By Chris Heeter March 12, 2019 It’s March and dogsledding is in the air — the one time of year where sled dogs are featured for their amazing athleticism and beautiful spirits. It’s Iditarod season, and the 1,100 mile dog-sled race from Anchorage to Nome is on. As a guide who has led dog sledding […]
By Lisa Johnson March 6,2019 Up until recently, the climate change conversation was conducted by scientists, and accompanied by lots of charts, graphs, and data. But Jothsna Harris of Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy says most people aren’t scientists. And she thinks we need to shift the conversation away from people’s heads … and […]
By Brainerd Dispatch March 7, 2019 Eleven students and teachers from Youth Eco Solutions teams at Discovery Woods Montessori in Brainerd participated March 5 in Go Native for Water Quality at Northland Arboretum. This workshop is one of 13 across the state, allowing students to connect with experts and gain information to position them for […]
By Paul Huttner February 14, 2019 Hear a Climate Story from Molly Reichert and John Kim, whose “Phase II” art piece was part of the Climate Conversation focusing on art and climate change with Climate Generation and Three Rivers Park District. https://media.climategen.org/20190214-mpr-climatecast-stories-futures-north-20190214_cc_20190214_64.mp3 Deke Arndt, chief of the monitoring section at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental […]
By Dennis Anderson February 21, 2019 Will Steger is about to return to the site of his spring trip of 2018: the arctic tundra of Canada. “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go.” — T.S. Eliot Earlier this week, Will Steger was thinking about the canoe-sled […]
By Mindy Keskinen February 17, 2019 When you see the latest headline on climate change, do you slump into the “Scream” position made famous by Edvard Munch? You’re not alone. Yes, the news is bad, and the effects of climate change are hitting closer to home here in Minnesota. But wait: There’s good news, too. […]
By Dawn Bentley February 21, 2019 From 2014–2017, I served as executive director of Art Shanty Projects, a creative placemaking festival that took place in the middle of winter on a frozen surface of a Minnesota lake. Our mission was to expand the notion of art and artist by creating an artist-driven temporary community. On […]
By Mira Klein February 21, 2019 Urgent and unabashedly progressive climate politics have come to Minnesota — or at least they’ve finally made it into the chambers of the Minnesota State Capitol. Just a few days after the outline for a federal Green New Deal was unveiled on the national stage, spearheaded by Sen. Ed […]
By Paul Huttner February 6, 2019 Will Steger has been to the top and bottom of the world. He has seen climate change first hand in places most of us will never set foot. The famed Minnesota explorer and climate activist is just back from a return to Antarctica. He was surveying the changes from his […]
J. Selby’s Podcast February 10, 2019 In this, the first ever J. Selby’s podcast, Matt sits down with Janet Brown from Climate Generation to talk about Will Steger, Climate Generation, Climate Change and the effects of our dietary choices on our planets climate. https://media.climategen.org/20190210-janet-j-selby-food-choices-and-climate-change.mp3 Listen to the full episode online here