Bruce Lindgren

TGIF- Taking Great Ideas Forward - is a weekly newsletter that I have been publishing each Friday for five years. The eNewsletter engages readers at the intersection of Ecology, Economics and Education. Although the content emphasizes economic development in the Northern Tier - Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan - readers from across the country take away thoughts that stimulate new directions for action. In particular, readers realize that my essays raise questions about our schools, particularly rural schools and the need to look creatively for alternatives and critically at proposals for change. Our emerging future is critically dependent upon the values that our young people bring to their personal engagement with opportunity.

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MEETINGS and EVENTS:

Links will provide additional information. Dates for recent additions are in bold.

What	Date		Time	Where
BCEDC Board Meetings are now the second Monday of each month and will begin at 10:00 AM. Locations will vary but most meetings are now at the former Agriculture Research Station on US 2 west of the NGLVC. Check the BCEDC Web site for more information about BCEDC.
Great Lakes Day	March 1^st & 2^nd		All Day	Washington DC
Green Energy Summit	Mar. 9^th – 12^th		All Day	Milwaukee
SBIR / STTR Conference	Apr.11–13^th, 2011		All Day	Madison
Wisconsin Lakes Conference	April 12,13,14		All Day	Green Bay
2011 Manufacturing Advantage	May 24^th, 2010		All Day	UW-Stout Menomonie
2011 NW Lakes Conference	June 24^th, 2010		All Day	Minong
Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center(NGLVC) Schedules of Events and Meetings
Lake Superior Radio		8:30 am Fridays Click and listen to Lissa Radke, Eric Schubring and guest - -on WOJB

Bill Gates appeared as a speaker at TED in February. His Talk emphasized the urgency of getting to ZERO CO2 emissions. TED is a conference that invites participants to explore ideas about Technology, Entertainment and Design.

Climate Change skeptics are answered in this outstanding lecture by Naomi Oreskes. Dr. Oreskes is a professor of the history of science at the University of California - San Diego. The lecture is about 60 minutes. The development of evidence for global warming is outlined and the strategy for denial of global warming by industry is explained.