We believe:

• It is essential to examine as well as to act on our beliefs and knowledge.
• We come together as a group to share and grow as individuals and to provide support for one another.
• We can, individually and as a group, provide leadership and action to effect change at the community level.
• We need to act out an ecological consciousness, not merely react to "crises."
• We cannot do everything, but we must do something.

We act:

• Community Service
• Annual Chippewa Valley River Clean-up
• Adopt a Highway (Hwy 12 west of 1-94 Interchange at Exit 52)
• Citizen members of local boards which are responsible for the long-term planning, development, and policies for management/use of natural resources
• Keep current on issues and legislation; attend public meeting and hearings locally and statewide; lobby; and write letters.
• Working groups for specific community activities and events.
• Work in coalition with other local and state activist groups
• Publish a quarterly newsletter, "Hard Rain."
• Act as a resource center.
• Engage in demonstrations and actions when and where needed.

Recent issues of concern:

Mining, land use, support for urban transit alternatives (bus, bicycle, pedestrian), forestry policy, water pollution, population growth, Project ELF, Indian treaty rights.