The Kenosha Transportation Academy wrapped up last week with final project presentations held at Carthage College. I’ll be honest, when I started preparation for this Academy, I wasn’t sure how it was going to unfold. Kenosha is bigger and more spread out than any other location where we’ve run this program so far. The city’s […]
Read more about "Final Kenosha Transportation Academy"1k Friends webinar December 4
Join us on Wednesday, December 4 from 12-1 (central) for a webinar with Dr. Wes Marshall, professor at the University of Colorado in Denver and author of Killed by a Traffic Engineer! Killed by a Traffic Engineer was the book of the month for September. Marshall pulls back the glittering green curtain to reveal that […]
Read more about "1k Friends webinar December 4"Wisconsin Climate Table fall meeting
On Friday, October 25, members of the Wisconsin Climate Table met in…Illinois?! Yes, that’s right, we met in Illinois. (To be fair, we were within spitting distance of the state line; you could see Wisconsin out the window.) Our fall meeting took place at Nature at the Confluence in South Beloit, IL. Why Beloit? As […]
Read more about "Wisconsin Climate Table fall meeting"Climate Fast Forward 2024
Climate Fast Forward, November 14-15 in Rothschild, WI Join us for Climate Fast Forward 2024, a collaborative climate action conference hosted in Rothschild, Wisconsin, by the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters. For the Academy’s third year hosting the event, the conference will now span two days, allowing for more workshops, speakers, and connections than […]
Read more about "Climate Fast Forward 2024"Kenosha Transportation Academy transit tour
We are rounding out the last few weeks of the Kenosha Transportation Academy, with just two sessions to go before the end of October. Yesterday was the transit tour, and it was hands down everyone’s favorite class so far! We started off with a Q&A from four local experts: Anthony Kennedy, who represents District 10 […]
Read more about "Kenosha Transportation Academy transit tour"Climate, Connections, and Community in Stevens Point
On Thursday, September 26, community members and advocates in Stevens Point had several opportunities to participate in activities celebrating climate resilience and transport equity in an event called “Climate, Connections, and Community.” 1000 Friends of Wisconsin hosted the event with the support of AARP Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Office of Sustainability and Clean Energy, and the […]
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