Earth Day

Lake Effect’s Joy Powers met up with Venice Williams and Abdul Qadir Hasan from Alice’s Garden to discuss how the urban farm is celebrating Earth Day and the start of this year's growing season.

Conservationists are working to increase access to environmental education in Milwaukee so students of color can connect with nature in their communities.

BlueGreen Alliance's Richard Diaz discusses the relationship between environmental justice and infrastructure issues in Milwaukee.

WUWM begins an Earth Week series on environmental and energy inequities.

In northeastern Wisconsin, a young program called “Medicine Fish” is connecting Menominee tribal youth to nature. Fly fishing was the first tool. Now, buffalo are being reintroduced to heal both the land and people.

Sisters Karen and Jennifer Lemke visited more than 50 parks to put together the accessible field guide. They consider it a showcase of the city they love and a vision for an inclusive future.

The BIPOC Birding Club of Wisconsin recently donated 20 “birding kit” backpacks to neighborhood centers and schools across Madison and Milwaukee.

In 1970, an environmental movement unfolded and it resulted in calls for action. We meet several people who were part of what would be a pivotal environmental event.

Advocates say a large conservation project proposed in northern Wisconsin makes both financial and ecological sense, but this week a state Legislative committee denied stewardship funding. It’s a complicated story that illustrates Wisconsin’s cloudy conservation funding landscape.

Landscape architect and restoration team Nancy Aten and Dan Collins will hold the second Land Restoration School this summer at the UW-Milwaukee Field Station. Grappling with our stressed environment and the life within it represents a daunting challenge, but people and programs are stepping up and leading by example to address it.