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SCS - At the forefront of sustainable environmental solutions for over 40 years

Mark your Calendars! We are excited to announce that our 11th annual Wisconsin Sustainable Business Conference will be held on Thursday, December 13th 2018. This year, the conference will be hosted at the Monona Terrace, and sponsored by Wisconsin Manufacturing Extension Partnership (WMEP).

Over the past decade, we have seen the demand for sustainable practices sky rocket. As a result, we have seen innovative new business practices enacted to promote sustainable agendas. The institution of such practices, especially within our home state of Wisconsin, have inspired this year’s theme, “Sustainably Forward”. We look forward to hearing from outstanding speakers from across the state, and what they are doing to make sustainability a priority within their organizations.

Register HERE!

 

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Miron specializes in providing innovative pre-construction, construction management, design-build, general construction and industrial services.

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WGBA has combined forces with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and together we will pilot a new model for USGBC chapters and local market engagement...

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The WI Sustainable Business Council is a network of Wisconsin businesses and organizations that are interested in, or actively responding to, the challenge of sustainability.

Links we like supporting Wisconsin`s Environment and Business. More will follow each week...

USGBC Wisconsin	Focus on Wisconsin	The Water Council	Restore
WI Sustainable Business Council	Sustain Dane	Midwest Energy News	Focus on Energy
Renew Wisconsin	Clean Wisconsin	MADISUN SOLAR ENERGY PROGRAM
Search News	Natural Heritage Land Trust	University of Wisconsin Sustainable Management	USGBC Wisconsin

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• Mining

• Explore the restoration of the sulfide mining moratorium or...
  
• Work with counties to create and enforce new mining regulations, restrictions and enforcement.
  
• Delay approval of any new mines until counties have their regulation policies in place.
• Restore DNR environmental staff and expertise to levels that can review any requests in a timely manner.
• Require a site reclamation fund be established from the onset of any approved project with a plan in place for complete site reclamation.
• Allow municipalities to enact special utilities in lieu of or in addition to regular taxes for issues like impact on roads, utilities, infrastructure, and public safety.
  

• Renewable Energy and Fuels

• Work with the utilities, business and communities to encourage the use of renewables, reduced carbon output, and better reporting and measurement.
• Establish a PSC willing to work with business and power companies while progressing to a lower carbon renewable future.
  
• Do not impose legislative mandates on renewables but rather incentivize use of new technologies while maintaining an open dialogue among all parties involved.
  

• Our Watersheds and the Great Lakes

• Become a strong partner in Great Lakes–St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact.
• If water is removed from the watershed, require that it be returned cleaner that it was taken. Again make sure DNR has the resources to monitor and ensure this policy.
  

• Land Use and Transmission / Pipe Lines

• Require the need and or profit for new systems to Wisconsin citizens. If a system like tar sand or electricity is for other states or regions, require that the land uses benefits all citizens in our state in lower utility costs, additions public facilities and reduced air and water pollution.
• Require that any new system create an environmental offset equal to or greater than the land they take. This can be done in two ways: One additional Parks, Public Lands, Trails, Access to Waterways, Etc. OR Two reduced carbon emissions through the elimination or older less efficient production facilities or the conversion to renewable or exponentially lower emission fuels.
  

• CAFO`s and Agricultural Issues

• Address and regulate CAFO`s like the "cities" that they are.
  
• Develop regulations and controls to address the scale of effluent that these facilities produce.
• Consider using CAFO`s as a model for new waste treatment like digestion and pasteurization.
  
• Preserve the small farm in Wisconsin by encouraging sound environmental practices in a cost effective way.
  
• Work with all farms, businesses, and communities to improve watersheds, runoff and source point pollution focusing on results rather that penalties or mandates.
  

• Transit and Mass Transit

• Improve our transit and shipping corridors like rail and interstate access to encourage Wisconsin to become an efficient  distribution hub for the Midwest.
• Encourage communities to adopt new and more efficient mass transit systems.
• Encourage the use of more efficient buses, trucks and vehicles in the state.
  

• ECO Tourism

• Explore ECO Tourism as an option to preserve our vast agricultural heritage and natural waterways and woodlands.
• Allow ECO TIF financing to pair tourism development with land and watershed preservation.
  

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We may now need to build a coalition that is willing to lobby from a "greener" yet pro business perspective. Lots of HUGE issues: Sand Mining, CNG, LEED Alternatives, Focus On Energy, LED Lighting R&D, Cleaner Power Generation, Recycling, Power Lines, Electric Cars, Wind, Solar, Bio Fuels, Digestors, Green AG, Business Incentives...And of course the Greenest and Happiest of Holidays to you!

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