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By Denise Thornton on October 18, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

TRADING BEANS FOR BEEF WOULD BE COOL FOR EARTH

Feeling helpless to stop our ever-faster rush toward habitat destruction and loss of diversity?   There is something we all can do that will make a difference immediately. STOP EATING […]

By Denise Thornton on October 2, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

A GREAT SOLAR GROUP BUY

As the deadline approached, people decided to take the leap and it accelerated rapidly. It was like watching a drama unfold.

By Denise Thornton on August 26, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

LEARN ABOUT BUILDING A COB OVEN

Cob ovens are not too difficult to build and can be a lot of fun.   One of the people building Underhill House, Brad Selz, had some experience in making cob ovens and offered to guide us through the process. So after house construction was done for the day, we spent […]

By Denise Thornton on July 23, 2017 • ( 2 Comments )

FUN WITH THE SUN: teaching kids about solar energy

Summer is a great time to teach kids about solar energy. (So are spring, fall and winter – but summer is when organizations tend to schedule enrichment activities for obvious […]

By Denise Thornton on July 16, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

LOCAL FRESH-CUT BLOOMS RULE!

Here is my most recent publication – an article on the thriving local, fresh-cut flower growers in Southwest Wisconsin. This article may have generated the most gorgeous Isthmus cover ever. When […]

By Denise Thornton on May 4, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

THE FUTURE OF FOOD: from the 11th annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference

The Nelson Environmental Institute 11th annual Earth Day Conference considered the Future of Food. Skip the Big Mac and pass the tofu, please.

By Denise Thornton on April 21, 2017 • ( 3 Comments )

LOCAL SOLAR ENTHUSIASTS CELEBRATE EARTH DAY

We were pleased to write this page for The Dodgeville Chronicle Earth Day Issue!   As Earth Day, April 22, 2017, approaches, it seems fitting that so many people are […]

By Denise Thornton on March 20, 2017 • ( 1 Comment )

WOLVES IN WISCONSIN – ARE THEY ENDANGERED?

Can wolves’ adaptability and savvy save them from legislation now on the docket in Washington.

By Denise Thornton on March 14, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

BLUE MOUNDS AREA PROJECT REFLECTS ON ALDO LEOPOLD

Health is the capacity of the land for self renewal. Conservation is our effort to understand and serve this capacity.

By Denise Thornton on February 10, 2017 • ( Leave a comment )

PRESERVING WISCONSIN’S RICH ENVIRONMENTAL DIVERSITY WITH STATE NATURAL AREAS

Wisconsin’s SNAs are not like state parks. They are more like arks – preserving some of our state’s natural diversity from the rising tide of development that threatens to overwhelm the […]

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