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As spring arrives, Greening Our World is released!
For most of this decade, Madison Gas and Electric, Madison Public Library, and Sustain Dane have teamed up to develop a special book and video collection dedicated to earth-friendly living and communities. With growing public interest in this subject, Read More...

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Google tool helps consumers reduce energy usage
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Google Inc on Tuesday said it would use its software skills to help consumers track their home energy usage and thereby lower demand and the global warming emissions that come from producing electricity. The move is part of Google's Read More...

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FREE Showing of WALL-E from Stuart Utley and MadisonEcoBroker.com as my Happy Halloween Treat to You! Guaranteed not to cause cavities.
I hereby invite all my Friends and all past, present & potential future Clients/Customers - to a FREE screening of "WALL-E" at Market Square Theatres, 6604 Odana Rd in Madison, next Saturday evening, 11/1/08 at 7 PM. The Disney/Pixar animated Read More...

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Clean Sweep 'better than the blue-light special'
Clean Sweep is a recycling station of sorts -- where consumers can drop in and both drop off for proper disposal, or pick up for their own use by choosing from a wide selection of potentially environmentally non-friendly paints, paint thinners, motor Read More...

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Long-distance commuters’ road to nowhere: High gas prices, housing market downturn leave some workers stuck
There is not a lot I have to say about this thought-provoking article from MSNBC , except to reiterate what I say on the homepage of my website, www.MadisonEcoBroker.com and that is: Even choosing an environmentally responsible location for your home Read More...

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A new Web site called walkscore.com allows people to see how walkable a neighborhood might be.
Note that this information is outdated. Designed by a firm in Seattle, Washington, www.WalkScore.com works just like a Google map and is powered with that technology. Computer users enter their address and based on a variety of parameters, like what kind Read More...

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HybridFest at Dane County Fair sees interest zooming in fuel-efficient vehicles
If you are fed up with the soaring price of gasoline, you should head to the Alliant Energy Center this weekend for the third annual Hybridfest, held in conjunction with the Dane County Fair. read more ... Read More...

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Madison ordinance changes would streamline implementation of small-scale solar & wind power
This is definitely an idea whose time has come (over 30 years ago really, but better late than never)! Based on an Independence Day 2008 story in the Wisconsin State Journal: Madison officials want to streamline city ordinances with an eye toward encouraging Read More...

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Artful Living: Practical tips for navigating waterlogged gardens
Note that this information is outdated. Bookstores and libraries stock hundreds of volumes that tell you how to do almost anything you can think of connected with gardening -- except how to deal with extreme weather. This past winter local gardens were Read More...

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New Madison store aids off-the-grid living
Note that this information is outdated. A new store on Madison's Far East Side is pinning its hopes on renewable energy as it opens its doors In June, 2008. Just inside those doors at Off the Grid , 4261 Lien Road, are comfortable chairs aimed at Read More...

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MGE Has Highest Green Power Participation Rate
Note that this information is outdated. Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has the highest green pricing participation rate of any investor-owned utility in the country. More than 10% of our residential customers are now purchasing clean wind and solar energy. Read More...

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Madison Mayor wants to double solar energy use in Madison Homes & Businesses
Note that this information is outdated. MadiSUN, is designed to increase the development, and accelerate the adoption of solar technologies by providing technical assistance and financial advice to those wishing to install solar energy equipment Read Read More...

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MGE aims to place wind turbine in Fitchburg park
Note that this information is outdated. Fitchburg 's McKee Farms Park could have an added attraction this summer -- a small and quiet wind turbine. Known as an "urban turbine, " it looks like a 30-foot flagpole topped with a 12-foot rotating Read More...

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