The only need that requires material goods to be satisfied is subsistence. If individuals and societies make wise choices, quality of life can be enhanced while consumption of our world’s diminishing resources is reduced. In other words, people can have more happiness with less stuff.

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What do we need to do to have a government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people? A lot of change, that’s what. A good revolution.

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[ September 11, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Tuesday, September 11, 2012

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road, Monona, WI

Film: “Dive! Living Off America’s Waste” with special presenter Chris Brockel, Food and Gardens Division Manager with Community Action Coalition, on their Gleaners program.

Multi award-winning documentary “Dive!” (film, 53 minutes). Inspired by a curiosity about our country’s careless habit of sending [...]

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Current campaign finance laws are out of line with the principles for sustainability. Forget about it? No. Do something about it!

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[ October 11, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] “Gasland” (film). The largest domestic natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology called “fracking” or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a “Saudia Arabia of natural gas” just beneath us. But is fracking safe? When filmmaker Josh Fox is asked to lease his land for drilling, he embarks [...]

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[ May 10, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Date: Tuesday – 5/10/2011
Time: 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Location: Monona Public Library, 1000 Nichols Road

With humor, chutzpah and a piece of vinyl siding firmly in hand, Peabody Award-winning filmmaker Judith Helfand and co-director and award-winning cinematographer Daniel B. Gold set out in search of the truth about polyvinyl chloride (PVC), America’s most popular plastic. From Long [...]

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Join us in screening a documentary about the huge health and environmental horrors of our modern industrial system of meat and poultry production, and a student short film about Farmer Johns and Farmer Juans, the new faces of dairy production.

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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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[ 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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