Human Health and Climate Change Dramatic increases in Lyme Disease and the second case of the rare Naegleria fowleri amoeba are prime examples of how Minnesotans are feeling the health impacts of a changing climate.  On August 16 at 7pm, MN350 and MN IPL will host Dr. Wendy Ring, a family physician from California presenting in Minneapolis as part of a cross-country tour educating people about the health dangers of climate change.  Presentation is at [...]

St. Thomas University Student Organic Farm connects the dots between climate change and the industrial food system. They are building local alternatives, and growing justice while they go. In 2011 they grew over 1200 pounds of produce, much of which was distributed to local food shelves. Photo by Julia Nerbonne

MN kids get to work in the garden, connecting with mother earth and lowering their carbon footprint. Composting, caring for chickens, and getting ready to harvest delicious garlic and strawberries. Clara says: “Please do this all your life because it’s fun, it doesn’t pollute, and it helps the earth. And I love mud!”

  From the 16th to the 20th of March 2012 it was 80 degrees in Minneapolis for 5 days running. With the weather 40 degrees warmer than average, a swallowtail butterfly emerged in my back yard only to find that no flowers had yet opened to provide life-giving nectar. As friends and neighbors celebrated this early gift of warmth, turning their gardens and getting out their flip flops, I privately shed tears for the swallowtail, [...]

The print on the sign says how many trees and shrubs were planted along the Midtown Greenway today and over last 12 years of Arbor Day events: 244 trees & shrubs planted today 4,200 trees & shrubs planted over last 12 years