Climate Change, Carbon, and Sustainable Agriculture

by Diane Mayerfeld, Susanne Wiesner | May 26, 2021 | Videos

Part of the Academy’s Climate & Energy Series, “Climate Change, Carbon, and Sustainable Agriculture” featured Diane Mayerfeld (Senior Outreach Specialist, UW-Madison Division of Extension) and Susanne Wiesner (Research Associate, UW-Madison)....

Wisconsin Forests as Climate-Critical Lands

by Don Waller, Fred Clark | Apr 28, 2021 | Videos

Hosted by the Wisconsin Academy, “Wisconsin Forests as Climate-Critical Lands” brings together Fred Clark (Executive Director, Wisconsin’s Green Fire) and Don Waller (J.T. Curtis Professor of Botany – retired, UW-Madison) to discuss how to...

Tracing Connections Between Water and Climate

by Gary Besaw, Bill Davis | Mar 24, 2021 | Videos

“Tracing Connections Between Water and Climate,” features Gary Besaw (Former Tribal Chair, Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin) and Bill Davis (Senior Legal Analyst, River Alliance of Wisconsin) discussing the integral role that “systems...

Steps to Transformative Change: Healthy Waters for All

by Brenda Coley, Kirsten Shead | Dec 16, 2020 | Videos

The final of three online breakfast presentations featured Kirsten Shead and Brenda Coley, Co-Executive Directors of Milwaukee Water Commons. The two spoke about their mission-driven work to help catalyze Milwaukee as a true model Water City—a place where all...

Steps to Transformative Change: Diversity, Equity, and Energy

by Delmar Gillus, Abigail Corso | Oct 21, 2020 | Videos

The second of three online breakfasts in the Wisconsin Academy’s Environmental Breakfast Series features Abby Corso, Chief Strategy Officer, and Delmar Gillus, Chief Operating Officer, of Elevate Energy. The two  speak about how, by incorporating equity and...