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		<title>Sustainable Communities Roundtables and Public Forum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A series of roundtables is occuring around Wisconsin with a final public forum to occur March 25-26 in Menasha at UW Fox Valley! Central Wisconsin Roundtable Date: Feb. 26, 9 a.m.-noon Location: Travel Guard, 3300 Business Park Drive, Stevens Point Contact: Center for Land Use Education, 715-346-3783 . De Pere Roundtable Date: March 2, 1-3:30 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=408&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New &#8220;Local Acre&#8221; beer made of only Wisconsin ingredients</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lakefront Brewery to unveil true Wisconsin beer Lakefront Brewery Inc. says it will release the first beer made entirely with Wisconsin ingredients since Prohibition on Thursday, Dec. 10. “Local Acre,” which features organic malt, will make its official debut from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Sugar Maple bar, located at 441 E. Lincoln Ave., [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=393&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>USDA Webinar for Local Food $: Monday Dec. 7, 2pm Central Time</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could your community tap into the next round of money from the USDA for local food production? You may want to register for the Monday Dec. 7th USDA webinar to be held at 2pm Central Time. Five million dollars has been awarded to organizations commited to local food: &#8220;Launched in September 2009, the &#8216;Know Your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=381&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>3 Sustainability Planning Sessions for the Public in Madison: Oct 22, Oct 29, Nov 5</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to weigh in on the future of sustainability in Madison, come to one of 3 public meetings. The city is trying to make sure it has a greener future. Be a part of it! &#8220;Sustainability is the ability to meet our needs without compromising the needs of future generations. &#8221; Join the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=345&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Natural Step Network USA is offering training in Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nov 18-20, 2009 Chicago, IL. STRATEGIC SUSTAINABILITY FOR LEADERS &#8211; LEVEL 1 COURSE Presented by The Natural Step Network USA and Strozzi Institute Associates The Natural Step USA’s foundation course for sustainability champions and leaders will provide participants with a more robust understanding of The Natural Step Framework. Participants will gain skills and knowledge to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=340&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We were blown away!: Montfort Wind Farm Road Trip Report</title>
		<link>http://thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/windy-writings-montfort-wind-farm-wrap-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prairie winds were in full force when a July 25th Next Step Wisconsin group visited the Montfort Wind farm. Carol Gruba gathered the fourteen wind watchers who hailed from Dodgeville, Chicago, UW Madison, The Natural Step Monona, MATC Madison, and the Madison Area Permaculture Guild. The enthusiastic wind tourists peppered their guide Carol Anderson with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=327&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pictures from our windy road trip!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Apologies for this brief post &#8211; I am moving in 2 days. Lovely photos of our road trip to Montfort&#8217;s wind farm July 25 are here! Fourteen people came and the day was BEAUTIFUL.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=320&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mega-Windy Tour to Montfort July 25th</title>
		<link>http://thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com/2009/07/01/mega-windy-tour-to-montfort-july-25th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s time to see megawatts of wind up close and personal. In fact, you&#8217;ll have a hard time missing this awe-inspiring string of 20 towers slowly spinning a total of 30 megawatts of green power 330 feet over your head. Carol Anderson has welcomed our Next Step group and friends for a tour of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=289&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MREA Fair &#8217;09: Speaking &amp; Listening</title>
		<link>http://thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/233/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 17:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to those who attended the talk that Liz and I gave at the MREA on Sunday. We placed a PDF version of our slides on the yahoo group [to sign up, send an email to NextStepWisconsin-subscribe@yahoogroups.com]. You can also send an email request to Carol&#8211; bookluvn at yahoo.com. We spoke at 10am on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=233&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sign up for The Next Step Yahoo Group &amp; See you at the MREA Fair</title>
		<link>http://thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com/2009/06/20/sign-up-for-the-next-step-yahoo-group-see-you-at-the-mrea-fair/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carol</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to help sustainability leaders to connect across the state, we created a yahoo group: NextStepWisconsin. How do you sign up? Two steps. 1) Send an email to: NextStepWisconsin-subscribe@yahoogroups.com and 2) You&#8217;ll get a reply email to sign in. We hope you will find this group to be a useful place to share [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thenextstepwisconsin.wordpress.com&amp;blog=8181231&amp;post=184&amp;subd=thenextstepwisconsin&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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