An event for those who want to go out and change the world but can’t find a babysitter.

By Melissa Zietz

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You got a lot of livin’ to do! Discuss the state of the globe and see award-winning films at Green Tuesdays & Thursdays Films & Lectures. Participate in Energ!ze Monona forums to help Monona become energy independent (with the help of a great line-up of presenters). Get in on the Year of Water projects, including the Water Conservation Challenge!

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Come spark your inner energy geek at the first of six Energ!ze Monona forums. Wednesday, September 21, from 6:30 to 8:00 in the Monona Community Center Main Hall, you can learn, help your community, engage in energetic (Ha!) discussion, and have some yummy foods, too.

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[ February 18, 2012; 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] On February 18 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., families can create art from recyclables, take quizzes, start seeds, see a model train, make buttons, test their smarts about how much energy household items use, compare transit options, and energize themselves at the Monona Public Library. The final Energ!ze Monona event in a series of six, [...]

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[ January 25, 2012; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] January 25, 2012, 6:30 – 8:00
Monona Community Center, Main Hall
1011 Nichols Road

Jeff Ripp, Water Conservation Coordinator of the Public Service Commission; and Bill Abolt, Project Director for Focus on Energy and the Director of Shaw’s Energy, Sustainability, and Carbon Solutions. Clean lakes and clean drinking water were the top two community issues for Monona residents, [...]

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[ December 7, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] December 7, 2011, 6:30 – 8:00
Monona Community Center, Main Hall
1011 Nichols Road

Satya Rhodes Conway from the Center on Wisconsin Strategy, and Michael Vickerman of RENEW Wisconsin. This presentation will focus on ways municipalities can help facilitate residents’ move to renewable energy. The energy industry and government policy are strongly oriented towards large-scale generation at big [...]

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[ October 19, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Jessie Lerner, Director, Sustainable Business Initiative, Sustain Dane; and Jeanne Hoffman, Facilities and Sustainability Manager, City of Madison. At the Monona Community Center.

The second of six Energ!ze Monona forums, this one will give a summary of the benefits of moving toward more sustainable energy use. The advantages are varied and many. Despite often being depicted [...]

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[ September 21, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Justin Bloesch, UW-Madison Student; and Bob Stoffs, Madison Gas & Electric. At Monona Community Center.

The first of six Energ!ze Monona forums, this one will give a summary of the Peak Oil concept and the global response to tightening oil supplies, volatile prices, climate change, and growing international tensions over oil. What would Peak Oil mean [...]

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Spark your inner energy geek and help Monona become energy independent. These forums offer brief presentations followed by group discussion. Goal? You, more energ!zed to help make Monona a more self-sufficient city.

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[ December 13, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] “How to Boil a Frog” is an eco-comedy that mixes rapid-fire humor and hard-hitting facts to show the consequences of “overshoot” — too many people using up too little planet — and what it means for our future. With an ‘Everyman’ approach, smart writing, world-class experts, and humor, “How to Boil a Frog” shows the [...]

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