31 Jul
ANNOUNCEMENT – Greener Milwaukee is happy to announce a new group for Greener Jobs on Linkedin! Please send to friends and family that are looking to join our group. Some the Original members are from Johnson Controls & Alterra Coffee Company. If you are interested in working at these places that promote sustainability and a greener, cleaner Milwaukee. Please join today! HERE
Greener Jobs on Linkedin
27 Jul
This is a 4 and a half minute video on general information regarding the production of Biodiesel. The main subject, Swee Sim, produces biodeisel at his shop on the southside, Future Green. We’ll take a field trip in a few weeks, once the City of Milwaukee gives the go ahead for Wisconsin’s first retail shop cleared bio diesel facility.
27 Jul
Initiative helps businesses boost energy efficiency
For more and more businesses, going green has gone from being viewed as an extra to a critical path to staying competitive.
That’s the view coming from Waukesha County’s business community, where the county’s Economic Development Corp. believes use of sustainability and green business practices could help the region set itself apart over the long term.
Bill Mitchell runs the economic development corporation for Waukesha County, where the county is basing its business-growth strategy on greening its business community through a new initiative called Partnerships for Sustainability.
The initiative seeks to train companies with fewer than 250 workers on steps they can take to become more sustainable and save on their operating costs.
“This is about jobs,” Mitchell said. “The job growth over the next decades in green jobs, that’s what got our attention, with companies adapting their products and processes related to green.”
Clearly one of the drivers is the prospect of more government regulation.
A global warming bill pending in Congress would make businesses responsible for monitoring and reducing their carbon dioxide emissions. That is expected to boost investments in energy efficiency. (More via JSOnline)
26 Jul
We recently installed a donation option for those of you that are willing to help Milwaukee get greener. Your generous donations pay for things like banners, printing costs, transportation, and educational hand-outs (which all can be recycled!) Please click here and donate today!
14 Jul
We’ll probably be going through footage and film from Rothbury 2009 for weeks to come, and we’ll be updating this post through the year to make sure we have everything you need to know about Rothbury 2009. Have something to add? Post a comment!
mLive reports that according to Lt. David Roesler of the Michigan State Police, Rothbury had an estimated paid attendance of just under 34,000 (closer to 36,000 when volunteers, staff and comps were added). You can get more numbers and some great links from Wikipedia’s Rothbury Festival entry.
One of the most interesting things for me about the Festival was meeting people from right here in Michigan who I hadn’t been aware of. Michigan songwriterRalston Bowles (who was voted on to the island by fans through Facebook & emails) was one of those and his performance right before Willie Nelson was just one of the ways that Michigan shone at Rothbury.
Another group of Michigan folks who I was happy to meet were the folks from WYCE and the Community Media Center of Grand Rapids. They produced some great interviews including one with Grace Potter (ofGrace Potter and the Nocturnals) one of Spin magazine’s 11 must hear bands at Rothbury that kicks off with a great acoustic solo. Some of their other interviews includeMuskegon’s own Four Finger Five (one of my favorites), the MacPodz, Brett Dennen,Guster and Ani DiFranco.
Our Absolute Michigan team included a pair of alumni of the Leelanau School in Glen Arbor: Richard Taber andRyan Thompson. Richard got some stunning photos and I hear that Ryan hangs with Twitter’s David Lee Rothbury. Together they collaborated on some great videos including a report from the biodiesel think tankand interviews with mycologist Paul Stamets, Erin Zindle from The Ragbirds (who appreciated Rothbury’s attention to “green details”) and the slideshow below of photos from the Rothbury Think Tanks and other scenes from the festival…
Those Think Tanks were one of the things that sets Rothbury apart from other festivals. Another thing was the dedication to Michigan musicians. When I spoke with Rothbury producer Jeremy Stein (along with reps from the Detroit News & mLive) he said that Rothbury felt it was critical to keep Michigan artists in the spotlight. He also talked about their commitment to integrating with the local economy to maximize the multi-million dollar impact of a festival that employs over 3500 people.
We camped with the folks from Porterhouse Productionswho have a few reports on their blog. Portherhouse founder Sam Porter and I talked with musician Brett Dennen who had some interesting thoughts about how to carry the festival experience further – look for more about that in the months to come.
Anne Savage of Revolutionary Views put together some tasty panoramas from Rothbury (complete with ambient sound) and also has a cool slideshow from Rothbury 2009.
Oh yeah. I had media access and remembered to pull out my camera every so often. Some of my favorites are in my Rothbury 2009 set (slideshow).
You can see a whole lot more photos from Rothbury (and share your own) in the Rothbury 2009 pool on Flickr.
Of course, there was music at Rothbury. Some highlights include live audio recordings from Rothbury at archive.org including: Railroad Earth, Yonder Mountain String Band, Guster, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Steppin In It, the Ragbirds andGrace Potter and the Nocturnals (no Dead show, but I’m sure that will be coming).
YouTube is of course not to be denied. A few favorites are Bob Dylan, Les Claypool, Railroad Earth, The Black Crowes, STS9’s Michael Jackson tribute, John Butler Trio doing Zebra, Flogging Molly, Umphrey’s McGee with a Pink Floyd cover,Broken Social Scene, The Quannum All Stars, Girl Talk (check out the crowd surfing), Damian Marley, Government Mule w/ guest Grace Potter, (and the light show to match),String Cheese Incident, Toots and the Maytalls and the Dead (also see the fireworks & US Blues – the sound is pretty rough but the video is amazing!)
And as always, add your links, photos & video for Rothbury in the comments!
Photo Credits
Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)
2 Jul
Follow along with Rothbury this year through the following links!
http://AbsoluteMichigan.wordpress.com | http://www.flickr.com/groups/rothbury2009 | -http://www.Twitter.com/Rothbury2009
The Rothbury Festival is a sustainable four-day jam band music festival in Rothbury, Michigan at the Double JJ Ranch. The festival first occurred in 2008 during the 4th of July holiday weekend. In addition to music and arts, the festival is intended to promote sustainability and promote overall improvements to the environment. The details are similar this year, with a stronger focus on think tanks and a different line-up | MAP
The festival, which is produced by AEG Live and Madison House Presents, first publicly released its plans for creation on February 13, 2008, along with the initial lineup.
This year, Greener Milwaukee was invited through both Absolute Michigan & the Rothbury Festival promoters Madison House. We will be posting video, pics, and updates on our blog HERE as well as covering the “Think Tank” portions of the event.
Travel was provide by the Lake Express, America’s first high speed auto ferry that has delighted travelers on Lake Michigan with its unique blend of modern comfort and speed since 2004. (Watch a video of the ship pulling 5 college students!)
Details: Time: July 2, 2009 at 6pm to July 5, 2009 at 7pm
Location: Rothbury, MI
Website or Map: http://Rothburyfestival.com
Event Type: sustainable, rock, festival, think, tanks, michigan, press, coverage
Organized By: Rothbury Festival | Madison House Agency | AEG LIVE
29 Jun
A year ago, Erik Lindberg rented a boom lift with a bucket and hoisted 15 cubic yards of dirt to the roof of his north side remodeling business. In the process, he planted himself firmly in the middle of a growing urban agriculture movement.
Lindberg, owner of Community Building & Restoration, turned to rooftop gardening in the belief that his actions might encourage people to grow their own food or buy locally grown produce.
And by selling the vegetables he grows to subscribers and a nearby Outpost Natural Foods store, he may have become Milwaukee’s first commercial rooftop farmer.
“It’s an experiment,” said Lindberg, 42. “Can you develop a business plan out of something like this? The answer is, I don’t know yet.” Continue reading
|
Fresh Comments