Feature Stories

Madeline Heim, an environment reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is a member of Report for America corps, focusing her efforts on Wisconsin’s environmental challenges, with a keen eye on the Mississippi River watershed. Additionally, she contributes her expertise to the Mississippi River Basin Ag & Water Desk, a project based at the Missouri School […]

Martina (Mars) Patterson is a former Chief Land Steward at Nearby Nature Milwaukee and now environmental educator and artist. Patterson has led multiple projects in ecological restoration and environmental cultural wellness. Her leadership has been seen in her work throughout Northwestern Milwaukee and The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Patterson shares her thoughts on ecological […]

Dr. Arijit Sen is an urban planning and history professor at the University of  Wisconsin-Milwaukee. His work in urban history, immigration, and diaspora studies has integrated itself into his public humanities projects the Newark-based Humanities Action Lab to contribute to the “Climate of Inequality”, a traveling exhibit on environmental justice.  Dr. Sen highlights the importance […]

John Gardner is the Office of Sustainability’s Program & Policy Analyst at UW-Milwaukee. He received his BA in Anthropology from the University of Chicago and his Masters in Urban Planning from UW-Milwaukee. He digitized and analyzed over five years of utilities data for more than 80 accounts, contributing to the university’s greenhouse gas emissions inventory. […]

Spectrum Meteorologist Brooke Brighton started her love for weather at a very early age. She was influenced by her father, who is a sportscaster, and her mother as a news anchor. From her first weather unit in 8th grade, she’s been hooked. For JAMS 660 Environment and Media, Dani Travis interviewed Brighton via email about […]

Susan Bence covers the environment for WUWM, a public radio station operated by the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She talked about her work with Alexis Lonzo, a student in JAMS 660 Environment and the Media. Alexis Lonzo: Can you give me an overview of your thoughts on how the environment has been addressed in political settings? […]

Colin Goyette is a restoration ecologist at the Schlitz Audubon Nature Center in Bayside, Wis. He received a degree in environmental science and natural resource management and conservation from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2021. He talked with Alexis Lonzo, a student in JAMS 660 Environment and the Media. Alexis Lonzo: Can you give me […]

Haphazardly folded clothing piles atop wooden tables as Milwaukee community members shuffle in and out of the Urban Ecology Center, arriving with their pre-loved goods in bags or boxes. After thoroughly checking out every secondhand item, attendees can leave with a refreshed bag of clothing not having dropped a penny. Dani Douville and TJ Davies, […]

Volunteers dressed in jeans, sweaters and tennis shoes walked toward an open field, gardening gloves on and blue-handled trowels ready. Large green reusable bags were placed on the ground near the first site that they would be working on. Today they would be uprooting yellow rocket, an invasive species of mustard in Wisconsin, to put […]

Introduction: With record-breaking attendance of over 60,000 fairgoers taking part in this year’s event, the Midwest Horse Fair has become one of the largest three-day horse fairs in the country since 1979. Isabella Montemurro reports. (horses in stables neighing) Montemurro narration: Every April I take a trip up to the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, […]

For his 22nd birthday, Kyle put together a full day of baseball, fun and laughs. His day at the Chicago White Sox game was filled with tailgating, hot dogs, beer and screaming.

Jennifer Poull, a 20-year-old UW-Green Bay student, talks about growing up on a hobby farm, participating in 4H, and how these experiences shaped her life.