day Network
Earth Day Network is an alliance of 5,000 groups in 184 countries working to promote a healthy environment and a peaceful, just, sustainable world through campaigns, events and personal actions.
http://www.earthday.net/
Ssustainable Communities Network
Linking citizens to resources and to one another to create healthy, vital, sustainable communities.
http://www.sustainable.org
Top dirtiest beaches in the USA
http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/americas-most-polluted-beaches.html
10 greenest cities in the USA
http://green.yahoo.com/blog/greenpicks/249/top-10-u-s-cities-of-the-future.html
UWM Article about invasives in Lake Michigan
http://www4.uwm.edu/news/features/details.cfm? customel_datapageid_11602=1376414
The Milwaukee Green Map
The Milwaukee Green Map shows environmentally significant sites throughout Milwaukee County.
http://www.wisconline.com/greenmap/milwaukee
The Midwest Renewable Energy Association
A nonprofit network for sharing ideas, resources, and information with individuals, businesses, and communities to promote a sustainable future through renewable energy and energy efficiency.
http:://www.the-mrea.org
