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Isthmus Green Day

Green Content from Isthmus & TDP

Proposed waterfront rules for Dane County draw fire
Some fear new standards will prove onerous to homeowners

Dane County is scaring people. Its Lakes and Watershed Commission has been developing the Dane County Waterbody Classification Project, which some fear will bring draconian regulations. >More Back to nature at the UW Arboretum
For 75 years, it has pursued an audacious agenda of ecological restoration

My port of entry to Madison was a frozen field of tallgrass, an echelon of dark pines and a patch of oak woods. As my brother and I drove into town along the south Beltline, searching for the Seminole Highway exit, I looked around and marveled: Hey, this is all right.... There's a forest in the middle of the city! >More Is the answer blowin' in the wind?
Turbines are greener, but can be deadly to birds

A proposed bill to streamline regulations for small to mid-size wind energy developments is backed by clean energy advocates but questioned by groups seeking to ensure the safety of wildlife. >More Isthmus Green Day 2009 schedule of events

Here's your complete schedule of events for Isthmus Green Day on Saturday, April 25, opening at 9 a.m. and running through 6 p.m. at Monona Terrace. >More Isthmus Green Day 2009: Smart choices, simple changes

The second annual Isthmus Green Day will be held at Monona Terrace on Saturday, April 25. It is designed to help every person, no matter what his or her circumstances, become a little greener and have fun doing it. >More How they stack up
Our admittedly unscientific rating of burger options

This patty, standing in here for all fast-food burgers, is a good argument for switching to a veggie burger. The meat doesn't really taste like anything other than its fixings -- ketchup, mustard, pickles and onions. What difference would it make if it were not actually made of meat? >More Rebuilding the burger
Tastes great, more sustainable

The hamburger may be destroying life as we know it. That's not as outlandish as it sounds. Several recent studies have confirmed that CO2 emissions from the production of red meat and dairy have a significant impact on global warming, larger than other segments of food production -- even chicken and pork. >More Hope for the planet
After years of sounding an alarm, some scientists are putting out a more optimistic message

Most of us, by now, have gotten the message. Three years after Al Gore's Oscar-winning documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, explained in jarring detail how heat-trapping greenhouse gases were wreaking havoc on the atmosphere and destroying the world's fragile ecosystems, the scientific community continues to hammer home the point: Ma Earth is in serious trouble. >More Take a bite out of Isthmus Green Day on April 25

There will be plenty for food lovers to chew on at Isthmus Green Day, Saturday, April 25, at Monona Terrace. >More Make your wheels clean at Isthmus Green Day on April 25

At Isthmus Green Day, green transportation lovers are not just encouraged to attend, they're treated like royalty! >More Green dream, join the team

Mayor Dave Cieslewicz's ambitions of building green neighborhoods took a step forward last week, when the Common Council approved goals for developing a 2,800-acre chunk of land on Madison's northeast side. >More Great Lakes Compact gets first test
Green groups react with alarm to initial diversion request

Marc Smith is baffled. The National Wildlife Federation spokesman can't understand why a proposal from the city of New Berlin to divert water from the Great Lakes is so flawed. >More Isthmus Green Day 2009 main stage schedule

Indoor kites, organic cooking, T'ai Chi and more pack the Isthmus Green Day 2009 schedule, full of ideas for living smart and simple. >More New plastic bag ban proposed for Madison

Madison recycling coordinator George Dreckmann is helping draft an ordinance to ban plastic bags from the trash stream and urge residents to recycle them at up to 50 drop spots around town. >More Proponents of urban farming back city zoning code changes
Let it grow, let it grow, let it grow

When Greg Rosenberg approached Madison officials in 2001 about Troy Gardens, a 31-acre urban farm on Madison's north side, he was getting into matters outside their comfort zone. "Trying to get that approved by the city was tremendously complex. It was such a weird project for them," says Rosenberg, executive director of the Madison Area Community Land Trust. "Now we see things catching up." >More

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GREEN DAY ADVISORY BOARD

Richard S. Brooks, UW-Madison, Professional Development & Applied Studies
Jim Bradley, President, Home Savings Bank
Tom Farley, Director of Marketing, Greater Madison Convention & Visitors Bureau
Lisa MacKinnon, 1000 Friends of Wisconsin
Lynn Hobbie, MG&E
Sonya Newenhouse, President, Madison Environmental Group
Jan Watson, Knupp & Watson
Andrew Statz, Fiscal Efficiency Auditor, City of Madison
Joel Plant, City of Madison
Olivia Parry, Dane County Planning and Development
Miriam Grunes, Executive Director, REAP Food Group
Colleen Christensen, EnAct
Steve Pomplun, Nelson Institute
Sherrie Gruder, UW-Extension
Ken Syke, Madison Metropolitan School District
Bryant Moroder, Sustain Dane
Jennifer Bacon, Madison Metro
Andy Wright, Organic Valley
Diane Gloede, Organic Valley
Robert B. Beattie, Ph.D., CHANGE-IGERT Associate Director & Academic Coordinator, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Erin Schneider, Madison Area Community Supported Agriculture Coalition
Karen Etter Hall, Madison Audubon Society
Jim Welsh, Natural Heritage Land Trust
Kevin Coleman, Madison Environmental Group
Kate Wipperman, Natural Heritage Land Trust
Kathy Raab, Executive Director, NARI
Paul Abramson, Madison RAH
Lacinda Athens, Madison RAH
Ed Carroll, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation
Marketing Director, Whole Foods
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