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Wanda Urbanska Simple Living TV Walk into a typical American home today, and what do you see? A family room entertainment center overflowing with DVDs, videogames, toys, books, magazines, catalogs and recreational equipment; a kitchen teaming with such paraphernalia as a cappuccino maker, margarita blender, cookbooks, grill. Check out the …
Tara Wesely Do It Green! Magazine We love to slurp it, splash it, spill it. The wet stuff flows from our faucets with such ease we can’t help but forget that our supply is not, in fact, infinite. Less than 3% of the water on Earth is fresh (and much …
Keiko Veasy EcoParent, Linden Hills EcoParents We all want to do the best for our children, especially when it comes to protecting their health and the environment in which they live. As a new parent, it is often hard to know what is best and how to do it. In …
Emily Plucinak Carver County Historical Society Reduce, reuse, recycle. We have known the old adage since grade-school, seen the triangular-shaped symbol on the bottom of plastic containers, and have even crushed soda cans and brought them to our local supermarket’s parking lot. A century ago, however, waste not, want not …
Jan Hubbard Minnesota Renewable Energy Society “We travel through time on a cyclical path often returning to where we came.” Black Elk (1863-1950), a Lakota holy man, explained the symbolic power of the circle for his people in the book Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters (2007): “You have …
Kathie Armstrong Kathie’sFinds.com My business is based on the belief that we must value what is already here and the energy that was used to create it. I visits thrift stores, garage sales, and estate sales to find things that are in need of a new life. By cleaning, fixing, …
Michael Anschel Otogawa-Anschel Design + Build The key to successful green building lies in two things: planning and communication. One of the big challenges in green construction and design is sorting through the vast ocean of information including all of the facts, fictions, and applications. Location, climate and building type …
JENNY FRIEDMAN Executive Director, Doing Good Together Do you wish to cultivate compassion, kindness, and community responsibility in your children? How can you teach them firsthand that their efforts can improve other’s lives and our world? What are some fun ways to spend time together and strengthen your family? Here …
Jukka Kukkonen PlugInConnect For the last century we have relied heavily on oil to provide energy for our transportation needs. Gasoline- and diesel-powered internal combustion engines (ICE) have monopolized as the propulsion provider for cars and trucks. They have worked fairly well for us, but we are also paying a …
Mike Mitchelson Editor, Food Service News You’ve seen the trucks: Sysco, Reinhart, U.S. Foodservice and others, transporting food to restaurants across the country. And, yes, it’s true. Even here in the Midwest, your food travels on average from 1,200 to 1,500 miles to get to your plate, depending on which …
