On September 2, Green Tuesdays kicked off its expansion to five communities with a special appearance from Tony Hayward at Green Tuesdays–The Thursday Edition at the Middleton Public Library.

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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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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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Our “All Things Monona” raffle drawing is Friday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the Dream Park Shelter in Winnequah Park. The Grand Prize is a Simple City bicycle with Vapor helmet from Trek, worth $1,015. Businesses, individuals, and organizations donated twenty-three more items to the raffle, for a total prize value of nearly $2,500. Tickets for the area’s coolest raffle are only $5, and may be purchased at Monona Motors, at the Monona Farmers’ Market on August 22, at the event in the hour leading up to the drawing, or directly from a member you know. You may also contact us at info@tnsmonona.org to purchase tickets. Keep reading for all the details.

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By Heather Gates

Helping us to have a bit of fun while inspiring one another — that’s the role of The Natural Step Monona’s rosin-paper trees. “Foliating” them with past and future actions written on construction-paper leaves was fun, and the colorful results were beautiful. See what the leaves say your friends and neighbors are doing and planning toward a more sustainable future.

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Three Steps to Establish a Politics of Global Warming
By Bill McKibben (Cross Posted from TomDispatch.com)

Try to fit these facts together:

- According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the planet has just come through the warmest decade, the warmest 12 months, the warmest six months, and the warmest April, May, and June on record.

- A “staggering” new study from Canadian researchers has shown that warmer seawater has reduced phytoplankton, the base of the marine food chain, by 40% since 1950.

- Nine nations have so far set their all-time temperature records in 2010, including Russia (111 degrees), Niger (118), Sudan (121), Saudi Arabia and Iraq (126 apiece), and Pakistan, which also set the new all-time Asia record in May: a hair under 130 degrees. I can turn my oven to 130 degrees.

- And then, in late July, the U.S. Senate decided to do exactly nothing about climate change. They didn’t do less than they could have — they did nothing, preserving a perfect two-decade bipartisan record of no action. Senate majority leader Harry Reid decided not even to schedule a vote on legislation that would have capped carbon emissions.

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Demita Gerber, Monona’s library director, passed away on June 12 after suffering from a brain aneurysm. She will be honored at a memorial service this Saturday, from 9-11 at Olbrich Gardens.

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By Heather Gates

The BP spill, our finite planet, a bit of simple wisdom, and Bill McKibben’s newest book all inspire action to reduce fossil fuel use and advocate for policies that do so, too.

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Join us as we head to Growing Power in Milwaukee to learn about how we can bring food — urban agriculture — to our neighborhoods.

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Members of The Natural Step Monona will be staffing a booth at the Fourth of July festival. Stop by to chat with us, check out the great prizes for our All Things Monona Raffle, and buy a ticket or two before you head to the art fair and/or the beer tent!

Sunday, July 4, 2010
10:00am – 5:00pm
Winnequah Park, at the corner of Nichols and Healy

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