Chippewa Valley residents will have an opportunity on Saturday – Earth Day – to show their support for science and for action to slow down climate change. March for Science and Climate-Eau Claire will sponsor a march starting at 10 a.m. on the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire campus. It has been planned to show solidarity […]
April 18 panel at UW-EC to discuss faith and climate change
What does faith have to do with climate change? Can one person make a difference anyway? Questions like these will be part of the discussion at a free program on “Science, Faith and Making Every Day Earth Day.” The panel is scheduled for next Monday (April 18) at 7 p.m. at the Ecumenical Religious Center on the UW-Eau […]
2015 Paris Climate Change Conference – a retrospective look
By Pastor Dean Simpson, for the Chippewa Valley Post The Paris climate conference (COP21) this past December has been hailed by those who attended as a great success and an historic achievement. The 195 nations in attendance agreed on the goal: keep global temperature rise to “well under” 2⁰C, and push hard for a limit […]
CVTC kicks off Tree Campus USA efforts on Earth Day
By CVTC News Bureau An Earth Day event today (April 22) at Chippewa Valley Technical College served as the public springboard for an effort to gain Tree Campus USA recognition for the college. Horticulture Club students gave away tree seedlings in observance of Arbor Day (April 24) to meet one of the criteria for Tree […]