Non-Animal Derived Substitutes for Baking and Cooking

Erika Rood Do It Green! Minnesota EGGS Figuring out how to replace eggs in any recipe can be tricky. Basically, eggs function as leavening, binding, and thickening agents. In some recipes, eggs perform all three functions, like quick breads, but all recipes need the moisture from the eggs. Don’t be …

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Responsible Recreation Through “Silent Sports”

Jenny Keto Midnight Sun Adventure Company Last night the snow fell lightly whispering through the air like a million tiny silver spiders dangling from their threads — a perfect night for cross country skiing! I accepted the night’s invitation and headed to the trail. I let my skis lead the …

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Twin Cities Businesses Make Dirt, Not Waste

Eureka Recycling There is a new movement underway in the Twin Cities… a movement to make dirt, not waste… and you can be a part of it! In addition to helping you compost at home in your backyard or with a worm bin, local waste-reduction nonprofit Eureka Recycling has launched …

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Are Antibiotics and Antibacterials Necessary?

Emily Moore Minnesota Pollution Control Agency We live in a time when world views are clashing and colliding everywhere. Evidence of this is all around us-religious views, political views, lifestyles-the list goes on and on. One such collision occurs in the way we view public health. One view, developed early …

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Buddhism: A Culture of Peace

Lee Lewis MN Zen Center Buddhism is known generally as a tradition or religion of peace. As a tradition, it emphasizes the cultivation of inner peace and serenity, joy and repose through the observation of the mind. In the introduction to The Way of the Bodhisattva (Shambhala, 2006), the Padmakara …

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Bands That Go Green

Reprinted from Sarah Lipman thegreenguide.com Musicians have long been catalysts for social change. When it comes to the environment though, the music industry has lagged behind. However, many musicians today are climbing aboard the “green” tour bus. Why should they care? As a whole, the music industry contributes 150,000 tons …

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Organic Gardening is Easy

Sara Grochowski Do It Green! Minnesota Gardening is not an exact science and nature is certainly not organized. Forests do not grow with neat rows of trees spaced at exact distances, lined with bushes and shrubs and colorful patches of wildflowers. However, without human interruption, Mother Nature shapes the landscape …

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Eco Car Comparison

Mark Snyder Do It Green! Minnesota So you’ve heard a lot about the environmental impacts and other evils of car ownership, but you can’t quite bring yourself to go car-free. What choices are available that might help reduce the global warming consequences of your driving? One of the first things …

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How can we better anticipate adverse environmental impacts?

Frontiers in the Environment Many anthropogenic actions have unanticipated consequences. This is especially true of chemical pollution resulting from products we use every day. Recent examples include triclosan — a chemical used in hand sanitizers — forming dioxins in Minnesota lakes; antibiotics’ potential for harboring antibiotic-resistant genes in the environment; …

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