Second rain garden planned for Thoreau School

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CAN YOU HELP FOR AN HOUR?

Construction will take place Sat., June 1, 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.  

At Thoreau School, along Nakoma Rd.

Cookies and lemonade will be served.  

Bring a shovel and gloves.

Background

At Thoreau School, runoff from the roof and a paved playground was causing a large gully to form in Nakoma Park.

Construction dust is a proven hazard for Madison

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"Long term exposure to air pollution is linked to heart attacks and strokes because it speeds up hardening of the arteries, known as atherosclerosis," according to new research by University of Michigan scientists. source

"The vessels of people exposed to higher levels... of fine particulate air pollution thickened faster than others living in the same metropolitan area."

“Linking these findings with other results from the same population suggests that persons living in a more polluted part of town may have a two percent higher risk of stroke as compared to people in a less polluted part of the same metropolitan area."

Findorff Construction next to Kohl Center

The fragrance of clean water

Requeson Beach, Baja California Sur
April 9, 2013

The Sea of Cortez smells so good!  Clean water always has a fragrance.  It’s the sum--the essence--of all that’s happening in the water.