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Midwest energy news: U of M Morris honored

The American Council on Renewable Energy has honored the University of Minnesota Morris. The school received the campus excellence award for outstanding use of renewable energy. The school receives 80% of its heating and cooling from a biomass, according to BiobasedNews.com. This and more from RE-AMP RoundUp, energy news from the Upper Midwest.

Book Highlight: The Green Collar Economy by Van Jones

by Staff, Center for American Progress, reprinted in Metro CERTS.

In The Green Collar Economy: How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems, acclaimed activist and environmental leader Van Jones tackles the challenges of oil dependence, a sagging economy, and global warming itself, transforming these looming threats into enormous f

Midwest Monday: Clean energy happenings

by Maria Sumanka, Maria Energia • 10/13/08 • There have been lots of exciting developments in the Midwest lately. Here are a few I’ve come across.

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Choose your school

Saturday is School Choice Day in both Minneapolis and St. Paul. If you’re the parent of a student, you have the opportunity to send your child to either the public school in your neighborhood or a magnet school. You also have the opportunity to send your child to a charter or a private school. Both school districts, and metro-area charter schools, are planning one-stop information fairs where, they say, you can find out all you need to know about schools where you might want to send your child. MORE »

Weekend What's What 1/8-1/11: Hunt and gather

Way to bounce back! The Twin Cities seem to have easily shaken off their holiday lethargy just in time for a pretty rockin’ weekend. Art exhibits, which have been on holiday hiatus as of late, are back in full effect; while rock shows and dance parties continue to ignite flames all over town. Our suggestion? Go out on the prowl! Meet some new people, see some new sights, and experience some fresh excitement. It is 2009 after all (an excuse we’ll be using throughout January, if not February). MORE »