Are you on this list? These are the folks who, because they supported The Natural Step Monona with a $5 ticket, won in our raffle drawing on August 27. Congratulations to all. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who bought a ticket and to all the prize donors. Your contributions will help us move our community farther down the path to sustainability!

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[ September 2, 2010; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Green Tuesdays – The Thursday Edition: sparking conversation in more communities, more often.Thursday, September 2, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Middleton Public Library, 7425 Hubbard Avenue, Middleton, WI.
Special appearance by Tony Hayward.
Free.

Green Thursdays Films & Lectures. “The Yes Men Fix the World” is a screwball true story that follows a couple of gonzo political activists as [...]

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Our valuable program is expanding! Join in the kickoff event, and then find Green Tuesdays programs across Dane County.

Green Tuesdays – The Thursday Edition: sparking conversation in more communities, more often.
Thursday, September 2, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Middleton Public Library, 7425 Hubbard Avenue, Middleton, WI.
Free.

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[ March 8, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] End of the Line with short Getting Them Home

When: Tuesday, March 8, 2011, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI
Topic: End of the Line is the world’s first major documentary about the devastating effect of overfishing. Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the [...]

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[ February 8, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Trees and Small Gardens

When: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 6:30pm – 8:00pm Where: Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI Topic: A split program: Sean Gere of Gere Tree Care will present on trees. The other half will be on small space gardening. More details to come.

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[ January 11, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] River of Waste with short America’s Dairyland

When: Tuesday, January 11, 2011, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI
Topic: A heart-stopping new documentary, A River Of Waste exposes a huge health and environmental scandal in our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production. The damage documented in today’s factory farms far [...]

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[ December 14, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Green Tuesdays “Karaoke”

When: Tuesday, December 14, 2010, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI
Topic: It’s your night to be in the spotlight. Attendees become presenters as everyone gets to “take the stage” to share tips and tricks, products and sources, anything and everything they do to tread more lightly on the [...]

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[ November 30, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Green Travel: Lynne Diebel and Pat Dillon, authors of Green Travel Guide to Southern Wisconsin, share small footprint fun with green lodgings, local fare, silent sports, low impact events, and more. Joel Knutson, who works to protect a sea turtle habitat in San Jose del Cabo, shares his insights on
sustainable travel as adventure: Getting your hands dirty in foreign sands.

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[ November 9, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Flow with short Holy Land, WI

When: Tue, November 9, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI
Topic: the films Flow and Holy Land, WI. Flow is Irena Salina’s award-winning documentary investigation into what experts label the most important political and environmental issue of the 21st Century – the world water crisis.

“An astonishingly wide-ranging [...]

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[ October 12, 2010; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] When: Tue, October 12, 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Where: Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI
Topic: Toward Self-Sufficiency

The Jindrich Family of Monona is becoming more self-reliant by using fewer resources. Learn about their passive solar methods and their new geothermal system. Hear how they came up with an elegant solution to the age old issue of too-much-rain-in-the-spring-but-not-enough-in-the-fall. [...]

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