The Monona Farmers’ Market is hiring a Market Manager. This is a contract position at $13/hour for an average of 8 hours a week, April through October, plus additional hours during the off season. Go here to download the job description: www.mononafarmersmarket.com.

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by Melissa Zietz

Got ancient, energy-guzzling appliances? Buy new energy-efficient appliances and get Cash-Back Rewards — now available under the Wisconsin State Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Program.

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[ April 13, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Location: Monona Public Library

Preparing Our Communities for the Future, Now by Peter Park.

Learn about planning and creating beautiful and sustainable communities. Park, the Manager of Community Planning and Development for Denver, Colorado, presented at the inaugural “Bringing Bioneers to Wisconsin” conference last November, saying, “Planning is human; implementation is divine.” Bryant Moroder of Sustain Dane [...]

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

Mama Earth, with humor and compassion, this film shows how conventional economics encourages exploitation of our natural resources, ignoring the value of nature’s services like clean air and water, and fertile soil. It proposes a new, hard-currency model for both harvested resources and the burdens [...]

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[ March 9, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] What’s Up in Monona? Hear about the status of sustainability in our community from the people helping to make it more resilient, efficient, and green. Peter Sobol, member of the Monona Grove School Board; Robin Schmidt, our Dane County Supervisor; Pat Marsh, Monona’s City Administrator; Alanna Medaris, from the Aldo Leopold Nature Center; and a representative of [...]

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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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