Date : Wed. April 25th Time : 5:30pm Place: 1800 Engineering Hall, UW-Madison Speaker: Maggie Koerth-Baker Title : Putting the Fun Back in Infrastructure Description: Electricity just happens. Flip a switch, and the lights turn on. The system is reliable enough and invisible enough that it’s easy to spend your entire life not knowing how [...] [...more]
When: Thursday, April 12th, 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. Coffee, tea and cookies from 4:00 – 4:15 Where: 1106 Mechanical Engineering, 1513 University Avenue William W. Hogan Raymond Plank Professor of Global Energy Policy John. F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University The green agenda envisions dramatic changes in the production and use of energy. The [...] [...more]
The UW-Madison Agroecology Program will hold a benefit concert on Friday, April 13 to support graduate student research in sustainable agriculture and food systems. The event, called the Loving of the Land concert, will feature Graminy and The Blue Dog Consort. These two Madison groups offer a unique blend of classical and bluegrass traditions called “class-grass.” Stephanie [...] [...more]
UW-Madison welcomes learners and explorers of all ages to campus to experience science as discovery at the 10th Annual UW-Madison Science Expeditions on April 14, 2012! All campus events are free and open to the public. Bring your family and friends! A fun, family-friendly event for kids and adults of all ages! There are no tickets required [...] [...more]
OVERVIEW Against a backdrop of extraordinary global economic, environmental and social challenges, the sixth annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference will examine issues related to consumption and growth, economic and environmental sustainability, quality of life and happiness. Envisioning a Fairer Future: Sustainability, Security and Happiness on a Finite Planet will explore a variety of views [...] [...more]
At the farm of Jamie Derr, Solarmass, LLC. 1349 Greenway Road, Marshall, WI. There you will learn how farmers are producing fuel from crops like soybeans, camelina, and sorghum and creating usable energy including small-scale biodiesel, ethanol and biogas. Bob Brylski, statewide biofuels educator and director of Wisconsin Bioenergy Services will discuss biodiesel, vegetable oil, [...] [...more]
Natalie Hunt University of Wisconsin-Madison Sponsored by the Climate, People, and the Environment Program Room 1039, Atmospheric, Oceanic And Space Sciences Building 1225 W. Dayton St. (Map and Directions [Car, Transit, Bike, Walk]) Parking in Lot 56 (map) For more information, contact Alejandro Ordonez by e-mail Click here for additional event information. [...more]
Heating the Midwest (HTM) is a group of volunteers with a serious interest in growing awareness and usage of biomass thermal fuel for heat in the Midwest. Our Mission: “To advance biomass thermal heating in the Midwest for a more sustainable future, while improving the economic, environmental and social well-being of the region.” Driven and directed [...] [...more]
Financing and technology of anaerobic digester systems are the subject of two webinars planned March 14, 2012. The webinars are part of the Renewable Energy Education Field Day series of programs. These webinars are targeted to landowners, community leaders and dairy farmers with operations of all sizes. The webinars are a collaboration of Farm Foundation, NFP, [...] [...more]
