If you’ve received the mailings from Bed Bath & Beyond, your “Spock side” is probably appalled at all the products they sell that fill a need you don’t really have, but your “Homer side” (as in Homer Simpson, not the Greek author) is being led by the nose by the marketers. They know Homer’s there, even if you don’t. Doh! Look out!

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Everything you could ever want to know about having greener holidays. (Loads of info. Whew!)

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[ May 13, 2011; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. May 14, 2011; 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Part of Monona’s city-wide sale on Friday, May 13 and Saturyday, May 14, our Garage Sale & Bake Sale is at 502 Owen Road. Why shop our sale?

Many individuals and families share their items for this sale, so there is much to choose from.
Your purchases help support the good-deed-doing of the grassroots community group, The Natural [...]

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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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[ 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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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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“In the next month we will be bludgeoned with mixed messages. On one side we have the movement to consume less and decrease our carbon footprint. We keep hearing on the news and in the media that we should behave in a more sustainable way.”
“On the other side we are approaching the holiday season, with [...]

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