Is America’s love affair with oil a heartbreaker?
Leave the chocolate and lacy at home, and spend Valentine Day learning about our nation’s crush on oil
From Toilet To Tap?
As water shortages increase and intensify environmental and economic concerns, more municipalities turn to the sewer for solutions
Biking to work in “winter”
If you’ve sworn off “winter” biking (yes winter is purposefully in quotes), next week is the week to give it a try.
More Than Just Wacky Weather
According to NOAA, the contiguous US experienced its 4rth warmest January on record.
The Patriots and Giants Are Green With . . . wel, Sustainability
Yesterday’s Super Bowl follows an important trend in professional sports: Going green!
Management System Models/Standards Provide Road Maps to Sustainability
Guest blogger and Sustainable Business Network member, Kevin Lehner (President, ECSI Assurance, LLC) shares his insights and recommendations around using international models/standards, such as ISO 50001, for businesses to improve their sustainability practices.
Dive! the film - review
If a great documentary is one that has you googling about the topic while the credits are rolling than Dive! wins a gold medal.
Observations on Climate Change
It was 6 degrees below the record high of 56 degrees yesterday the last day of January.
One Year Old and Still GROWing
It’s been almost a year since Sustain Dane, Community GroundWorks, UW-Extension and Health Forward Consulting held the first meeting of the GROW Coalition.
Getting the story right
SD Director of Communications chastises Cap Times for its sloppy reporting on high speed rail.
What’s Up With Sustainable Business in 2012?
Sustain Dane is starting the year out right by growing the Mpower Business ChaMpion Program and launching the Sustainable Business Network.
New EPA Stardards = Big Step Forward
The release of the EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards usher in a new year.
Children’s Outdoor Bill of Rights
A group of Wisconsinites have been working on a joint assembly proclamation that conveys the value of outdoor learning, exploration and fun.
Do a sit-up for Bonnie Prudden
For those who think that America is getting fatter, it is not a new problem.
For those who think there are not solutions.
LaFollette High’s Experimental Garden Club
Last night at the GROW Coalition’s Open Mic Think Tank Night we learned how one physics teacher and two student leaders, Tyler and Alex, are helping to shape and grow a new Experimental Garden Club at LaFollette High School.
The role of Science in decision making
We had the pleasure to hear Lisa Jackson, the EPA administrator address a full house at Union South.
Put on your fancy pants!
Last day to buy tickets for the annual, greatest sustainability show in Madison . . .
Badger Bioneer Dinners
Tickets for pre-conference dinners with leading sustainability thinkers & doers are now available!
Change on the Brain
What does it take to effect change? Honestly, I don’t really know. Maybe a better understanding of human behavior will help.
Leadership in our Public Schools
Principal for a Day at Spring Harbor Middle School in Madison gave me a glimpse of what leadership can mean for our public schools.
What’s the buzz about beekeeping
Madison City Council needs to pass proposed ordinance for backyard beekeeping
Greetings from California
Our first dispatch from the Bioneers Conference . . . where the weather is nice and the speakers are . . . um . . hot?
Energy Efficient Schools
Students in KEEP’s Wisonsin Energy Efficient Schools Workshop learn about the challenges and opportunities that face schools when they try to reduce their energy use.
The Meaning of Public Life
Reading Parker Palmer’s new book, “Healing the Heart of Democracy,” and pondering the meaning and decline of public life in America - including the origin of the word public.
Why Knoxville, when It could be us?
What is Knoxville doing to expand its number of green jobs more rapidly than other other metropolitan area in the country? And why isn’t Madison even on the map?
No place to hide from energy efficiency
Work and life are both dealing with difficult energy efficiency decisions.
Cherokee Middle School’s Garden Blog
Recently a friend forwarded me a link to the Cherokee Middle School Garden blog.
Meet the Bioneers: Stephanie Ricketts
The fourth in a series of profiles of this year’s Badger Bioneers.
Expeditionary Learning: Bringing the Classroom to the Community
Toki Middle School lies in the Meadowood Neighborhood in the heart of Southwest Madison. Over the past decade, poverty has taken a strong foot-hold.
Meet the Bioneers: Kim Neuschel & Jessica Leclair
Third in a series of profiles of this year’s Badger Bioneers.
Sustainability- It’s More Than Going Green
Last week I heard Kaleem Caire from the Urban League of Greater Madison speak about Madison Prep, a proposed public, all-male charter school in the Madison Metropolitan School District.
Eating our way to a lower carbon footprint
Last Sunday evening I stumbled across a radio program on WUWM called Human Kind. The program, entitled “Our Food Footprint”, explored greenhouse gases produced from the livestock industry.
GROWing Outdoor Learning
Did you know that there are 33 vegetable gardens at Madison public schools?
Happy House Hunting
I have come to realize that in choosing a house I am choosing my options for living sustainably.
Sharing Books and More
This past weekend I went on a bike ride with friends and stopped for a coffee at Tuvalu in Verona ...
Our Spring Trip to Denver
Reinforced we (Sustain Dane and Madison) are on the forefront of sustainability!
Tending the Garden at the Workplace
A national trend towards employer-sponsored gardens at the workplace is showing up locally at American Family’s National Headquarters here in Madison.
Cultivating Education for Sustainability
Last night a group of passionate individuals gathered for 3 hours at the UW-Arboretum to generate ideas about what students should be learning and experiencing to be sustainably literate.
What do boxing and sustainability have in common?
Personal health: The starting point for sustainability
Madison’s Sustainabilty Plan - Why You Should Care
I recently had the privilege of hearing Alder Satya Rhodes-Conway speak about our City’s new Sustainability Plan.
Bringing Schools and Community Together
On May 26th a new garden will be built at Black Hawk Middle School thanks to Fiskar’s Project Orange Thumb.
TED Review - Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy
Dave takes an entertaining and to-the-point approach in outlining seven obstacles that can be overcome to combat apathy.
A Dose of Inspiration
I had the good chance to visit three models of community-based sustainability in action this past weekend ...
18 ChaMpion Businesses accepted into ‘11 Program
From 3 employees to over 7000 employees, Sustain Dane will work with 18 dedicated area businesses this year.
Sustainability Education in Wisconsin
There are a number of efforts happening in our State in support of Educating for Sustainability ...
Food, Faith & SUCCESS!
A great early springtime afternoon at James Reeb Congregation, talking about food, faith and sustainability.
The Home Energy Audit Experience
One week ago today I had my first ever Home Energy Audit for my first ever home.
Changing School Food
Sometimes small, seemingly inconsequential things are actually really big victories.
Economics of Happiness
Over 200 people gathered to watch The Economics of Happiness, a documentary about how “going local” can help repair our economies, ecosystems and ultimately happiness.
Growing Gardens, Growing Kids
There is a lot of noise these days around gardening and food. Front yard gardens, roof top gardens, community gardens, rain gardens and, yes, school gardens. Well, what’s the big deal?
What Walker’s Actions Have to Do With Sustainability
“The turmoil in Wisconsin is…about transparency and openness. It is about neighborliness, decency and mutual respect.” William Cronon, Op-Ed in the New York Times 3.21.11
