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Madison to accept more plastic and metal items in recycling bins
What a way to kick off the New Year! Madison has changed city recycling contractors, and as of January 1st, they will be taking a LOT more recyclables off your curb! This is good news both for city residents and … Continue reading
Posted in Green Living, Recycling
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Buy Local This Black Friday And All Through the Holidays!
With the holiday shopping season hitting us in the face, we wanted to offer a reminder to support your local community buy doing your shopping with small, locally-owned businesses before, on, and after Black Friday. There have been national movements … Continue reading
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Tagged dane county buy local, madison buy local, shop local, small business saturday
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Polluters Over People Bill
As a child in the early 60s, I swam in Lake Michigan at a beautiful beach in Grant Park, South Milwaukee. The water was ice cold even in August and clear as glass. Ten years later that same beach was closed to swimming. Piles … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Clean Power, Events, Green Living, Politics, Transportation
Tagged Clean Water, Great Lakes
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Making Sense of Seals and Labels: A Guide to Sustainable Products
Making Sense of Seals and Labels: A Guide to Sustainable Products Thanks to someone for posting this to our recycling friends at AROW‘s member discussion. Hope it helps! Green Label, Green Seal, FloorScore… all these names, labels, and certifications are … Continue reading
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Al Gore Releases New E-Book As An “App”
I have an affinity for Al Gore because the year I got a national Sierra Club award, he was given one as well. However, it was the same year he won the Nobel Prize, so he couldn’t attend and had … Continue reading
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Earth Day Resolutions for a greener tomorrow
Every year, Earth Day gives us a time to stop and think about what we can do – EVERY day – to make our world a better place. And while we all have the best of intentions, sometimes life interferes … Continue reading
Posted in Green Living, Recycling, Uncategorized
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