The "No Impact Experiment" is coming to Viroqua!

October 9-16 No Impact Week for Viroqua and La Crosse Communities UW La Crosse, Viterbo University, WTC, and Coulee Partners for Sustainability have kindly invited the Viroqua Community to join them in the first No Impact Week for Southwestern Wisconsin!

 

What is No Impact Week?

 

The No Impact Week is a one-week carbon cleanse that allows participants to experience the difference lowering their impact can have on their quality of life, their community, and their planet! It’s about discovering how these lifestyle changes can increase personal fulfillment, health, happiness, and time with family and friends. Beginning Sunday, October 9th, participants will work through a series of eight daily challenges, from decreasing trash production to eating locally and sustainably.

 

When you register, (open now) you’ll receive a fun and engaging How-To Guide, which will walk you through each day’s challenge. Get your family and friends on board too!

 

How to participate?

 

It's easy, and you can choose how much to challenge yourself.

 

Each person registers and participates for free! Join the Viroqua and La Crosse communities in the Challenge. Look to the sidebar on the left for La Crosse + Viroqua. Scroll down the page to register....For question “Which of the following best describes you” click on Viroqua Community!

 

All are welcome to join as a member of the Viroqua Community challenge, even if you do not live in the city of Viroqua proper.

 

Share photos and experiences during No Impact Week on facebook… the link is on the La Crosse + Viroqua registration page.

 

The No Impact Movie, Man, and Book

 

October 3, Monday 7:00 pm The movie No Impact Man Vernon Square Cinema. $2.00 each. A newly self-proclaimed environmentalist who could no longer avoid pointing the finger at himself, Colin leaves behind his liberal complacency and vows to make as little environmental impact as possible for one year. Thank you Organic Valley for your generous donation which made it possible to feature this film in our public movie theater!

 

October 5, Wednesday 7:30 pm Public lecture with Colin Beavan, No Impact Man. Valhalla/Cartwright Center at UW La Crosse Campus. Colin will share his journey and what each of us can do to end our environmental crisis, make a better place to live for ourselves and everyone else, and hopefully come up with a happier way of life along the way! Doors open at 7:00 pm. Ticket sales (to sell out fast) 608-785-8898, $6.00 each.

 

September 28, Wednesday and forward: The book No Impact Man by Colin Beavan will be available at our Local Bramble Book Store at a 15% discount. As a note, UW La Crosse has 400 copies of the book No Impact Man, which is now required reading for all entering freshman students.

 

Sponsorship: No Impact Week October 9-16 is being financially sponsored through UW La Crosse, Viterbo University, WTC, Coulee Partners for Sustainability, and a grant. The Viroqua community has been graciously invited by the No Impact Project and these La Crosse groups to join No Impact Week . These sited institutions are all contributing funds to make this No Impact Week possible, and it would be great to show thanks from our Viroqua Community with a contribution of our own!

 

Donations can be made directly on the No Impact website, or you may offer checks made out to Sustainable Markets Foundation (In memo write “No Impact Project”). As the No Impact Project appointed contact person for Viroqua community involvement in the week, I will be sending a letter with local checks to the No Impact Project October 17. The Viroqua Food Co-op has already offered a donation----Thank you dear Co-op!
My address is:

Adrienne Fox
S7304 Gardner Rd.
Viroqua, WI. 54665

if you’re interested.

 

2012: I’m full on committed to making this week happen in an even greater way next year for our Driftless Area. We are already on the No Impact Project schedule for October 9-16, 2012....Any other folks interested in helping out? I'll be organizing a start up/seed planning meeting for next year, following this No Impact Week--date and time to be announced. :)

 

Any further questions? Feel free to contact me, Adrienne Fox, at 608-675-3737 #2 or peoplearegood@gmail.com