Author says ‘slow money’ key to sustainability
NOTE: This story also ran on the Vernon Economic Development Association web site at http://www.veda-wi.org.
By Gregg Hoffmann
Making a fast buck is important to some people, but that doesn’t help build sustainable food systems or communities, according to Woody Tasch, chairman of the Investors’ Circle and founder of the International Slow Food Movement.
Tasch is the author of...
UW-Madison: Faculty aim to strengthen technology, science education by blending them
CONTACT: Josh Coon, 608-263-1718, jcoon@chem.wisc.edu; Simon Nunn, 608-273-5052
MADISON - Josh Coon's labs are stocked with high-end scientific equipment, with tubing and computer boards and sample holders and even small refrigerators built onto boxes clicking and humming with motors and fans.
To the University of Wisconsin-Madison assistant professor of chemistry, it looks like the future of high school technical education -...
