Building a Multiracial Environmental Community
Nearby Nature, Milwaukee Environmental Consortium, and Hummingbird invite you to join in Building a Multiracial Environmental Community. Through collective study and action, we commit to...
How to Conduct a Home Waste Audit
A home waste audit is an opportunity to get to know your household’s consumption and waste habits. We tend to think we have a pretty...
We Can End Racism in the Environmental Movement
Last fall, I attended a workshop series facilitated by August Ball. August taught us about the history of racism, how it’s been internalized and creates...
How to Fight Food Waste & Insecurity in Milwaukee
The average American sends more than half a pound of food waste to the landfill per day(1), while 1 in 11 households in Wisconsin face...
Thank you for voting for people and the planet!
The future is looking brighter these days thanks to your vote for people and the planet! THANK YOU! Voting to remove Donald Trump from office...
Imagine a Day Without Water
Can you #ImagineADayWithoutWater? It’s just past noon and my household has easily used a couple gallons without even thinking about it! But for many of us...
How are you feeling about the election?
I’m worried. I try to stay positive and direct my energies into something productive, but it’s true – I’m worried. It feels like we’re at...
Taking the Greenwashing out of Green Cleaning
“No phthalates, no sulfates, no parabens, no toluene…” Look familiar? As consumers demand more natural products, the “no list” has become a major marketing tool....
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July 23, 2020
Taking the Pledge
I believe it is essential that all of Milwaukee’s communities are actively involved in building a sustainable Milwaukee. Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC)...
Becoming Anti-Racist
Nature offers us a beautiful place to reflect and reconnect. But right now it’s a privilege to be able to access it, and to have...
Composting FAQs
Last week, Kompost Kids answered your composting questions in the first episode of Ask Them Anything! They provided tons of incredible information for us. Thank...
Ask Them Anything: Kompost Kids, Part 2
More of your composting questions have been answered! Yay! Last week we asked you on Instagram and Facebook what you wanted to know about composting....