Have a Sustainable Holiday Season
This holiday season is the perfect time to start new traditions for a more sustainable future. Get involved in our movement! Sustain Dane is the sustainability organization of Dane County. Every month, we share sustainability events, news and actions with sustainability champions like you.
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MPower Showcase and SBN Quarterly Breakfast Meeting
2019 at Sustain Dane marks a new era - we are envisioning exciting new ways to make our programs serve our community better. So this year, the MPower Showcase joins forces with the first SBN Quarterly Breakfast Meeting of the new year. Join us to lift up Sustain Dane's 2018 cohort of MPower Champions, to hear from our speaker Tom Thompson about new frontiers in sustainability and health, and to dream about MPower and SBN’s future. Our 2018 MPower Champions are Artisan Dental, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Dean Healthcare, Therma-Stor LLC. The Champions will share their sustainability wins from his year while moving through the MPower program. Tickets for SBN Members are free.
January 18th
Monona Terrace 7:30-9:30 AM
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Green Your Gifts!
Lower your environmental impact while gifting this holiday season. For the gifts:
- Gift the gift of an experience! A tour, music lesson, art class, concert, or meal can make a fabulous gift that won't end up in the landfill.
- Consumable gifts have the same idea. A basket full of specialty food items is a tasty way to show you're thinking of someone.
- When buying physical gifts shop small and local when possible. Supporting Dane County businesses is especially important this time of year!
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For the gift wrap:
- Reuse whenever possible. Keep a stash of gift bags and salvageable wrap from gifts you receive throughout the year.
- Pick up a thrift store scarf and wrap the gift furoshiki style.
- Use compostable materials like paper and cotton string.
- Decorate with pieces of nature like an evergreen sprig, a pine cone, a cinnamon stick, or a dried orange slice.
- Reuse paper grocery bags or newsprint - or check out Wrappily, a company who prints gift wrap designs on 100% recyclable newsprint.
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Have sustainable gift ideas of your own? Tag us on social media @sustaindane and #greengiving to share your sustainable holiday spirit!
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Support Sustain Dane
As 2018 comes to a close and we reflect on the impact Sustain Dane has on our community, we ask that you contribute to keep our organization thriving in the New Year! Your donations help create a strong, resilient community in the Madison Region.
Your support will directly expand Sustain Dane's impactful programs and partnerships.
- $15 supports Sustain Dane staff engaging with community leaders on Dane County Council on Climate Change
- $35 covers materials for one-on-one coaching with businesses to reduce their CO2 emissions and energy usage
- $70 provides a scholarship for a local high school student to learn and be inspired at The Sustain Dane Summit.
Thank you for your support!
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Imagine Madison Comprehensive Plan
Last year, we facilitated three resident panels in collaboration with Ho-Chunk Gaming Madison. These panels provided an opportunity for Ho-Chunk residents of Madison to influence the city planning process in a community, participatory process called Imagine Madison. The City of Madison Comprehensive Plan inspired by your participation has now been adopted! View the plan here online or visit the Madison Public Library to view a hard copy. Click the image to the right to view larger in a new window. View summaries of feedback like yours here. If you have any questions, contact city planner Kirstie Laatsch.
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Dane County Climate Change Action Plan: Opportunity for Input
The Dane County Council on Climate Change is asking for your feedback on the list of programs, policies and projects that are being considered for possible inclusion in a Dane County Climate Action Plan (CAP). We urge you to make your voice heard by checking out the summary of proposals here. You can send in your comments using this form. The deadline for input is Friday, December 21st.
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2019 Yahara Watershed Academy
Madison’s Yahara Watershed Academy is accepting applications for the 2019 class. The Watershed Academy is for current and aspiring community leaders who want to learn to tackle today’s land and water resources challenges. Participants will learn from experts, participate in hands-on activities, and develop projects to better our Yahara Watershed communities. Ultimately, the Academy will cultivate a cohort of leaders and change-makers for local land and water. Learn more. Applications are due January 4, 2019.
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