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Lunch Office Hours
(2008)
On the second Friday every
of even months, from noon to 1pm, our staff
holds lunch office hours. We invite anyone interested
in learning more about Madison Environmental
Group to stop by for peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches and conversation. Dates
in 2008 are February 8, April 11, June 13, August 8, October 10,
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Earth Day Open House
(April 22, 2007)
Sunday, April 22
from 10am-2pm at our office on the Capitol
Square in Madison, visitors enjoyed a tour of our sustainably
remodeled third floor office space, green interior
design tips, free coffee and treats, and a showcase
of our Fullcircle Furniture project, beautiful
furniture made from doors bound for the landfill. |
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Green Remodeling 101 Tips
and Tour (March 26, 2007)
Sonya Newenhouse and Christi
Weber shared green remodeling tips and a tour
of our sustainably remodeled space on Monday
night, March 26, from 5pm-7pm. Twenty-five people
joined us for an evening of converstion and
learning. |
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Car-Free Challenge Kick-Off
and World Car-Free Day 2006 Celebration (Friday,
September 22)
It was a rainy day, but the intrepid participants
on the sidewalk in front of L'Etoile and Madison
Environmental Group offices
enjoyed the coffee and pastries anyway, then
went on to reduce their car use for 2 weeks.
results»
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Earth Day Celebration
(April 22, 2006)
Our April 22 Earth Day celebration
was a huge success.Thank you to the over 500
people who attended and to the many sponsors
who contributed food, coffee and other treats. |
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Garden
Gifts Radio Show
Garden Gifts Ideas are shared each year by Dr.
Astrid and Dr. Sonya Newenhouse on Larry Meiller's
radio talk show on Wisconsin Public Radio
(AM 970).download
the 2005 garden gifts list»
download
the 2006 garden gifts list» |
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Be Cool! Energy Workshops
(July 2005)
Be Cool! Energy Workshops
were hosted by EnAct and Madison Gas and Electric
on Thursday, July 28, at the Fitchburg Community
Center and on Saturday, July 30, at the Monona
Public Library. For information on how you can
cut your energy use and save money, call 252-7117.
read
article» |
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Gorham Deconstruction Sale
Our Deconstruction Sale
was an overwhelming success. In order
to minimize waste and maximize reuse, Madison
Environmental Group coordinated the removal
of materials from 5 houses which are being deconstructed
or relocated. All of the items were sold
or donated. Some of the doors, floors and light
fixtures will be available for sale at the Habitat
for Humanity ReStore. Together we saved
an estimated 6500 pounds of material from the
landfill. learn
more » |
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Earth Day Open House
(April 22, 2005)
Thanks for celebrating Earth
Day with us on Friday, April 22 at 25 N. Pinckney
on the Capitol Square. Madison Environmental
Group, EnAct, Community Car, and L'Etoile celebrated
the arrival of spring, greeting visitors with
free food and drink on our sidewalk. At the
Overture Center construction site, we served
sub sandwiches to thank the workers for their
accomplishment: an 80% recycling rate for construction
waste. |
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EnAct Winter Green Gifts Celebration
(December 11, 2004)
One hundred people, old friends
and new, visited us Saturday, December 11, and
made this event a big success. The party was
co-hosted by EnAct
, a program we developed to help individuals
conserve resources. Our visitors, children and
adults, learned about green gift-giving and
had fun creating homemade gifts and enjoying
homemade goodies. If you missed our gathering,
please stop by our office at 25 N. Pinckney
(third floor) to tour our green office space.
Download green gift ideas for any time of the
year at
http://www.enactwi.org/gifts.pdf
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Car-Free Challenge
(September 22 - October 5 annually)
Madison Environmental Group
organized the first Car-Free Challenge in 2003
to raise awareness of the environmental, health
and economic benefits of reducing car travel.
Each year, we offer motivation to people who
try to live car-free or "car-lite"
for two weeks. We measure results to demonstrate
that individual actions add up to significantly
reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve
air quality. learn
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EnAct Summer Celebration
(June 21, 2004)
We honored EnAct participants
at our first annual EnAct celebration organized
by Renata Grillova Vail. We gave out prizes,
including a front loading washing machine donated
by MGE, a night's stay at Inn Serendipity B&B,
and a Community Car free trial. Lisa Kivirist
and John Ivanko, owners of Inn Serendipity and
authors of Rural Renaissance gave a slide show
presentation of living the good life in rural
Wisconsin. Strawberry shortcake was enjoyed
by all. |
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Green Roof Chicago
Tour (June 14, 2004)
We invited clients and colleagues
on a tour of three green roofs in Chicago led
by Amanda Fuller. The tour included Peggy Notebaert
Nature Museum, Chicago's City Hall, and the
Chicago Center for Green Technology. Green roofs
save energy, absorb storm water, reduce urban
heat island effect, create aerial greenspace
and extend the lifetime of the roof. learn
more » |
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Earth Day Open House
(April 22, 2004)
More than 250 people celebrated
Earth Day with us. Rebecca Grossberg organized
the Greening Your Workplace themed event. We
gave tours of our green office practices, invited
environmental organizations and vendors to display
their information, and served food donated by
Mifflin Street Co-op, Scotts Pastries, Just
Coffee and Organic Valley. Next year we invite
you to our office to celebrate the 35th anniversary
of Earth Day on April 22, 2005. |
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Charles Munch Art Exhibit
(December 18, 2003)
We invited clients and friends
to an art exhibit of Charles Munch's paintings
on display at our office. Charles led the tour
and described his bold, thought provoking work
that investigates the interaction between humans
and nature. If you're interested in Munch's
work we offer a poster and send again note cards.
learn more about the poster and note cards»
To learn more about Munch visit:
The
Guild.com or The
Wisconsin Academy |
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Green Office Presentation
and Tour (December 10, 2003)
Sonya Newenhouse gave a lunch
presentation of our green renovation experience
to the Madison Chapter of the National Association
of Women in Construction. After the L'Etoile
lunch, Amanda Fuller and Maureen Mahle gave
a tour of our green renovation. Some of the
green highlights are reused doors, VOC free
paint, reused light fixtures and daylighting.
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Our 5 Year Anniversary
(December 1, 2003)
We celebrated our 5 year
anniversary, the launch of Community Car and
the purchase of the Crescent Building with 200
clients and friends. Canape's were served, wine
was flowing and the all three floors of the
Crescent Building were electric. Thanks to Odessa
Piper for donating the fabulous L'Etoile food
and all of you who shared the day with us!
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