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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Do you want to join others in moving toward a more sustainable future?

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[ October 19, 2011; 7:00 pm to 8:15 pm. ] Join us as we present at Wednesday Nite @ the Lab, a free lecture series sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Presentation: An academic-community partnership for addressing environmental issues. Presenters: Professor Randy Stoecker, Heather Gates, and Dadit Hidayat

Discussions about environmental sustainability have taken place all over the globe. But there are serious challenges confronting attempts to engage local [...]

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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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[ November 2, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. ] November 2, 2011, 6:30 – 8:00
Monona Community Center, Main Hall
1011 Nichols Road

Designer Christi Weber, LEED AP, Design Coalition; and Janine Glaeser, Projects Coordinator and GIS & IT Specialist, City of Monona. At the Monona Community Center.

The third of six Energ!ze Monona forums, this one will look at what is being done and what can be [...]

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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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A University of Wisconsin Nelson Institute capstone course recently worked with TNS Monona to conduct a survey throughout the city of Monona.  Twelve UW seniors, their Teaching Assistant Dadit Hidayat, their instructor Randy Stoecker, and their academic staff resource person, Katherine Loving,  went door to door  with fourteen Monona residents distributing surveys in April.  They [...]

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[ May 5, 2011; 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Please join your friends and neighbors on May 5th at 6:30 at the Monona Community Center Main Hall, 1011 Nichols Road.

See the results of the community survey recently conducted throughout Monona, learn about the City of Monona’s 25 x 25 Plan for Energy Independence, share stories, ask questions, speak with the students and your neighbors who [...]

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