Author: Staff

Outpost Natural Foods recently announced its commitment to eliminate petroleum-based plastic co-op packaging and consumables by 2022, and has organized a comprehensive internal committee to tackle the wide-ranging issue. The co-op has tasked itself with this challenging goal as the environmental problems associated with single-use plastic continue to ratchet up, both locally and globally. Outpost has already taken the first steps to reducing single-use plastic. “As spring arrives it is more clear than ever how plastic litters our public spaces. With a low percentage of plastic actually being recycled into new materials it is crucial that we use our...

Displaced women from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who settled in Milwaukee have built a growing business by “upcycling” plastic bags and using them to create beautifully designed handmade baskets and mats. The group of craftswoman comprise 12 refugees who have each come from very difficult and unimaginable situations. Now living in Milwaukee, the women are doing the best they can to contribute to a society that has been so welcoming to them. They are supported by Why Not Now Missions, a local nonprofit focused on empowering vulnerable populations so that they can reach their full potential. “It...

A seventh-grade physical education teacher at Shorewood Intermediate School was temporarily suspended recently for instructing her African American students to develop a “negro-centric” game that enslaved children would have played on a Southern plantation before the Civil War. The incident occurred as part of a curriculum in which the teacher “shared an activity with students on the subject of games from around the world.” The class participated in the activity on April 1, and allegations reached the school administration by April 3. The Shorewood School District sent a notification letter to parents and guardians on April 11 to explain...