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Simple Living Madison: Is Recycling Really the Best Option?
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Wednesday, May 6, 2009. Is Recycling Really the Best Option? Recycling gets the most attention of all the components of the popular mantra, "Reduce, reuse, recycle" but is it the most important? Going green" to most communities and business is likely to mean starting a recycling program. Yet, despite good intentions, recycling is weakest solution to the waste stream puzzle. Energy for collection and transportation of the material to be recycled. Energy for distribution of the new product. Reusing is my p...
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Simple Living Madison: Celebrate Earth Day with the Kids!
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Sunday, April 12, 2009. Celebrate Earth Day with the Kids! Earth Day is everyday for many people, especially for kids. Children seem especially interested in the environment, and the topic is a great start in developing civic involvement and empathy for others. Fun Earth Day activities abound in Madison. Here’s a list to get you (and the children in your life) started. Visit the Madison Children's Museum. And learn about earth science. 2009 is " The Year of Science. Join the Isthmus Green Day. On April 2...
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Simple Living Madison: February 2009
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Sunday, February 22, 2009. 10 fun winter things to do in Madison. Got the late-Madison-winter blahs? Tired of the cold and snow? Remedies come in two trains of thought—embrace winter or plan ahead for spring. Either way, our city offers lots of simple, cheap or free things to do before first thaw. Are Elver Park, Warner and Heistand parks. Madisonians are really getting into snowshoeing. Emily Mills at Lost Albatross. Walk in the woods. Get out your camera. Is back on La. And the March Spring Flower Show.
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Simple Living Madison: Bust Summer Boredom with Simple Games
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009. Bust Summer Boredom with Simple Games. School’s almost out and summer’s around the corner. You’re about to hear that sad refrain. “Mom, I’m bored.”. Combat summer doldrums with “lawn games” passed down by our parents and grandparents. Wii isn’t necessary. You don’t need a court, diamond or special facility to play. You don’t need special equipment, not even a ball. Select 2 people to join hands and be “it.”. The pair chase others to catch them. Designate a field of play. Before Twi...
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Simple Living Madison: March 2009
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Sunday, March 22, 2009. Community: Have we lost it? In Democracy in America. A visitor from France, wrote that Americans were good at coming together whether for political or social reasons and that this was our strength. Civic engagement" wrote De Tocqueville in 1835, was key to our success as a democracy. Written 160 years later by sociologist Robert D. Putnam, warned that the community praised by de Tocqueville was breaking down. Is the web to. Is hope on the horizon? I've noticed two trends that seem...
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Simple Living Madison: NEW Simple Living Madison Blog Coming in August
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Sunday, July 18, 2010. NEW Simple Living Madison Blog Coming in August. Simple Living Madison was initially created as a project for a fantastic web writing class by Madison College instructor Martha Schwer. We've been dormant for awhile as we learned new things.but kept going back to the idea behind SLM, something we felt was badly needed in Madison—a central place to include local resources, events and issues focusing on simple, frugal and conscious living in our fair city. View my complete profile.
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Simple Living Madison: July 2010
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Sunday, July 18, 2010. NEW Simple Living Madison Blog Coming in August. Simple Living Madison was initially created as a project for a fantastic web writing class by Madison College instructor Martha Schwer. We've been dormant for awhile as we learned new things.but kept going back to the idea behind SLM, something we felt was badly needed in Madison—a central place to include local resources, events and issues focusing on simple, frugal and conscious living in our fair city. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Simple Living Madison: Keeping Cool During Uncertainty
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Monday, May 11, 2009. Keeping Cool During Uncertainty. Uncertainty—We all have to live with it, but how? Kelly Rigotti is facing this issue as she finishes up her master's degree. She doesn't know what the future holds, so she decided to repost a question she asked when she first started her journey in 2008. Making plans are difficult when you don't know where you're headed. In " Going Back to School. She asks ( my emphasis added. Here are the two ways I handled it. Control what you can. Control what you...
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Simple Living Madison: April 2009
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Sunday, April 12, 2009. Celebrate Earth Day with the Kids! Earth Day is everyday for many people, especially for kids. Children seem especially interested in the environment, and the topic is a great start in developing civic involvement and empathy for others. Fun Earth Day activities abound in Madison. Here’s a list to get you (and the children in your life) started. Visit the Madison Children's Museum. And learn about earth science. 2009 is " The Year of Science. Join the Isthmus Green Day. On April 2...