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Great Lake Michigan & Friends Islands of Coherence Dec 4th

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Thank you for reading this last post of 2025 as I joyfully harvest stories of coherence, bioregionalism, permaculture, and degrowth in and around Milwaukee and the Lake Michigan/western Great Lakes context.   I live in Milwaukee, which is in the Great Lakes Basin, on Lake Michigan. The Great Lakes hold 21 percent of the world's fresh water.   In March of this year the Design School for Regenerating Earth  hosted a learning journey of six months titled "How to Organize your Bioregion" which connected me to people all over the world who recognize that our watersheds organize us as our "life places"--the places which create the conditions for life of humans and the more-than-human world.  Several of us are committing to not only ecosystem restoration of our watersheds but healing the social ruptures within our communities as well.  Below is an image of a map of the western Great Lakes with blue dots representing design school members throughout Wisconsin, Illinois,...
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Freezing/Hunter Moon aka Karen's birthday Moon Nov 5th

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 I start a new revolution around the sun this full moon, so yay me.  I'm grateful to be acquainted with you and hope we can celebrate the Hunter Moon together next year as well.  I post this blog and email this content to people who request to get it by emailing me at regenerateMKE  @ gmail.com  = If you're interested in joining the Mighty Networks Lake Michigan and friends hub in the Design School for Regenerating Earth, click here:  https://design-school- for-regenerating-earth.mn.co/ share/PAcQhyVrWuo__2wn?utm_ source=manual October 17 Milwaukee Immersion: DeGrowth, Tricklebee Café lunch, and Walk and Talks Recording of Oct 17th DeGrowth 101 presentation by Dylan Carson and Karen Lemke:  https://youtu.be/-0nP_hM_emI Lunch break at Tricklebee Café during October 17th Immersion Yuchen Zhao (center in black) shows Dylan Carson, Bridgid Normand and Lynne Oglesby the Cherry Street Community Garden during Immersion Walk and Talk We had a blast talking abo...
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Falling Leaves Moon October 6

 Hello Bioregional friends, Thank you for your interest in regenerative storytelling, permaculture, degrowth, bioregionalism, or all of the above.  As a sharer of stories, I send you a monthly email of events and links which are hosted locally in Milwaukee, regionally, or on-line. If at some time you don't want these emails, let me know and I'll update my mailing list. Two October event details: Online Permaculture Design Class starts  Wednesday 10/8 : https://design-school-for- regenerating-earth.mn.co/ landing/plans/1539158 $400 tuition for once/week class through February, with recordings if you miss. Scholarships available. It would be delightful if several of us from the Milwaukee area take this course and support each other's projects, co-mentor each other and build a "guild" much like plants support each other, flowing nutrients and resources.  I am "retaking" the class, so you will have a friendly local face each week as you connect with people a...
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Corn Moon or Sturgeon Moon of September 6, Regenerative Goings-on in Milwaukee and nearby

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Baby sturgeon do-do-di-do-di-do Hello regenerative-minded friends, I hope September brings harvests and yields to you memories in your favorite summer places, if your summer is now coming to a close as it is here in Milwaukee.  I'm glad I got on the water a few times, and I have at least one more kayak opportunity planned for this month.  Plus free boat rides at Sturgeonfest! Some people in the Great Lakes refer to this moon as the Corn Moon, and others refer to it as the Sturgeon Moon, and others west of here call it the Changing Colors Moon.  However the moon is revealing herself to you, the changing seasons are upon us.   Arrivals September 28th is SturgeonFest/HarborFest at Harbor Plaza in Milwaukee.  I will have a booth at this event where I'll be promoting Regenerate MKE, permaculture storytelling and the upcoming Milwaukee Immersion activities (see below).  I sponsored a baby sturgeon, and I get to release it after the blessing ceremony that day. ...
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Blackberry Moon (August) RegenMidwest, Milwaukee and Friends, Lake Michigan

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July and August yielded to me some vacation time in and near Lake Michigan, including tubing on the Muskegon River and biking around Mackinaw Island.   I was able to meet with students in the UW-Milwaukee Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures field school to talk about permaculture principles for storytelling and ethnography as they began their projects of interviewing stewards of community gardens throughout Milwaukee.  It was a delight to learn with them and to see how they synthesized (composted? alchemized?) the stories into useful resources the garden stewards can now use to encourage neighbors to use the green spaces for gardening, rest, celebration and more.  Here is part of their final project:  bit.ly/45mgx8l I attended the DeGrowth Institute's DeSchool and am still digesting idea nutrients from that meet-up.  Some yielded ideas included reframing permaculture as engineering in right relationship, designing spaces with local materials harvested regeneratively. ...
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Raspberry Moon (July) Regenerate MKE and friends updates

Plan for Mercy As summer temperatures heat up, plan for mercy.  Give yourself time, self-care, permission to duck out of events if weather feels too much.  Give yourself permission to listen to your body and rest. Arrivals : Come to Milwaukee for these cool events/activities; most are free. 19 July Exploring the Milwaukee River Greenway with Sierra Club Great Waters Group, Land Trust and MMSD http://sc.org/GWG 14 Aug Milwaukee River Boat Tour with Mermaid Echo/Milwaukee RiverKeeper $5  https://milwaukeeriverkeeper.org/event/boat-tour-mermaid/ Save the dates for 16 October 2025  World Food Day Food Waste Dinner at the Women's Club of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 18-19 October Regenerate MKE events 20 Oct MKE Urban Ag Con  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/milwaukee-urban-agcon-2025-tickets-1320746431129?aff=oddtdtcreator April 2026 Food Tank Summit in MKE Departures :  Depart from MKE via bike, train, bus, carpool for field trips, day trips, easy walks and paddles, and m...
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Regenerate MKE Strawberry Moon (May-June) 2025

 Hello Regenerate MKE, Western Great Lakes and Upper Mississippi Basin friends! It's warming up, and these are some of the events emerging in Milwaukee and online this season: June 2, 1 pm central Regenerate Midwest community zoom  June 3, Fair Future Movement in-person quarterly meeting:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DJpKabhOs0S/ June 7, "32 Sounds" film at Oriental Theater, Regenerative Film Series "Let's Dig In":  https://mkefilm.org/oriental-theatre/events/32-sounds-let-s-dig-in-series! June 12 6 pm central, bi-weekly Regenerative Education book club: Trust Children: Natural Learning for 21st Century Students with author Anne Cummings Jacopetti,  zoom  ( $3 e-book available ) June 16 1 pm central, Regen Midwest Oct 18-19 monthly planning  zoom June 20 Regenerate MKE Permaculture Storytelling party/potluck  https://www.wiwic.org/event-details/solstice-potluck-lunch-and-learn-and-make-art-with-regenerate-mke June 21 "Vandana Shiva's Seeds" fi...
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