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Join us for good drinks, good conversation and a chance to network with other environmentally minded people.  Let’s bring together the environmental community in Milwaukee and have fun doing it!SPEAKER:  Andy Pace is the founder and owner of The Green Design Center in suburban Milwaukee. The Green Design Center, formerly known as Safe Building Solutions, is the premier retailer of green and healthy home building and improvement products and consulting in southeastern Wisconsin, and a major…See More

LOCATION:  Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery.    This unique German-style beer hall is located in the Pabst Brewery re-development.  The “Brewery” was recently awarded LEED-ND Platinum, making it one of the greenest neighborhood developments in the US. PARKING:  There is free two-hour street parking through 9pm in front the building on Juneau Avenue. Alternatively, the parking structure across the street offers parking at $0.75/hour.SPEAKER:  Jeremy Anderson, President of EASENET.  …See More

LOCATION:  Best Place at the Historic Pabst Brewery.    This unique German-style beer hall is located in the Pabst Brewery re-development.  The “Brewery” was recently awarded LEED-ND Platinum, making it one of the greenest neighborhood developments in the US. PARKING:  There is free two-hour street parking through 9pm in front the building on Juneau Avenue. Alternatively, the parking structure across the street offers parking at $0.75/hour.SPEAKER:  Jeremy Anderson, President of EASENET.  …See More

Green Drinks Milwaukee: Milwaukee’s Monthly Green Networking Event Join us for good drinks, good conversation and a chance to network with other environmentally minded people.  Let’s bring together the environmental community in Milwaukee and have fun doing it!MARCH EVENT: Tour of Helios Solar Works (tour begins shortly after 5pm)Drinks post-tour:  Twisted Fisherman 1200 W Canal St, Milwaukee, WI 53233Speaker: John Kivlin, COO, Helios Solar Works.  During this look at one of Milwaukee’s most…See More

Our speaker this month is Kevin Shafer, Director of Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District.  As you may know, MMSD is a regional government agency that provides water reclamation and flood management services for about 1.1 million customers in 28 communities in the Greater Milwaukee Area.  Come learn about their innovative sustainability initiatives and goals that affect us all!  Social time begins at 5pm, speaker at 6pm. …See More

This month's speaker is Melissa Tashjian, Executive Director of Kompost KidsThe mission of Kompost Kids is to educate the public, individuals, businesses and institutions about the benefits of compost and to reclaim organic materials from landfills to create soil for community-based agriculture projects. They are an eager, determined group of urban pioneers, cultivating communities through advocacy, education, and hard work.They envision a world in which every person disposes of food residuals…See More

On May 9th, our featured speakers will be Rick Meyers and Becky Curtis with the City of Milwaukee Recycling office.  They will briefly outline the many material recovery programs run by the City – from plastics to carpet to vegetable oil – in an effort to conserve resources and support sustainable materials management.  There will be plenty of time to ask the recycling experts about anything that strikes your curiosity.What is Green Drinks?  Join us for good drinks, good conversation and a…See More

The film opens with a quote: "Community is the secret ingredient in sustainability."  Mandy Creighton and Ryan Mlynarczyk, after a stint in the Peace Corps in the 90s, came back from Central America to the US bound to hold on to the lessons of simplicity and community they'd learned.  But they felt it slipslide away, as it does, when you start building careers instead. . .But they dug deep. They sold what they had and biked 6500 miles around the US, looking for a sustainable community.See More

2 day event discusses topics such as:Food Security and Health,  Producer Development ,   Market Development,  Infrastructure Development, and Community DevelopmentSee More

In the spirit of seeking alternative societies, the conference will bring together a diversity of social actors to share a deeper understanding of the degrowth paradigm, and build networks and relationships over six days. It will also include a convivial degrowth fair, with exhibits, art/video/cultural events, opportunities for international participants to exchange beyond that possible in most formal academic conferences. Tours and interaction with Montreal, Quebec and regional social…See More