Participate in a community garden (of solar power)
Early this year, seven new community gardens went up in communities around Minnesota. The interesting part: These weren't the type of gardens producing tomatoes, cucumbers, and other vegetables; these were solar gardens made up...
Keep an Eye Out for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
Most people try and avoid anything with a stinger - bees, typically, are at the top of that list.
Others however, are of the opposite mindset: Erica Hoaglund, for...
Winter is (actually) coming: How to be prepared
I hate to bring up what is probably one of the most dreaded, dirty, six-letter-words in a Minnesotan's vocabulary, but I really need to talk about... winter. I'm sorry. I know it's too soon;...
MN water supply is healthy, but it has its challenges
Every year the state of Minnesota tests community water supplies, conducted by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH). The annual MDH report is the result of 64,000 separate tests fro more than 100 potential...
Minnesota leading the way for renewable energy grid batteries
Renewable energy is still a contentious subject in many parts of Minnesota, and across the country as well. The reliance on fossil fuels remains strong, and, even for those that support renewable energy and...
Wonderful Water is the theme for the DNR’s State Fair exhibit
The Minnesota State Fair is officially in full swing. The main focus, of course, is the food (read our roundup here). And why not? New selections are exciting and old favorites remain tasty. But...
New Wildlife Management Area in Dakota County
Located four miles east of Farmington, off of highway 50, is Minnesota's newest Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Hampton Woods. This new area encompasses 191 acres of oak woodlands smack dab in the middle of...
Minneapolis posts EPA’s deleted climate change data
Minneapolis joins Seattle, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, San Francisco and other cities across the country in posting a screengrab of deleted Environmental Protection Agency's climate data to the official city website.
The data, which was deleted from the...
Passing on the left: New safe-passing law for bicyclists
Minnesota has an incredibly large and robust bicycling community. Cyclists contribute over a billion dollars to the state economy, and roughly 5,000 jobs to citizens. Local businesses support bike commuters as well: 55,000 Minnesotans...
Saving butterflies with a buzz: The Butterfly Brew is back
Cou better way to save local species of butterfly than to drink a beer?
Fair State Brewing Co-op has again joined with The Minnesota Zoo to release a limited-edition brew: The Dakota Skipper Endangered Reserve....
