So Enbridge Sued Us

SO ENBRIDGE SUED US By James Botsford (Editor’s Note: James and Krista Botsford of Wausau, Wisconsin are being sued by Enbridge, a multi-national oil pipeline corporation based in Canada, over land in North Dakota that the Botsfords own.) One day around dinner time the phone rang and it was someone from a multi-national oil pipeline corporation telling me they wanted to run a 24-inch pipeline across our farmland capable of transporting 300,000 barrels of oil a day in order to get it to a seaport so it could be sold on the world market. I told them my wife and I weren’t interested, that we didn’t want to participate in their private ...

Shrink the Pentagon’s Massive Contribution to Climate Change

Shrink the Pentagon's Massive Contribution to Climate Change by Lenore Hitchler (This article was first published in The Capital Times) Roads melting from a heatwave in India. Droughts. Floods in Bangladesh. Many scientists believe the dramatic increase in extreme weather is a result of global climate change. Pope Francis is particularly concerned about the ethics of not stopping global warming, as he discusses in his encyclical. A lot of talk about the causes of climate change emphasizes the contributions of individuals to the problem. The solutions to climate change focuses on what individuals can do, such as driving hybrid cars and shopping ...

Home…A Good Movie To Watch

HOME…..A GOOD MOVIE TO WATCH World renowned photographer, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, released HOME on World Environment Day, June 5, 2009. The film was shot in 54 countries and 120 locations over 217 days. HOME is almost entirely composed of aerial footage showing how everything on earth is interconnected. Though the visually stunning images inspire a sense of awe, wonder, and appreciation for our home planet, this film was produced to awaken a collective conscience and responsibility. HOME poses the prospect that unless we take responsible action to protect the earth's resources, we risk losing the only home we may ever have. https://ww...

HELP RENEW THE EARTH – MIDWEST ENERGY FAIR

HELP RENEW THE EARTH by Middle Wisconsin Editorial Staff Here’s is your chance to help renew the earth. Attend the 26th Annual Energy Fair 2015 June 19-21, Friday – Sunday in Custer, Wisconsin. You can learn about renewable energy as well as network with people already living a sustainable lifestyle. Over 15,000 people will attend this grand event in beautiful central Wisconsin. They come from all walks of life and have one thing in common: love and concern for renewing our earth. Buses will come from Madison and Milwaukee. A shuttle bus runs every 15 minutes from Stevens Point to Custer. In this weekend, you have over 200 choices ...

RE-PURPOSING GOVERNMENT

REPURPOSING GOVERNMENT This commentary is a distillation of Mike McCabe’s keynote speech at the Wisconsin Grassroots Network festival in Mazomanie on March 28. It was first published as an opinion column by the online news site Wistopia on April 3. It is reprinted from the Blue Jean Nation website at: http://www.bluejeannation.com/commentary04-13-2015/ It’s easy to be consumed by what or who we are against rather than what we are for. But if we are going to get Wisconsin and our nation out of the rut we are in politically, we cannot afford to dwell on what we hate. We need to be thinking and talking about what we love and what we hope ...