Tag: Minnesota - Page 2
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Growing Oyster Mushrooms, and a Recipe for Vegetarian Terrine (Video)
Yesterday posted an eerily pretty video about hunting and eating roadkill in Minnesota. Since then, I've been digging through more of the fabulous content created by The Perennial Plat, including this episode on
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Hunting and Eating Roadkill in Minnesota (Video)
I've written before about the environmental case for hunting and fishing, and the topic of eating roadkill usually stirs up some heated debate too. I've just come across a rather beautiful and poignant video that
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Minnesota Moose Population Crash Possibly Correlated With Climate Change
I recently was chided a bit for suggesting (without having provided a link to supporting scientific evidence) that the behavior of a central-Wisconsin black bear emerging from its
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Don't Worry About Peak Resources, God Will Provide and Fix, Says GOP Rep
Take that, Jim Kunstler and all you peak oilers and climate warmers! According to Mike Beard, Republican state rep from Bachmannland, aka Minnesota, God will provide and repair. According to Huffpo: "God is not capricious. He's given us a creation that
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High School Students Produce a Hip Hop Anthem Connecting Green and Social Issues (Video)
Last February, a group of high school students from the Twin Cities won the top prize in the Dream Reborn Contest, calling for music honoring the legacy and call to service of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Calling themselves the
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Berkeley/Boston Team Wins Competition to Redesign Minneapolis' Riverfront. Now the Real Work Begins.
Last week, I wrote about the four finalists in the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition. All four were impressive entries, but one had to come out on top, and yesterday the winner was announced: Tom Leader Studio of Berkeley, Calif., and Kennedy &
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Finalists Present Their Projects in Competition to Redesign Minneapolis' Riverfront
Minneapolis, already named the country's most bike-friendly city, is about to get quite a makeover. In September, the city's Park and Recreation Board announced a design competition
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Whales Burp Plastic in the Great Lakes
Just what the Great Lakes needs, more aquatic invasives. We're worrying about Asian carp and now we have whales? Whales in the Great Lakes, on Lake Superior? Well, "whale burps" have been found
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Cold Bus Commuters Warm Up in Hot Breakfast Ad
Ads are everywhere in the big city. How many of them give you a warm feeling inside and out? This inventive ad at a bus shelter in Minneapolis is selling hot breakfast sandwiches from Caribou Coffee. The ad makes the bus shelter look
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Metrodome Roof Failure Is A Symptom Of A Larger Problem
People build air supported domes like the Hubert Humphrey Metrodome for two reasons: They are quick and they are cheap. The whole stadium was an exercise in cheapness, being described in Wikipedia by one official as a place to "get fans in, let 'em see
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DOA Confiscating Raw Milk in Minnesota (Video)
Christine has discussed the risks and benefits of raw milk before. And with Senate Bill 510 potentially putting raw milk in danger, and with armed police reportedly swooping on organic coops in Ohio, the battle over if and how
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University of Minnesota Welcome Center Mixes New Tech With Old Building
I am fond of repeating Steve Mouzon's dictum that the greenest brick is the one that's already in the wall. That's why I was attracted to MS&R;'s welcome center for the University of Minnesota at Morris. It is a
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Corn Ethanol, Biofuel's Eldest Poster Child, Is Off To Environmental Reform School
This week USEPA announced that the maximum ethanol content of motor fuel sold in the USA would be allowed to rise from 10% to 15%. Positives of the Agency's decision are: reduced dependence on foreign
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Duluth, Minn. Teams Up with the Sun to Take Out its Trash
Duluth, Minnesota is taking out its trash- and the sun is helping out. The City on Lake Superior announced on Thursday the debut of its Toss It Green
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'Pretty Pollution' Minnesota Lake Now Pretty For Real
Last year at this time, the part of Big Stone Lake near Mary Taffe's house was a murky, smelly
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Mosquitos From Climate Change Hell Chasing Midwesterners Back Inside
Fear of disease is such a strong motivator. And most people hate insects,. Hence, you will occasionally see reference to the risk of climate-led outbreaks of
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Three Weeks In, Minneapolis' Bike Share Program Is a Real Nice Ride
To the growing list of major cities with bike share programs we now add Minneapolis. Recently named America's most bike-friendly city, Minneapolis joined the ranks of Paris, Montreal, Rio de Janeiro, Washington, D.C.
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Invading Worms Menacing Hardwood Forests
Alex notes that earthworms are a hot topic in the forums; the Spring issue of Ontario Nature Magazine looks at the subject of invading European earthworms, and Sharon Oosthoek writes that the very trait that makes the works the darling of gardeners
