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

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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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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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On Thursday, July 17, former Vice President Al Gore issued a challenge to the American people, and to its leadership, to produce 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years. Listen to, read, or watch the speech on-line.

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by Steven Jefferies

Green Tuesdays: Films & Lectures on Sustainability returns to the Monona Public Library, bringing enlightening and entertaining lectures, films, and conversations on sustainable living. Events are from 6:30 - 8:00 pm in the Monona Public Library (1000 Nichols Road, Monona).

The series is presented by The Natural Step Monona and the Monona Public Library.

Find full details of upcoming sessions in our “upcoming events” listing on each page of this web site.

Come learn something about sustainable living while you meet your neighbors and make new friends!

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Join your friends and neighbors in a Natural Step Study Circle, beginning this June. It’s the BEST way to learn more about sustainable living and sustainable communities. And a GREAT way to meet new people. No tests or pop quizzes, no dress codes, no demerits, and no grades. There are once-per-week meetings, invigorating conversations, enthused citizens, a celebratory ”graduation” pot-luck, and a great book to ground it all. Sign up NOW!

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Members of The Natural Step Monona team collaborated with Monona’s city cable channel to create a series of quick television spots on having a sustainable holiday season. Watch them here or on our YouTube Channel!

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Read all about our successful launch event, as covered by the Capital Times. As quoted in the article, TNS founding member Heather Gates said:
“It’s been such a positive thing,” Gates said, adding that “it’s not a group for people who want to just sit and talk. It’s for people who want to get out and [...]

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The Monona Public Library plans to introduce a new Sustainability Section to showcase books, DVDs, books on CD, free pamphlets, and other information relating to sustainability. The Natural Step Monona, a group that promotes adopting a framework for creating an environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable Monona, is spearheading the effort and organizing a campaign to [...]

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