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Sue Roegge “As high school youth we have the power to unite. Instead of small organizations, we can come together as students representing all of Minnesota high schools to initiate real environmental action and to make change happen.” -Ethan Buckner, YEA Minnesota No one can deny that awareness of environmental …
Michelle Rosier North Sierra Club For many of us in younger generations, this moment in history feels like our defining moment. Sitting in a parked car to finish listening to the President of the United States address the United Nations on the topic of international cooperation after a decade of …
Sally Schakel RD, LD Home cooking today is far different from what I remember as a child. Food technology has brought us an abundance of modified ingredients and prepared foods. Food transportation systems that deliver fruits and vegetables from all over the world mean produce is “in season” year round. …
Sara Grochowski Do It Green! Minnesota Unstructured play (not including video games!) helps children weave together all the elements of life as they experience it. It provides an outlet for their creativity, and is an absolutely critical part of childhood. Before electronic games such as Playstation, Xbox and now the …
METRO TRANSIT Metro Transit helps match Twin Cities commuters who want to share the ride to work or school through its Carpool/Vanpool Planner at metrotransit.org. Now you can look for carpool partners for trips in addition to work or school. This new option is great for errands, weekend trips around …
The Greater Los Angeles www.aceee.org Reprinted from The Greater Los Angeles and www.aceee.org Energy runs appliances. Saving energy helps the environment by reducing carbon dioxide emissions given off by energy plants. One kilowatt hour of electricity generates two pounds of CO2, our biggest global warming gas. Refrigerators alone consume 7% …
Jahanara Wendy Tremayne Swap-O-Rama-Rama “There is no beauty in the finest cloth if it makes hunger and unhappiness.” -Gandhi Swap-O-Rama-Rama is an egalitarian project, a giant clothing swap and series of do-it-yourself (DIY) workshops in which communities explore reuse through the reconstruction of used clothing. Swap-O-Rama-Rama’s are making their way …
BOB ALF CONSTRUCTION Green home improvement products are everywhere! These products are helpful and fun to use for a green home remodeling project, but they are not the solution to making your home as efficient and sustainable as possible. For example, how sustainable is it to pay a premium for …
Brooke Owen Translator Para iluminar un espacio oscuro, debes reemplazar las bombillas incandescentes por bombillas compactas fluorescentes. Estas bombillas fluorescentes no sólo mejoran la calidad de la luz sino que irradian menos calor y proveen más luz por vatio de energía que las bombillas incandescentes. En vez de comparar lo …
Robert Mugaas University of Minnesota Extension Educator, Environmental Horticulture Over the last 150 years many midwestern tallgrass prairies and natural woodlands have been converted to residential housing, agricultural fields, municipalities, shopping centers, parking lots, roads and highways. In the process, this development has consumed large areas of natural plant and …
