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Brooke Owen Translator La siguiente es una lista de 10 comidas orgánicas que www.emagazine.com describe como las más importantes de consumir. Estas comidas contienen los niveles más altos de pesticidas tóxicos si no sean cultivados orgánicamente. La revista, Consumer Reports analizó data del USDA (US Department of Agriculture) de los …
Sue Roegge So, you’ve got a few students who want to start an environmental club? Great! Here are some tips on how to get a club started and how to keep it going strong. Focus on your core group of people who show up. Oftentimes, their excitement for the group …
Read moreTips for Starting and Maintaining an Environmental Club
Kyle Boehm Center for Energy and Environment Learn how to reduce your energy use and save money! The City of Minneapolis has partnered with the Center for Energy and Environment, CenterPoint Energy and Xcel Energy to offer more Minneapolis homeowners Community Energy Services, a full service residential energy program. Community …
Mark Snyder Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance What is Geothermal? Many people, when they hear the word “geothermal”, think of those old plants that were built out in Western states to generate electricity using underground reservoirs of hot water or steam. Known as “direct-use” systems, they trade off dependence on …
Read morePollution-free Heating and Cooling: Geothermal Heat Pumps
Green America www.greenamerica.org Choose at least one action you will take in the coming year to make your home a safer, more comfortable and more sustainable place to live. Building a New Home or Addition Can you find an existing home to meet your needs? Research what building materials are …
Ellen Telander Winsted Organics Farm There are so many new things on the farm this year, and I can only talk about a few for this article. I call this year “Reduce my workload please!” I am trying to make time for more play in my farm life. I sold …
Kurt Miller, Katrina Edenfeld Anything you can do to make your environmental footprint a little smaller on this earth is always exciting. Many countries lack a consistent source of water or have a reliable source of water that is too expensive to utilize. So far in Minnesota, many of us …
The following resources provide a national and local look at the community gardening movement including current events, classes, workshops, planning assistance, and potential funding ideas: American Community Gardening Asscociation (ACGA) Columbus, Ohio. A bi-national nonprofit membership organization of professionals, volunteers and supporters of community greening in urban and rural communities. …
John F. Neville The SEA Group At 93 million miles from Earth, our sun is a middling star that provides nearly all the energy on Earth. The only energy sources we have on Earth which do not come from the sun are the tides caused by the moon’s gravity, radioactive …
Mark Snyder Do It Green! Minnesota Many of us have probably wondered about this question in some form or another, but some of the answers may come as a surprise. We often think of “the polluters” as being some big company with belching smokestacks or a parade of trucks filled …
Read moreWho are Minnesota’s Top Polluters and what can we do about it?
