A report on Isthmus Green Day 2010 Linda Falkenstein on Sunday 04/18/2010 10:00 am, (1) Like Programming at the third annual Isthmus Green Day at Monona Terrace yesterday aimed to counter that skepticism, with information ranging from conserving local land to promoting healthy farming practices. Did I manage to see everything? No. But every year I make the rounds of the booths at Green Day and learn something new. >MoreToday is Isthmus Green Day! Isthmus Staff on Saturday 04/17/2010 6:00 am, (1) Like Isthmus' third annual Green Day expo is on at Madison's Monona Terrace, Saturday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tickets are $5, but you can get in free by.... >MoreWPT Behind the Scenes with Chef Rick Bayless (video) on Thursday 04/08/2010 3:00 pm, (2) Likes Chef Rick Bayless last visited Madison in December 2008 for an appearance on Wisconsin Public Television. This video finds the chef discussing his love of Mexican cuisine, his television series, and "what keeps drawing him back south of the border." >MoreBill McKibben issues an urgent call to action Save the planet -- now! Linda Falkenstein on Thursday 04/08/2010, (3) Likes Environmentalist Bill McKibben has been writing about climate change since publishing The End of Nature in 1990. In his 10th book, Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future (2007), he argued for the importance of local food systems and local culture in the fight against global warming. >MoreChef Rick Bayless: Changing the world, one meal at a time For the winner of Top Chef Masters, preparing food isn't just a vocation. It's a way of life Linda Falkenstein on Thursday 04/08/2010, (4) Likes We live in the days of the celebrity chef. There are so many cooking competitions on television, it's hard to keep them straight. It's possible for an avid television viewer to have a "favorite chef" whose restaurant he's never visited, whose food he's never tasted. >MorePresenting the Isthmus Green Day 2010 schedule on Friday 04/09/2010 1:00 pm, (2) Likes Get ready to shop, eat and celebrate the environment and so much more at the third-annual Isthmus Green Day at Monona Terrace on Saturday, April 17. The eco-celebration will be bigger and better this year, with the addition of a celebrity chef, national speakers, and a green wedding. >MoreBill McKibben to speak at Isthmus Green Day 2010 on Monday 03/15/2010 11:00 am, (4) Likes As part of their mission of connecting people and ideas for a better state, the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters is pleased to announce they will bring author and environmentalist Bill McKibben to the 2010 Isthmus Green Day on April 17 at Monona Terrace. >MoreChef Rick Bayless to keynote Isthmus Green Day 2010 on Thursday 03/11/2010 7:00 am, (4) Likes Rick Bayless -- award-winning chef-restaurateur, author and television personality -- is the keynote presenter at the 2010 Isthmus Green Day at Monona Terrace on Saturday, April 17. >MoreSave the date for the Isthmus Green Day Wedding: Saturday, April 17 on Thursday 03/04/2010 2:00 pm, (2) Likes Get ready to celebrate when Kelly Starr-King and Mike Drake declare their love for each other -- and Mother Earth -- in a "sustainable" wedding ceremony at Isthmus Green Day, Saturday, April 17. >MoreSchenk-Atwood's green machine Denied funding, neighbors launch their own sustainability initiative Nick Penzenstadler on Thursday 02/18/2010, (2) Likes Twink Jan-McMahon calls it "a blessing in disguise." Steve Steinhoff says, "It's the most successful unsuccessful grant I've ever written." >MoreMadison green charter school plan advances Lynn Welch on Thursday 01/07/2010 1:23 pm, (2) Likes The idea to start Madison's first green charter school is getting a favorable early reception from the Madison Board of Education. Says board member Ed Hughes, "You'd have to be brain dead not to be excited about this project." >MoreGreen charter school for Madison seeks green light Backers are buoyed by trends, but will school board go along? Lynn Welch on Thursday 12/03/2009, (2) Likes It's an idea that's been brewing in David Wasserman's mind since the 2001-02 school year, when he did his student teaching at a green school in Portland, Ore. Now, he hopes the time is right to launch an environmental charter school in Madison. >MoreA tree falls in Madison Livable cities need healthy trees. Are we doing enough to protect ours? Katherine Esposito on Friday 10/02/2009, (2) Likes I imagine a sniper in the sky, picking them off, one by one. Ping! There goes a tree on Waubesa Street, chopped down without warning during construction. Boom! Down comes a maple on Talmadge, felled due to a neighbor's wish to build a new driveway. Bam! There goes an oak in Olin Park, victim of a fungal disease known as oak wilt. >MoreCool tin roofs: Metal roofing will last for centuries Aluminum shingles are a good -- and green -- bet to cut overhead costs Josh Wimmer on Thursday 09/17/2009, (2) Likes As eco-friendly materials go, aluminum is generally not what first springs to mind. But if your home's roof needs repair, and you want to do it in an earth-healthy way, metal may well be the way to go. >MoreRecycling, not banning plastic bags Bill Lueders on Thursday 09/10/2009, (2) Likes George Dreckmann, the city of Madison's recycling conquistador, concedes that the bag program will likely "not pay for itself" either through money from revenues from bags or savings in landfill tipping fees. But he argues that the environmental gains make the program worthwhile. >More
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