At Middleton’s Sustainability Seminar: see the film “Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia,” and take part in a discussion led by Ed Abel, qwner of File 13 E-Waste Solutions, LLC. Thursday, April 1, 7:00pm, Archer Room, Middleton Public Library

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On March 15, The Natural Step Monona bestowed its 2010 Sustainability Champion Award upon Pat Marsh, City Administrator for the City of Monona, in recognition of his ongoing efforts to foster and institutionalize change toward sustainability.

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The funds will be used to upgrade the old HVAC systems in the City Hall, Library, and Community Center. The City Hall/Police Department windows will also be replaced with high efficiency ones.

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This is the program you’ve been asking for! Hear about the status of sustainability in our community from the people helping to make it more resilient, efficient, and green.

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By Kate Heiber-Cobb

Spring is slowing making her way here. I know the deep snow cover can fool you, but the willows have been yellowing for weeks, the cardinals are singing their morning song, and the daylight is so much longer!

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The first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Dane County Regional Transit Authority is this Thursday, March 4, at 4:30 p.m. in Room 315 of the City-County Building (210 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.) in Madison.

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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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