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Excepts by Daniel Smith and Informed by The EPA Artist/Author –Excerpted from Artists’ Materials and EPA.gov In recent years, many people have become more informed about the potential hazards of art and craft materials to themselves and to the environment. Many artists, particularly those who have had allergic reactions or …
Katrina Edenfeld If you’ve ever explored a vegetable seed rack, you’ve probably noticed an array of choices. However, there are three basic types of seeds: Hybrid varieties have been bred for particular traits such as growth pattern or disease resistance. They have been hand-pollinated, and are patented, often sterile, genetically …
John F. Neville The SEA Group Spend a Little Money, Take a Little Time Here are some simple and inexpensive ways to make your home energy efficient. They involve minor costs and some work on your part, but the energy and cost savings make it worthwhile. Switch to fluorescents The …
www.communitytrees.org Choose at least a 5-6′ tree grown to nursery standards. Select a site with enough room for roots and branches to reach full size. Avoid overhead and underground utilities. Prepare a planting area as deep as the root ball and 3-5 times its diameter by loosening the soil. Dig …
Mark Snyder Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance Most of us use petroleum gasoline or diesel fuels in our cars and trucks, but those aren’t the only ones available for our use. A growing number of other fuels are becoming more common. Most of us are familiar with ethanol, since it’s …
Rethink Recycling.com Every fall we prepare for back to school. This means shopping for new supplies, setting new schedules, and (probably the kids’ favorite) buying new school clothes. Here are a few ideas on how you can "green-up" your back to school routine this year. Clothes: The best green tip …
Sara Grochowski Do It Green! Minnesota The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (“PIRG”) is on a mission. Among their work in twenty-six states including Minnesota, they uncover threats to public health and well-being and fight to end them. They also create what they call a congressional scorecard. This scorecard reviews …
Soo Chang Colonial Cleaners at 37th and Lyndale in Minneapolis If we ask anybody to characterize the 21st Century, they might say that it is the age of technology, but also the age of pollution resulting from all of this technological progress. The present day pollution is actually mostly caused …
Tara Wesely Remember the Exxon Valdez oil spill? Immediately following this disaster, a coalition of environmentalists and investors realized that in order to effect real environmental change, they needed industry leaders to accept responsibility for their company’s impacts on the environment. The coalition drafted the below principles – originally …
Amanda Luker Arise! Bookstore Our Way or the Highway: Inside the Minnehaha Free State by Mary Losure. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Minnehaha Free State, the longest urban occupation in US history. On the coldest night of the year in 1998, over 600 police brutalized and arrested …
