The Sustainability Section at the Monona Public Library will be five years old in November 2012. Thanks go to all the many organizations and people who have contributed time, money, and materials to see this collection become the valuable community resource that it is!

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[ June 24, 2012; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] What lovely goodies will we have for you today at the Monona Farmers’ Market? Come find out!

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[ June 10, 2012; 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. ] Visit our table at the Monona Farmers’ Market, June 10, 9 to 1, and pick up reusable produce bags for your veggies! $12 gets you three bags that you can use over and over.

No more throwing “away.” There is no “away!”

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“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” The three “R’s” are not created equal. Yes, we should do all three, but if we focus on the first, we won’t have to haul 70 cans of garbage to the street. (Huh?! Read on…)

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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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[ 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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Members of The Natural Step Monona will be staffing a booth at the Fourth of July festival. Stop by to chat with us, check out the great prizes for our All Things Monona Raffle, and buy a ticket or two before you head to the art fair and/or the beer tent!

Sunday, July 4, 2010
10:00am – 5:00pm
Winnequah Park, at the corner of Nichols and Healy

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The area’s coolest raffle returns. Get yourself a ticket to ride, or to eat, camp, conserve, read, learn, save money, earn money, compost, and more. These prizes help you live more sustainably and help Monona be a more self-sufficient community. Please encourage sustainable practices and support businesses that are working to tread more lightly on the planet.

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