Environment

COMMUNITY VOICES | Tim Springer: A Life on Purpose

By Bob Corrick and Kelly Wilder, Community Voices

Ninth Ward Candidate Tim Springer: "Social equity issues along with climate change are the biggest challenges of our time.  The good news is that we can make meaningful progress by addressing them together with the right community approach to transportation, energy, housing, self expression opportunities, education and job training, and economic development." Photo by Paul Andre.

Tim Springer, a Minneapolis community leader from East Phillips, Powderhorn, and Central for the past 23 years, is running for Minneapolis City Council in Ward 9.  He is known for his leadersh

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Climate Justice: Human Rights and Mother Earth

04/24/2013 - 6:30pm

Bill Gallegos began his activism with the La Raza/Chicano movement, and now organizes for the health and environment of communities of color at Communities for a Better Environment.

ReNewell Project aims to restore historic Saint Paul oak grove

By Daniel Surman, TC Daily Planet

A screencap of a map of landmark trees identified by the forestry unit of the City of Saint Paul, taken from the city's website. The Newell oak grove was nominated to the landmark trees list in 2010 by Anna McCulloch.

As planning begins for this year's Heartwood Festival, an unusual partnership between the city of Saint Paul, the University of Minnesota and the Hamline Midway Coalition has planted the seeds for

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Workshop: Native Plants, Rain Gardens and Lawn Care for Water Quality

04/10/2013 - 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Whether you're interested in a smaller native planting or want to transform your whole yard into a force for clean water, this Friends of the Mississippi River workshop can get you started!

Connecting over popcorn and a Koch brothers documentary with IATP

By Bruce Johansen, TC Daily Planet
Bruce Johansen

A documentary film, Koch Brothers Exposed: The 1% at Its Very Worst, was the focus of a Ge

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Save The World with an Off The Grid Existence

By Alice Jones

Over the past 10 years the number of people living off the grid has increased by 10% every year in the USA. We are now living in what many experts are calling the third wave of survivalism.

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Alice Jones

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Volunteering, Hiking, Watching movies, thinking!
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The environment, philosophy
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Make a Change

350.org presents DO THE MATH with BILL MCKIBBEN

11/30/2012 - 6:00pm - 9:30pm

Join climate change activist/author and 350.org founder Bill McKibben for a galvanizing presentation about the terrifying, simple math of the climate cr

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