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UrbanThoreau Critiques: from Street to World and Back Again

  • Dane County Towns Ass’n: Adjust Your Attitude!

    Dane County Towns Association aids & abets the dismantling of Dane County’s rural communities.

  • The Sustainability Mirage: A NYT Update

    Back in January I had an article published entitled “Madison’s Sustainability Mirage,” thesis of which was, all the groovey-green gizmos in the world won’t make a hill-of-beans difference as long as we keep siting “green buildings” in car-mandatory places. Looks like the smart gate-keepers at the NYT just figured it out, too.

  • Girls Rock! Motor Primitives @ Brink TONIGHT!

    Motor Primitives play tonight at the Brink Lounge…. The AM version of the details: Who: Motor Primitives What: MPs & other local bands play for a Fundraiser for Girls Rock Camp Where: Brink Lounge, 701 E. Washington Ave When: TONIGHT! Thursday, 3/18, 7 PM How a): BE THERE! Be There! BE THERE! How b): Vote for…

  • Happy St. Pat’s!

    And apparently the aforementioned saint did more than just drive out snakes….He saved western civilization!

  • The Next Messianic Miracle Fuel

    Ok, so lithium is not a fuel, it is a material component for storing fuel– in this case, electricity. Lithium-ion batteries are the latest “green” holy grail. Eco-mirage of the hip. Messianic miracle material for the eco-techie. Any good (paid) environmentalist tell you that if only we had enough hybrids on the road, we would…

  • The ‘Crazy’ Label

    I’m declaring myself an official Glenn Greenwald acolyte (heh!). It’s amazing how routinely he is dead on, and yet again, hits the nail on the head. Anyone who calls for sensible legislation, or doing wacky things like hewing closely to our constitution gets branded crazy by elites at just about every level of government. As…

  • Q: What’s the Greatest Threat to the Planet?

    A: http://www.youtube.com/user/1standMain#p/u/1/VGJt_YXIoJI …. a fun & lighthearted take on a serious topic thanks to our friends over at the Congress for New Urbanism. Robbie Webber exasperatedly declared that they captured her entire 50 minute class talk on the Environment & Urbanism in 3 minutes! D’Oh!

  • TONIGHT! Tatooed Love Boys, A Pretenders Tribute, High Noon Saloon

    Tatooed Love Boys, a Pretenders Tribute, will be playing tonight at the High Noon Saloon, 5:30 PM.

  • Grassroutes Caravan: Madtown 2 Motown, a Mobile Village of Resilience

    Sounds like a fun & wacky bike ride! — A caravan traveling by bike to the United States Social Forum from June 10th-20th of 2010. The Route

  • Efficiency Pays, Renewables Cost

    McKinsey report states the obvious: Energy efficiency is significantly more cost-effective than renewables in lowering carbon spew.

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