Nature Reel

08/09/2020

September Nature Reel canoe camping at Northern Highlands State Forest.

20/08/2020

How are you finding motivation?

Like many, I’ve been finding ways to adventure in my own neighborhood. I take several walks to the park, run up and down the hill with my husband and our 3 year old son, 10 year old daughter, and 6…

23/02/2020

2020 Winter Reel

04/10/2019

On a mission to get an electric charging station installed in Green Bay, WI. There are some stations, but more work needs to be done. Here are some benefits to electric vehicles.

1. Support locally generated energy
2. Cheaper to operate
3. More convenient
4. Fewer emissions
5. Promote renewable energy

29/09/2019

Going on adventures when I read. Do you have any favorite books that excite you?

27/03/2013

Wow. - Thank you so much for sticking around! Zach and I haven't posted a story on here in almost a year. We've spent a lot of our days exploring life and focusing on other projects. Of course our passion for writing and the natural flowing beauty of our world hasn't stopped amazing us! We've been building an array of interesting stories to share with you. Soon we plan to begin launching our ideas. Until then, Take Care!

27/03/2013

Do you enjoy cicadas? Here's an intersting project to get involved in if you live in the NE.

WNYC is asking "armchair scientists, lovers of nature and DIY makers" for their help to predict this year's cicada emergence in the Northeast. The bugs have been underground for the past 17 years.

11/03/2012

15/02/2012

I just signed a petition to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): Commissioner Hamburg, we urge the FDA to require the mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods. We have a right to know about the food we eat and what we feed our families, but under current FDA regulations, we don’t have ...

09/02/2012

A new study wants to rectify beef's image as an environmental miscreant. It says modern beef production is a lot kinder to the environment than it was 30 years ago.

04/02/2012

Going to make some SCOBY's soon. This is a great recipe!

I’m *so* excited to share this tutorial! The hardest party about home-brewing kombucha is getting your hands on a SCOBY – it’s either too costly or too hard to find – and I think that’s what stops a lot of folks from getting in on the game. But this is really easy and it really works, which means ho...

12/01/2012

Good words.

12/12/2011

Woah!

Given that current production systems leave nearly one billion people undernourished, the onus should be on the agribusiness industry to prove its model, not the other way around

20/10/2011

Decided to make an investment on an iPad. Looking forward to see how my overall energy consumption will decrease by the use of note taking apps, etc.

09/10/2011

If you would like to you can vote to know what is in our food.

While on the campaign trail in 2007, Barack Obama promised to label GMO foods if elected. Now's the time! Today, an estimated 80% of processed foods contain GMOs. Tell President Obama you agree that the U.S. needs GMO labeling "because Americans should know what they're buying".For the past 20 years...

05/10/2011

The future of Appleton's river front has awesome possibilities!

From the Focus on the Fox by Renee Torzala When you think of a playground, images of swings, monkey bars and slides usually come to mind. This isn't what Alderman Joe Martin had in mind when ...

04/10/2011

Neat!

Growing Power is undertaking something that has never been done before. We will build the first five-story vertical farmin the world. Our vertical farm will have south-facing greenhouse areas for the year-round production of plants, vegetables, and herbs. The building will provide educational classr...