Events

The Hazards of Electronic Waste

A Film “Exporting Harm: The High-Tech Trashing of Asia,” with a discussion led by Ed Abel, Owner of File 13 E-Waste Solutions LLC

The eight most hazardous metals listed in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, or “RCRA” are arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, selenium, and silver. Electronic waste contains all eight of these potentially hazardous materials.

Absolutely Art’s 5th Birthday Bash & Artists Opening Reception with special guest DJ SpinCycle
Friday, April 2nd 5p-9p
Show runs 4/1/10-4/30/10

Absolutely Art is thrilled to celebrate our 5th Birthday and we are proud to present our artists for April. Featuring, the art and outreach of Mess Hall Press and works by Sonal Ahuja.

April 3 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon
Arboretum Ecological Restoration Work Party: "Wingra Oak Savanna." Volunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training are provided, and groups are welcome with advance notice. Meet at the gravel parking lot along Arbor Drive just off Monroe Street. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu

Spring Pansy Sale at Olbrich Botanical Gardens
April 3 Saturday
10 a.m. - while supplies last

Capture the first signs of spring with a colorful pansy at the annual Pansy Sale at Olbrich Botanical Gardens. The sale starts at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 3 and continues while supplies last. Take home the newest varieties in brilliant blends of yellow, blue, and purple, all grown in Olbrich’s own greenhouses.

April 4 - Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.
Arboretum Walk: "Early Spring." The earliest spring wildflower on the prairie is the Pasque flower - we will hunt for them on this Easter which is also the date of the earliest average time to see them.

Potential Climate Impacts on the Midwest: The U.S. Climate Impacts Assessment

DON WUEBBLES
The Harry E. Preble Professor
of Atmospheric Sciences
School of Earth, Society, and Environment
Department of Atmospheric Sciences
University of Illinois

Monday, April 5, 2010
3:30 P.M.
Room AB20, Weeks Hall
1215 W. Dayton St.

More Information: www.nelson.wisc.edu/community/programs/special-events

Contact: lambersonphi@wisc.edu, (608) 265-2563

Concern about climate change is a global problem, but its impacts occur at the local and regional scale. Regional integrated

NELSON INSTITUTE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM

Water levels in the Yahara Lakes are heavily influenced by a number of physical factors, both natural (precipitation,
groundwater levels) and human-made (paved surfaces, bridges, dams and other land uses). This forum will explore
the complex river system that includes the Yahara Lakes and examine how it responds to these influences.
Forums are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

Water Levels in the Upper Yahara Lakes:
Surface and Groundwater Influences

Presentations:

Culinary History Enthusiasts of Wisconsin (CHEW)
http://www.wisconsincooks.org/chew

Next Meeting
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
7:15 PM

“A TASTE OF HEAVEN; A Guide to Food and Drink
Made by Nuns and Monks”

Wednesday, April 7th, Madeline Scherb, author of “A TASTE OF HEAVEN; A Guide to Food and Drink Made by Nuns and Monks” will speak to CHEW about her travels and adventures researching the book. Afterward we plan to sample some of the treats Madeline describes.

Blue Mounds Area Project to Receive 5% of One Day’s Sales
from Whole Foods Market® Madison

What: Whole Foods Market Madison is holding a Community Support Day for Blue Mounds Area Project, where five percent of one day’s sales goes to the local nonprofit organization.

Dane County and Wisconsin DNR to Host Public Information Meeting for Review of Capital Springs State Recreation Area Preferred Alternative Master Plan

TEN SCULPTORS of metal, stone, & wood

Reception Friday April 9, 5 - 8 pm

Donna D’Aquino, Don Esser, Anthony Gassaway, Tom Montemurro, Ellis Nelson, Frank Neu, Mary Nimi, Demetra Saloutos, Nana Schowalter, and Richard Seed.

Special Exhibit: Kimberly Willcox

Show continues through May 23, 2010

Bindley Collection Gallery
6771 University Avenue, Middleton

(608) 831-7780
bindleycollection.com

4th Annual Wisconsin Gourd Festival

April 10, 2010
9 am – 4 pm
at Olbrich Botanical Gardens

April 10 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon
Arboretum Ecological Restoration Work Party: "Core Area and Curtis Prairie." Volunteer for restoration activities and learn about prairies and savannas. Tools and training are provided, and groups are welcome with advance notice. Meet at the front steps of the Visitor Center. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu

April 10 - Saturday, 11:20 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
Arboretum Special Event: "The Man Who Planted Trees." Come to the Overture Center in Madison where the Arboretum will present a workshop on trees between performances. At this free event, Arboretum naturalists will lead an activity called "making a woodland habitat."

April 11 - Sunday, 12:30-4 p.m.
Arboretum Special Event: "Life Cycle of a Tree." In collaboration with the Overture Center, the Arboretum offers a drop-in event where families will explore trees during their different stages of growth: from seed to seedling to maturity to death to decomposition and then all over again. Participants can pot a tree seedling to take home and dissect a decaying log. The Arboretum book store will offer a 15 percent discount for anyone who attends with ticket stubs from the April 10 Overture performances.

April 11 - Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.
Arboretum Walk: "Walk on the Wet Side." Visit wetlands near the Arboretum Visitor Center to discover life emerging as the ice leaves the ponds and marshes.

April 11 - Sunday, 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Arboretum Family Walk: "Frogs." Frogs make wonderful sounds in the spring and on summer nights -- and they have fascinating life cycles. This will be an introduction to the frogs of the Arboretum.

Getting the Garden Ready for Spring at Olbrich Botanical Gardens

April 13 Tuesday 6 – 9 p.m.

Registration Deadline: April 6

$35 Olbrich members/$44 public

Tuesday, April 13: Preparing Our Communities for the Future, Now by Peter Park.
Learn about planning and creating beautiful and sustainable communities.

Park, who spent eight years as a planner in Milwaukee and successfully worked to demolish the "Highway to Nowhere," is now the Manager of Community Planning and Development for Denver, Colorado. He presented at the inaugural "Bringing Bioneers to Wisconsin" conference last November.

April 17 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon
Arboretum Earth Day Ecological Restoration Work Parties. Celebrate Earth Day by volunteering for restoration activities. Tools and training are provided. Time slots for groups are available with advance notice. Meet at the Grady Tract parking lot. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu

April 17 - Saturday, 10 a.m.
Friends of the Arboretum Spring Sprint. Featuring a 5k run on Arboretum roads and a 1-mile family friendly, naturalist-led nature walk through Curtis Prairie, this fundraiser for the Arboretum offers beautiful scenery and exercise for a good cause. Registration required. Go to www.springsprintforthearb.org for information.

April 18 - Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.
Arboretum Walk: "Early Spring Wildflowers." Spring ephemerals may carpet the woodland floor. We may see bloodroot, toothwort, spring beauty and others along the trails in Gallistel Woods.

April 18 - Sunday, 2-3:30 p.m.
Arboretum Special Event: "Spirits of Earth--Meet the Author." Robert A. Birmingham, author of "Spirits of Earth--The Effigy Mound Landscape of Madison and the Four Lakes" will read from his book, sign copies and answer questions.

Edgewood College continues a springtime tradition with the Eighth Annual Family Science Night.

The Sonderegger Science Center on the campus of Edgewood College will be filled with opportunities to explore science through hands-on activities for learners of all ages. Exploration stations allow young minds to investigate a wide variety of physical phenomena, chemical craziness and biological beauty.

The event, scheduled for 6:30pm until 8:00pm, Monday, April 19, is free and open to the public. Spanish language translation services are available if desired.

UW-Madison's Nelson Institute 40th Anniversary Celebration

Highlights
The Nelson Institute and Earth Day are celebrating 40 years in 2010. Mark your calendars for these exciting events. More information is coming soon!

Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference
Earth Day at 40: Valuing Wisconsin’s Environmental Traditions, Past, Present and Future
April 20-21, 2010
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center

Featuring appearances by:

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Margaret Atwood
William Meadows
Governor Jim Doyle
Vice President Joe Biden (invited)
John Francis

Special Earth Day Concert
April 20, 2010
8:00 PM
Overture Center for the Arts

Contact Danielle Lamberson Phillip at (608) 265-2563 or lambersonphi@wisc.edu. For more information, please check out the website at http://www.nelson.wisc.edu/earthday40.

UW-Madison's Nelson Institute 40th Anniversary Celebration

Highlights
The Nelson Institute and Earth Day are celebrating 40 years in 2010. Mark your calendars for these exciting events. More information is coming soon!

Annual Nelson Institute Earth Day Conference
Earth Day at 40: Valuing Wisconsin’s Environmental Traditions, Past, Present and Future
April 20-21, 2010
Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center

Featuring appearances by:

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
Margaret Atwood
William Meadows
Governor Jim Doyle
Vice President Joe Biden (invited)
John Francis

Wednesday, 4/21, 1:30 p.m. Matinee: ADDICTED TO PLASTIC

52 minutes/Grades 10-12, College, Adult : Reveals the history and worldwide scope of plastics pollution, investigates its toxicity and explores solutions.

Wednesday, 4/21, 7 p.m. : A SEA CHANGE: Imagine A World Without Fish

83 minutes/Grades 7-12, College, Adult : With global warming, excess carbon dioxide is dissolving in our oceans, contributing to ocean acidification and threatening over one million species with extinction.

Thursday, 4/22, 1:30 p.m. Matinee : GOOD FOOD

57 minutes/Grades 7-12, College, Adult : An intimate look at the farmers, ranchers, and businesses that are creating a more sustainable food system in the Pacific Northwest.

Come to the Aldo Leopold Nature Center for an ex”tree”m celebration in honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day! Visitors can use our Family Trailside Backpack to explore the land at their own pace, try their luck at our environmental challenge maze through ALNC grounds, and pick up a FREE “Blue Ribbon Kit” to learn about and monitor for “alien” invaders that can harm urban trees.

Location: Aldo Leopold Nature Center Monona Campus, 300 Femrite Drive, Monona
Date/Time: Thursday, April 22, 2010 3:30-5:00 pm

Thursday, 4/22, 7 p.m.: THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD

87 minutes/Grades 10-12, College, Adult : Two daring political activists, posing as top executives, infiltrate conferences and pull off pranks designed to provoke better business practices.

April 24 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-noon
Arboretum Earth Day Ecological Restoration Work Parties. Celebrate Earth Day by volunteering for restoration activities. Tools and training are provided. Time slots for groups are available with advance notice. Meet at the front steps of the Visitor Center. For more information: 608-265-5214 or mlfarrior@wisc.edu

Clean & Green Middleton

April 24, 2010

9:00 am to 1:00 pm

In the Former Sentry Parking Lot (corner of Maywood Ave. and Allen Blvd.) next to Middleton Springs Ace Hardware

The City of Middleton is making your spring cleaning easy, fun and green. The City of Middleton will help you with your spring cleaning during Earth Week. Drop off donations for local charities and properly recycle household items in one single location.

Creating a Raspberry Patch
Date: 04/24/2010 @ 09:00 AM
Location: Fitchburg Fields Garden, 5335 Lacy Road, Fitchburg. Please park on Ballyduff.
Cost: FREE
Hands-on workshop for beginning and intermediate gardeners:
Ever wanted delicious, free, raspberries just outside your door? Come and learn what it takes to create a healthy, productive patch as you help create ours. We'll dig, transplant, water and mulch donated raspberries.
Rain Date: 5/2/2010

Register at:
www.fitchburgfields.com
608.335.7295

April 24 - Saturday, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Arboretum Class: "The Mystery of Migration." Learn about bird migration, an event that has captivated the imagination, and how to identify some of our early spring migrants. This class has an indoor and outdoor component. Dress for the weather. Binoculars and a bird field guide recommended. Fee: $25 ($21 for members of Friends of the Arboretum). Registration required. Contact the Arboretum for a registration form, or register and pay online at uwarboretum.org

Transplanting Seedlings Workshop
Date: 04/24/2010 @ 10:00 AM
Location: Focuscorp, Inc., 3201 Latham Drive, Madison 608.335.7295
Cost: $30.00

Hands-on workshop for beginning and Intermediate Gardeners:

Save money by growing your own seedlings indoors! Allen and Judy Pincus, experienced sustainable gardeners, will show you how to transplant the seedlings (you can bring your own or we will provide seedlings), how to build a cold frame and prepare the baby plants to move outdoors. Includes recipes for starter and transplant mixes and a garden planting guide/schedule.

Grades 1-4 of The Madison Waldorf School present THE FROG PRINCE on Saturday, April 24th at 11 am at Barnes and Noble, West Towne.

Beautifully handcrafted puppets will enchant you and your children.

Free of charge, but please use the coupon available at the store to support our school when making purchases that day at Barnes and Noble.

The Madison Waldorf School offers parent/child classes, Wondergarten, two Kindergartens, and grades 1-4.

We are located at 6510 Schroeder Road between Whitney Way and Gammon Road. Come see a magical puppet performance.
Questions:

Green Building, Alternative Power Focus of Habitat ReStore Earth Day Celebration

Green building and alternative power sources will be the focus at the 2010 Habitat ReStore Earth Day Celebration. Learn from the experts and incorporate “green living” into your life at the ninth annual Earth Day celebration on Saturday, April 24, noon to 4 p.m., at the Habitat ReStore, 208 Cottage Grove Road.

Eat Your Landscape at Olbrich Botanical Gardens

April 24 Saturday 1:30 – 3 p.m.

Registration Deadline: April 15

$12 Olbrich members/$15 public

April 24 - Saturday, 6:30-8 p.m.
Arboretum Night Walk: "Spring Sunset." Join us for an evening walk to enjoy wildflowers, and stay for the rising of the moon and woodcock dances.

April 25 - Sunday, 12:30-4 p.m.
Arboretum Family Day: "Life cycle of a tree." At this drop-in event, explore trees during their different stages of growth -- from seed to seedling to maturity to death to decomposition and then all over again. Pot a tree seedling to take home and dissect a decaying log. A naturalist-led walk takes place from 1:30-2:30 p.m.

April 25 - Sunday, 1-2:30 p.m.
Arboretum Walk: "Woodland Wildflowers." This can be a peak time for spring ephemerals such as trout lily and wood anemone. It is also time to look for returning migrant birds such as house wrens, brown thrashers and kingbirds.

Weston A. Price Foundation - Madison Chapter
Nutrient-Dense Foods - Education & Activism
Mon. April 26 - Chapter meeting 7 pm, Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St., the
public is invited. For more info, call Carolyn at 221-8696 or see
http://my.madison.com/Groups/Madison_WAPF

Documentary Shows the Scary Side of Bottled Water
Madison Water and City Recycling Sponsor Free Screening of “Tapped, the Movie”
Monday, April 26
7 p.m., Monona Terrace

If you want to be healthy, buying bottled water is a good thing, right? Not really.

The documentary film “Tapped” shows just how scary the facts are about the bottled water industry and its frightening impacts on human health and human pain.

NELSON INSTITUTE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM

Water levels in the upper Yahara Lakes result from a complex combination of physical conditions and management
decisions. What are those decisions, who makes them, and why? What are the competing interests that must be
balanced between Lakes Mendota and Monona? And what are the legal constraints, policies and obligations that
affect these decisions? Please join us for the seventh Nelson Institute Community Environmental Forum, where we
will explore these questions. Forums are FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

April 28 - Wednesday, 7-8 p.m.
Arboretum Native Plant Garden Tour: "Early Signs of Spring." As trees and shrubs begin to leaf out, Dutchman's breeches, anemones and rue-anemones might be blooming in the woodland gardens. In our prairie gardens, we may find Pasque flower, prairie smoke and bird's-foot violet -- sure signs of spring.

WHO: Dane Buy Local
WHAT: Pre-Launch Cocktail Party
WHEN: Thursday, April 29, 2010 | 5:00 - 7:00 PM
WHERE: Edgewater Hotel
WEBSITE: www.danebuylocal.com

Join us at our Event Committees' casual Pre-Launch Cocktail Party overlooking Lake Mendota at The Edgewater Hotel. Come find out about the plans and join the excitement for our 2010 Dane Buy Local Venetian Boat Parade promoting our member businesses in lights.

Your $10 advance ticket will include:
Light hors d' oeurves

Fitchburg Green Expo -- April 29, 2010

Garden Bed Preparation
Date: 05/01/2010 @ 09:00 AM
Location: Fitchburg Fields Garden, 5335 Lacy Road, Fitchburg
Cost: FREE

Hands-on workshop for beginning and intermediate gardeners:

PrairieFire Biofuels Education Foundation, a 501c3 organization, is hosting a fundraiser
Saturday, May 1st at Glass Nickel East, 2916 Atwood Ave, Madison
Live music includes: Beelzabub and Chafo
Comedy acts by: Monkey Business Institute
Silent Auction,
$5 suggested donation.
Show starts at 9 pm
see www.pfbfef.org for more details on the event and auction items.