By Melissa Zietz, with Kaeri Zandate, Carol Gruba, Laura Gavins, and Heather Gates.

Steps anyone can take this holiday season to live lightly on the planet. Change your stomps to tiptoes!

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[ February 9, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Date: February 9, 2010// 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: Monona Public Library

Healthy Home Fabrics with Karen Powell

As an apparel designer for nearly 30 years, Powell has worked with mills, dyers, and finishers around the world, seeing firsthand how the textile industry releases toxic chemicals into the air and water. Conventionally-produced textiles are processed with chemicals proven to [...]

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By Hans Noeldner

I am not riding a bicycle
I am untangling my nation from wars for oil

I am not riding a bicycle
I am joining forces with those who are small, and slow, and without armor

I am not riding a bicycle
I am searching for harmony with Earth’s limits

I am not riding a bicycle
I am being the village I want us to become

I am not riding a bicycle
I am creating fellowship for others to join me
Outside
Please
I am lonely

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By Natural Stepper Kate Heiber-Cobb

Bulk buying lets you buy the quantity you want and reuse your own containers, reducing waste and preventing resources from being used to create unnecessary packaging.

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[ January 12, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Location: Monona Public Library

Got Trees? On January 12, 2010 learn how to create and support a healthy urban forest by attending “Urban Forests: 101″ with presenters from Community GroundWorks at Troy Gardens.

Monona’s thousands of trees contribute to a healthier and greener community for all. Unfortunately, the invasive Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) threatens our valuable urban [...]

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[ November 7, 2009; 10:00 am to 12:00 pm. ] Join us for a tour of the First Unitarian Meeting House.
If you are interested in seeing the green building measures used by the First Unitarian Society of Madison for their building addition, The Natural Step Monona Education Team is hosting a field trip on November 7 at 10:00 a.m.
Of the congregation’s first gathering in the new [...]

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[ November 10, 2009; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Kilowatt Ours is an inspirational and enlivening film that demonstrates why it’s important to reduce the amount of energy we use, how easy it is to conserve energy produced from traditional sources, and how the average consumer can become part of the renewable energy revolution by taking simple steps that benefit the consumer, the environment, [...]

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