Tag: sustainability
member name: Julia Schrenkler
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November 20, 2007 09:06 AM EST --
Sea Stachura 's feature Do we buy ethanol (in Minnesota) because we have to? opens with the following:
You're at this Wisconsin gas station. You're scanning the pumps -- octane . . .
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January 23, 2008 01:11 PM EST --
Are Minnesota's ground water quality issues the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 's problem, a government issue, or a citizen's problem?
What action would you like to see on this . . .
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June 23, 2008 09:40 AM EDT --
Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning talk show tackles the question is travel ever green?
Tourists are increasingly seeking vacations that support local cultures and the environment. Now this new . . .
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September 17, 2009 03:42 PM EDT --
MPR and the Citizen's League team up for a live event discussion in Policy and a Pint: No Impact Man,. [ The event is sold out , but I will live-blog in the comments during the recording . . .
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April 17, 2006 12:38 PM EDT --
Although it sounds like most people are conscious of their impact (or at least the size of their carbon footprint) I have to wonder what would happen if we all did one, small, proactive thing for the environment? . . .
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August 08, 2006 11:53 AM EDT --
MPR's Bob Kelleher reports Forest experiments track causes and effects of global warming:
Researchers are trying to determine how north country woods and wetlands will respond to a changing climate. . . .
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August 10, 2006 10:38 AM EDT --
Maybe the real question is what will it take in gas prices before we start conserving in earnest.
From Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning program 08/10/06 Are we conserving yet?:
Most people are . . .
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September 18, 2006 09:15 AM EDT --
From MPR News: See how one family lives 'off the grid'
The Juenemann's have invested time and money (according to the feature, $50,000) on solar and wind power for their home just north of . . .
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December 29, 2006 11:45 AM EST --
Are you concerned that (within recorded history) Lake Superior is at an all-time low water level? We can easily understand how that affects the ore freighters and other boats, but how does this affect . . .
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February 15, 2006 02:10 PM EST --
What is "sustainability?" It boils down to this: don't eat your seed corn.
A time-tested concept, sustainability highlights the need to build replenishing systems that can supply the present . . .
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July 14, 2008 08:03 AM EDT --
When it comes to conservation, who has the better track record? Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning radio program hosts an interesting discussion today at 11 a.m. ET | 10 a.m. CT:
Fight . . .
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July 23, 2009 01:01 PM EDT --
Ginny Black, and Organics Recycling Specialist for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency , was on site at the 10,000 Lakes Festival. When I caught up with her, she was elbows-deep in a recycling bin, . . .
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October 24, 2006 10:04 AM EDT --
From Minnesota Public Radio, Reseeding the prairie:
In nearly all Minnesota farm fields, fall is harvest time. In a very few locations, the tables are turned. In those places, autumn can also be a time . . .
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November 14, 2006 03:47 PM EST --
From Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning Success and sustainability :
Aveda manufactures cosmetics and says it has a mission to improve the environment. In the next Leadership series conversation, . . .
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March 27, 2006 03:12 PM EST --
First, what is a carbon footprint? You can get 1,890,000 search results off Google for carbon footprint but that won't help us here. Wikipedia's entry rather dryly states:
Carbon footprint . . .
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April 17, 2006 10:06 AM EDT --
From American Public Media's Speaking of Faith:
Our guest founded the Green Belt Movement — a grassroots organization that empowers African women to improve their lives and conserve the environment . . .
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April 17, 2006 05:01 PM EDT --
Many of us think of sustainability in terms of the environment or improving our communities. A crucial part of sustainability is also about how individuals live, and our financial health. Following the . . .
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September 14, 2006 02:28 PM EDT --
MPR reports Minneapolis goes green to save green:
The buildings we live and work in are energy hogs. When the buildings are owned by government taxpayers end up footing the utility bill. Minneapolis officials . . .
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April 02, 2007 08:22 AM EDT --
From Minnesota Public Radio News Toxic Traces Revisited:
In 2005, Minnesota Public Radio first raised questions about whether the state of Minnesota acted quickly enough to investigate contamination . . .
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November 19, 2007 09:22 AM EST --
MPR's Midmorning 11/19/2007 talks with Vijay Vaitheeswaran about Oil and the new machine :
Some experts say the auto industry must adapt to energy shortages to survive. A new book examines . . .
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