by Sustain Dane | Feb 29, 2024 | Staff Blog
By Lorenza Zebell Sustain Dane is a resource for your sustainability-related questions. Businesses and individuals often email our team. This year we are adding a new article section where we will share questions that have come from the Sustain Dane community (and the...
by Sustain Dane | Feb 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Adam Blust One of the centerpieces of the 2023 Sustain Dane Summit was a collaborative art project celebrating the diversity and sustainability of Dane County. Designed by activist, illustrator and muralist T.L. Luke, the piece is a panoramic landscape that moves...
by Sustain Dane | Jan 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Lorenza Zebell Q: Do you have any recommendations/suggestions for more sustainable catering options? A: If your office is interested in more sustainable food for your events, I have a few suggestions for you. It’s best practice to prioritize plant-based...
by Sustain Dane | Jan 31, 2024 | Uncategorized
By Adam Blust Sustainability efforts are going on all around us in Dane County. At the 2023 Sustain Dane Summit, five community leaders updated the attendees on their ongoing sustainability projects. Nearly a decade of sustainability – Reynolds Transfer and...
by Sustain Dane | Dec 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Adam J. Blust One of the centerpieces of the Sustain Dane Summit on November 3 at Monona Terrace was an update on two major community projects centered on sustainability: the Lake Monona Waterfront development, and the Dane County Sustainability Campus. Lake...
by Sustain Dane | Nov 27, 2023 | Guest Posts, Summit Recaps
By Adam J. Blust Diamond Spratling’s career as an environmentalist and educator started with polar bears. As a child, she saw a heartbreaking TV commercial on the plight of the polar bear, complete with an emotional music score. “That reeled me in,” she said. “I...
by Sustain Dane | Sep 29, 2023 | Guest Posts, Program Recaps
By Adam J. Blust Even people who never thought about air quality got an education in the topic this summer, when Canadian wildfires caused air quality crises throughout the United States. Air quality was the subject of Sustain Dane’s latest Sustainable Breakfast...
by Sustain Dane | Jul 28, 2023 | Guest Posts, Program Recaps
By Adam J. Blust In 2007, professional beekeepers began to sound the alarm that bees were suffering huge losses in their populations. “The bees were just gone,” said UW Professor Claudio Gratton, who spoke at the Sustain Dane Sustainable Breakfast July 18. “The hives...
by Sustain Dane | Jun 27, 2023 | Sustainability Stories
In June of 2023, Sustain Dane staff sat down with Roundtrip Program Manager at the Greater Madison Metropolitan Planning Organization, Zia Brucaya to discuss their sustainability story. RoundTrip is a transportation demand management (TDM) program of the MPO that...
by Sustain Dane | May 1, 2023 | Guest Posts, Program Recaps
By Adam Blust Commitment leads to change. When an organization makes a commitment to a sustainability project, big or small, that’s when good intentions become reality. Sustain Dane gathered 44 organizations and companies from around Dane County and beyond April 7...
