https://middlewisconsin.org Fairness. Respect. Community. Mon, 21 Jun 2021 10:18:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://middlewisconsin.org/reimagine-waste-from-trash-to-energy/ Mon, 17 May 2021 05:10:52 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=9840 Public domain image: Garbage being unloaded at a Minnesota landfill. When I say that we can power our cities off of the garbage they produce, you might think that I am referring to the practice of burning garbage. That is not the sole focus of this article, but I feel like it is something that […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/reimagine-waste-capturing-and-reusing-carbon-to-build-a-better-world/ Mon, 03 May 2021 05:20:10 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=9831 Photo taken by Will Hascall. Since long before I was born, America has confused progress with building something new with an emphasis on building and new. If something is not bigger, more expensive, shinier, full of greater functionality and more expensive, it is just not new enough, not good enough. This is a flawed perspective. […]]]> https://middlewisconsin.org/reimagine-waste-creative-perspectives/ Mon, 03 May 2021 05:10:54 +0000 https://www.middlewisconsin.org/?p=9825 Photo submitted by Jen Dolan. Following Earth Week, the 51st Earth Day, and my 45th birthday, I had an idea for a series of articles that we are launching this week, called “reimagine waste.” I spent my birthday, April 22nd, preparing my Garden Circle raised beds and working on glass fusing projects with my microwave kiln. I […]]]>