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Fighting Bob Fest is an annual Chautauqua featuring progressive speakers, networking opportunities, and entertainment. Fighting Bob Fest carries on the tradition of Robert “Fighting Bob” La Follette by providing a forum for progressive ideas on issues facing Wisconsin and the nation.

Fighting Bob Fest is put together by dozens of volunteers from the area, all of whom believe deeply in the progressive ideals espoused by Wisconsin's most famous politician, Robert M. La Follette.

Volunteers are needed, especially to help out on Sept. 18. Anyone interested in volunteering should call Kristi Gundrum at 608-256-1003 or e-mail her at comments@fightingbob.com.

To sign up to volunteer Click Here
Go to the Fighting Bob Fest website.

WIN: Wisconsin InterNetwork

The Wisconsin InterNetwork (WIN) is an effective, statewide email-to-fax action alert system that allows you to voice your opinions to the leaders who make the decisions that affect conservation and environmental issues.

How does WIN work? WIN will send you about fifteen action alerts per year inviting you to take action on critical environmental and conservation issues. Each alert briefly describes the issue and includes a pre-addressed sample letter that you can edit and send to the appropriate decision-maker(s) - such as a legislator, governor or corporate leader. Sending the letter takes nothing more than a click of a button. The action network technology will match you to your state and/or national representatives.

You can join WIN become one of thousands of other email activists across the state who are taking action to protect Wisconsin’s natural resources. If you would like to join this exciting activist network,
Click on this sign up link

Nominate your endangered river for the 2005 America's Most Endangered Rivers report, to be released in April 2005.

Deadline for nominations is October 1, 2004.

Each year, the America's Most Endangered Rivers report shines a national spotlight on local rivers facing the most uncertain futures.

Get your nomination forms (PDF)
Go to the American Rivers announcement

Stewardship Fund applications available - Deadline for Application is October 15, 2004

Applications for the 2004 Stewardship Fund Grant are now available from Sheboygan County’s Planning and Resource Department, room 335 of the Administration Building, 508 New York Avenue or on the Internet at www.co.sheboygan.wi.us

Read the Sheboygan Press Article

George Meyer wants action taken to reduce Global Warming

On August 26, Larry Meiller, WPR Ideas Network, interviewed George Meyer, Executive Director, Wisconsin Wildlife Federation, and Former Secretary of the DNR, about the threat of global warming.

Listen to the Interview

Impact of humans on Global Warming

Our planet is getting warmer. What role are humans playing? On August 24, Kathleen Dunn, WPR Ideas Network talked with Bill Allen the editor-in-chief of National Geographic Magazine about global warming.

Listen to the Interview

Sport Fishing Damages Fish Stocks

People fishing for sport are doing far more damage to U.S. marine fish stocks than anyone thought, accounting for nearly a quarter of the catch from overfished species, researchers said.

Read the article: Fishing Just for Fun Damages Stocks, Study Finds

Global Population to increase 50% by 2050

On August 25, Connie Walker, WPR Ideas Network interviewed Bill Butz, President, Population Reference Bureau. www.prb.org. Butz discussed his analysis of a recent report that predicts that world population will increase by nearly fifty percent by the year two-thousand-fifty.

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Freecycle It!

For a nifty way to recycle your stuff instead of throwing it, away see this article:
Don't throw it away, freecycle it

Or visit the website at www.freecycle.org

"Changing the world one gift at a time"

Sustainable Country Living

A new generation of Americans is headed back to the country. On August 23, Larry Meiller, WPR Ideas Network, talked with a couple from Browntown, in south-eastern Wisconsin, who abandoned city life to create a new model for sustainable country living.

Guests: Lisa Kivirist and John Ivanko, Innkeepers. Co-authors, "Rural Renaissance".

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Support your local famer

On August 19, Joy Cardin, WPR Ideas Network spoke with Ken Midkiff who says more and more of America's farmland is owned by large corporations, controlling much of the production of the food we eat. He asks consumers to support their local farmer.

Guest: Ken Midkiff, director, Sierra Club Clean Water Campaign. Author, "The Meat You Eat: Corporate Farming and the Decline of the American Diet" (St. Martin's Press)

Listen to the Interview