Community

Building a More Resilient Milwaukee

One Family and One Neighborhood at a Time

Since 2007, organizations such as the Center for Resilient Cities (CRC), Milwaukee Food Council (MFC), SeedFolks Youth Ministry, Alice’s Garden and Walnut Way Conservation Corp. have been among the dozens working with Milwaukee residents to create a healthy food system that is economically vibrant, socially just and environmentally sustainable.

Victory Garden Initiative

Empowering Communities to Grow Food

Victory Garden Initiative, founded by Gretchen Mead, is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering communities to grow food and reawaken the relationship between human and food ecology.

Sowing Seeds of Health, Hope and Humanity

An Interview with Vandana Shiva

The founder of Navdanya, a seed freedom movement in India to promote native seeds, Vandana Shiva is a formidable opponent in the global battle over genetically modified seed.

Shaping Sustainability

MATC educates students who are building Milwaukee’s greener future.

Thanks to visionary business owners who anticipated solid green opportunities on the horizon, as well as innovative colleges with a pioneering training curriculum, such as Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) and its Center for Energy Conservation and Advanced Manufacturing (ECAM), sustainable business can anticipate a more positive lending experience and brighter future.

Kinkoona Farm

Where Nature Nurtures Learning, Laughter and a Pioneering Spirit

To Suellen Thomson-Link and her three children Syon, Acaya and Sundara, stewards of Kinkoona Farm's 35 acres, nature and nurture are interchangeable words.

Learning to Value Nature

Milwaukee’s Urban Ecology Center preserves childhood while nurturing ecological understanding.

Ken Leinbach had one thing on his mind during the mid-1990s when he took the helm as executive director of the Urban Ecology Center, located in a doublewide trailer in a crime-ridden, 15-acre city park full of litter and invasive plants.

CORE/El Centro

Impacting Global Healing

This grassroots organization is returning the world to its natural state of health and wholeness—one individual, one family and one community at a time.

Milwaukee, Powered by Solar and People

A Bright Beacon of Hope for Renewable Energy

In 1990, when a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens from Central Wisconsin initially assembled to plan their first Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair, there were several confident optimists in the group who believed in an imminent future powered by renewable energy.

Labyrinth Garden Earth Sculpture

Meditation Garden for the Community

After gathering a few grants to get started, plus permission from the city to build in a public park and a core of dedicated volunteers, the Labyrinth Garden Earth Sculpture became a reality.

Waldorf Schools

Educating the Whole Child: Head, Heart and Hands

Rudolf Steiner, founder of the Waldorf School, believed that children would develop a passion for lifelong learning if they were educated in an environment where learning was less about an acquisition of information and more about an engaging voyage of discovery of the world and oneself.

Gayatri Center for Healing

Hands and Hearts that Heal

A fervent desire to facilitate healing is the central force behind Gayatri Center for Healing, motivating its founder Lynne Austin and her business partner, Jacque Stock.

The Natural Path: Healing Mind, Body and Spirit

A place where people can discover just what they need for optimum health.

Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts

Angel Light offers education, products and services related to health, the healing arts and spiritual development.

YogaOne Studio

Helps Others Feel Good

With locations in Cedarburg and Fox Point, YogaOne Studio helps clients clients find their paths to feeling great and to leading lives of balance and graciousness.

Outpost Natural Foods

Community Owned, Community Supported

The three Outpost stores offer unique and fun shopping experiences, bursting with fresh foods and hard-to-find items

Integrative Dental Solutions Provides Holistic Perspective

At Integrative Dental Solutions (IDS), doctors Ingo Mahn and Supriya Shetty are committed to providing holistic dental care and using materials and methods that are the most beneficial to the overall health of their patients.

Shorewood Family Chiropractic

Focusing on Holistic Health and Wellness

When seeing patients, Maroney uses a whole-person, holistic approach. While she addresses any obvious problems, such as stress on the spine, she also creates a detailed evaluation of a person’s sleeping, eating, exercise and lifestyle habits to determine what else may be taxing their nervous system.

A Green Collaboration

Three Ecopreneurs Work Together for a More Sustainable Milwaukee

Three local business owners have come together to show how true entrepreneurial spirit—and the magic of collaboration—can help a business thrive.

Good Harvest Market

Dedicated to Health and Community

Good Harvest Market offers local residents convenient access to healthier options, while creating a sense of community.

	Kompost Kids Host Mother Earth Day Fundraiser The Kompost Kids, an all-volunteer nonprofit, will host a Mother Earth Day fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m., May 11, at the Humboldt Park Pavilion.
	Greendale Schools’ Nourish Expo Greendale Schools will host its third annual Mind, Body and Environment Expo, called Nourish, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., May 11, at Greendale High School.
	Earth Day Bike Summit Celebrates Pedal-Powered Transportation The Greener Oconomowoc Earth Day Bike Summit, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 21, at the Oconomowoc Arts Center, promises a schedule packed with family-friendly, bicycle-related fun. From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., attendees can enjoy a locally sourced brunch and bike expo, featuring experts from Wisconsin bike clubs and businesses.
	Milwaukee’s Second Annual Earth Day Celebration The city of Milwaukee’s Office of Environmental Sustainability and Rock the Green will collaborate to present their second annual Earth Day Celebration, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., April 19, just outside City Hall, on Market Street.

	Living Art Creativity Inspires Community Everywhere in the U.S., people are gathering for artful togetherness--cooking or painting, storytelling or gardening, drumming or dancing. These initiatives can transform a city or neighborhood's well-being on multiple levels.
	Living in Community A Conversation with Diana Leafe Christian on Practical Co-Housing Living in community allows you to grow as a person and learn what you are really like, from the perspectives of others who are willing to give feedback and appreciation.
	Awakening Consciousness Bold New Visions for Us, the Earth and the Universe Today’s technologies help us create instance communications that span continents, cross cultural barriers and bridge political divides. These forged connections weave us all together. Now, inspired organizations are deftly exploring, encouraging and researching the global awakening that accompanies them.
	Connecting Kids to Community Getting Youth Involved in a Good Cause Before scheduling after-school soccer practice or cheerleading, why not consider committing to a different kind of extracurricular activity: community outreach.
	It’s All About We Conscious Evolution: Why We’re Better Together Replacing the “I win, you lose” paradigm is a new “Me-We” way of thinking that now informs everything from enlightened environmental stewardship to economics, as well as health and spiritual well-being.
	Women As Leaders Pulling Together to Secure Harmony on Earth Since 2005, the power of media images has been stretching our collective imagination and changing the perception of what is possible for young girls and women who dream of using their leadership skills to make our world a better place to live.

	Building a More Resilient Milwaukee One Family and One Neighborhood at a Time Since 2007, organizations such as the Center for Resilient Cities (CRC), Milwaukee Food Council (MFC), SeedFolks Youth Ministry, Alice’s Garden and Walnut Way Conservation Corp. have been among the dozens working with Milwaukee residents to create a healthy food system that is economically vibrant, socially just and environmentally sustainable.
	Victory Garden Initiative Empowering Communities to Grow Food Victory Garden Initiative, founded by Gretchen Mead, is a nonprofit dedicated to empowering communities to grow food and reawaken the relationship between human and food ecology.
	Sowing Seeds of Health, Hope and Humanity An Interview with Vandana Shiva The founder of Navdanya, a seed freedom movement in India to promote native seeds, Vandana Shiva is a formidable opponent in the global battle over genetically modified seed.
	Shaping Sustainability MATC educates students who are building Milwaukee’s greener future. Thanks to visionary business owners who anticipated solid green opportunities on the horizon, as well as innovative colleges with a pioneering training curriculum, such as Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) and its Center for Energy Conservation and Advanced Manufacturing (ECAM), sustainable business can anticipate a more positive lending experience and brighter future.
	Kinkoona Farm Where Nature Nurtures Learning, Laughter and a Pioneering Spirit To Suellen Thomson-Link and her three children Syon, Acaya and Sundara, stewards of Kinkoona Farm's 35 acres, nature and nurture are interchangeable words.
	Learning to Value Nature Milwaukee’s Urban Ecology Center preserves childhood while nurturing ecological understanding. Ken Leinbach had one thing on his mind during the mid-1990s when he took the helm as executive director of the Urban Ecology Center, located in a doublewide trailer in a crime-ridden, 15-acre city park full of litter and invasive plants.
	CORE/El Centro Impacting Global Healing This grassroots organization is returning the world to its natural state of health and wholeness—one individual, one family and one community at a time.
	Milwaukee, Powered by Solar and People A Bright Beacon of Hope for Renewable Energy In 1990, when a small group of thoughtful and committed citizens from Central Wisconsin initially assembled to plan their first Renewable Energy and Sustainable Living Fair, there were several confident optimists in the group who believed in an imminent future powered by renewable energy.
	Labyrinth Garden Earth Sculpture Meditation Garden for the Community After gathering a few grants to get started, plus permission from the city to build in a public park and a core of dedicated volunteers, the Labyrinth Garden Earth Sculpture became a reality.
	Waldorf Schools Educating the Whole Child: Head, Heart and Hands Rudolf Steiner, founder of the Waldorf School, believed that children would develop a passion for lifelong learning if they were educated in an environment where learning was less about an acquisition of information and more about an engaging voyage of discovery of the world and oneself.
	Gayatri Center for Healing Hands and Hearts that Heal A fervent desire to facilitate healing is the central force behind Gayatri Center for Healing, motivating its founder Lynne Austin and her business partner, Jacque Stock.
	The Natural Path: Healing Mind, Body and Spirit A place where people can discover just what they need for optimum health.
	Angel Light Center for the Healing Arts Angel Light offers education, products and services related to health, the healing arts and spiritual development.
	YogaOne Studio Helps Others Feel Good With locations in Cedarburg and Fox Point, YogaOne Studio helps clients clients find their paths to feeling great and to leading lives of balance and graciousness.
	Outpost Natural Foods Community Owned, Community Supported The three Outpost stores offer unique and fun shopping experiences, bursting with fresh foods and hard-to-find items
	Integrative Dental Solutions Provides Holistic Perspective At Integrative Dental Solutions (IDS), doctors Ingo Mahn and Supriya Shetty are committed to providing holistic dental care and using materials and methods that are the most beneficial to the overall health of their patients.
	Shorewood Family Chiropractic Focusing on Holistic Health and Wellness When seeing patients, Maroney uses a whole-person, holistic approach. While she addresses any obvious problems, such as stress on the spine, she also creates a detailed evaluation of a person’s sleeping, eating, exercise and lifestyle habits to determine what else may be taxing their nervous system.
	A Green Collaboration Three Ecopreneurs Work Together for a More Sustainable Milwaukee Three local business owners have come together to show how true entrepreneurial spirit—and the magic of collaboration—can help a business thrive.
	Good Harvest Market Dedicated to Health and Community Good Harvest Market offers local residents convenient access to healthier options, while creating a sense of community.

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