by Dietram Scheufele, Kathy Kuntz, Sharon Dunwoody | May 9, 2013 | Videos
Why is it so difficult for Americans to act on our climate and energy challenges? On May 9, 2013, the Wisconsin Academy hosted a panel of experts, Sharon Dunwoody and Dietram Scheufele of the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Kathy Kuntz of Cool Choices, to discuss...
by John & Dorothy Priske | Apr 29, 2013 | Videos
John and Dorothy Priske run Fountain Prairie Farm, a sustainable beef farm near Fall River, Wisconsin. Fountain Prairie Farm, which also includes a bed and breakfast in the couple’s 1899 Victorian farmhouse, incorporates a range of climate- and energy-conscious...
by Sandra Postel | Apr 9, 2013 | Videos
Sandra Postel, director of the Global Water Policy Project, discusses local and global water challenges as part of the Wisconsin Academy’s renewed Waters of Wisconsin Initiative. Postel founded the Global Water Policy Project in 1994 witha mission is to promote the...
by Greg David, Jim Lorman, Ruth Olson, Anne Pryor, Robert Schulz, Jody Clowes | Apr 4, 2013 | Videos
As a part of the Vital Skills exhibition at the James Watrous Gallery, exhibitions manager Jody Clowes convenes a conversation about the importance and relevance of preserving traditional skills and the best means for passing them on. How are these skills being taught...
by Timothy Smeeding | Mar 14, 2013 | Videos
Economist Timothy Smeeding, director of the UW-Madison Institute for Research on Poverty, explores the “Great Recession” of recent years and its implications for employment, poverty and inequality in the U.S. Smeeding will also discuss the...
