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African Youth Outreach brings the 5th annual “Drumming for Hope” to the Goodman Community Center to support HIV/AIDS education. Bounce to the rhythm of drums and dance, meet a live penguin, and learn about HIV/AIDS prevention at this free annual benefit festival for African Youth Outreach.

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  • 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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  • Breathe Free Monona events

    Included in the many facets of sustainability are the health and welfare of people, having a thriving local economy, and having a walk-able, bike-able community. Breathe Free Monona events celebrate all those things. Please join them in celebrating Monona being smoke-free at their last three events.

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  • check out the Urban Chickens program over at the Pinney Branch Library on September 10th.

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  • See what the Wisconsin State Journal had to say about the flap over hens.

    (C’mon. Give peeps a chance!)

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  • The new videos are here!

    The new videos are here! Just in time for a green and sustainable holiday season.

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  • The Methane Time Bomb

    Arctic scientists discover a new global warming threat as melting permafrost releases millions of tons of a gas twenty times more damaging than carbon dioxide.

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  • The Sustainable Future That Was

    On September 16th, approximately fifty Monona-area residents attended The Natural Step Monona’s Sustainable Future event and learned from a variety of sources how to work toward becoming environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable .
     
    At the Monona Community Center, attendees gathered information from the Monona Community Gardens, myfairlakes.com, and the Monona Farmers’ Market. They perused materials from [...]

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  • Rain Barrel Distribution

    [ September 7, 2008; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] If you ordered a Sustain Dane RainReserve rain barrel at the Monona Farmers’ Market in August, pick it up this Sunday!

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  • “Sustainable Future” Event

    [ September 16, 2008; 6:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] The Sustainable Future.
    It’s ours to invent.
    Learn how.

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