[ May 15, 2009; 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. May 16, 2009; 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. ] Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle is the mantra. What most people don’t realize is that the order of those three is tremendously important! Help us support the second-best option for waste reduction–REUSE!

The Natural Step Monona sale will have clothing (both children’s and adult), jewelry, household items, raspberry plants and bottlebrush grass, baked goods (they went quickly last [...]

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[ July 4, 2009; 4:00 pm; ] Win a Gary Fisher “Monona” bike, a kayak from Rutabaga, a CSA share from Two Onion Farm, or one of TWENTY-THREE valuable prizes! You can’t win if you don’t enter! Tickets are only $5 each.

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Too many butts, what happens to litter in Monona, and a recycling reminder.

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[ May 12, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Members of the Madison Area Permaculture Guild, including Master Composter Brad Kaellner, will teach us about composting — the thermophillic bacteria way and the worm way! Whether you already compost or want to compost — via an Earth Machine compost bin, a pile in the corner of the yard, or worms under your kitchen sink — [...]

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[ May 30, 2009; 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Join members of the community, the Parks and Recreation Department, and The Natural Step Monona in planting three beds around the Community Center with native, sustainable, and beautiful plants. We’ll plant from 9:00 a.m. until noon (or until the planting is done!) on Saturday, May 30th. The rain date is Sunday, May 31st, from 9:00 [...]

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[ July 18, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] This Saturday, July 18 at 10 a.m., join your TNS Monona friends for a tour of Troy Gardens in northeast Madison. Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens runs the tour, and your suggested donation of $4 will help support their work. We’ll get to see their community gardens, kid’s garden and natural areas.

Kid Friendly! Cheap! Fun!

Where?
On the [...]

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[ April 18, 2009; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm. ] From noon to 4:00 p.m., on Saturday, April 18th, The Natural Step Monona and The Natural Step Madison will join to share The Natural Step (but, of course!) with the rest of the world at the Eigth Annual Habitiat ReStore Earth Day Celebration.

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[ April 14, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Learn what’s happening with community gardens in Monona and discover ways to be part of the movement. The members of the Garden Support Team from St. Stephens Community Garden, who broke ground on their plots one year ago, will be joined by the organizers of the Monona United Methodist Church Community Garden, who are starting their first growing [...]

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