By Paul Huttner and Megan Burks February 28, 2020 Climate change experts tell us that, while changing your personal behavior will help, it’s going to take major policy change to avoid the worst impacts of climate change. So, what can you do to help shift policy? Dozens of Minnesota teens found out at the Youth Climate […]
By Lee Egerstrom March 3, 2020 Robert (Bob) Blake, founder of the Solar Bear solar installation company based jointly in Minneapolis and at Red Lake, is taking his advocacy for renewable energy, climate change remediation, social and economic justice, and educating and training to fellow travelers and tribal groups all across Indian County. “Time is […]
By Leah Ward February 22, 2020 WORTHINGTON — Worthington High School senior Mekdelawit “Mickey” Tilahun will lead a group of her peers headed next week for the Youth Climate Justice Summit 2020 in St. Paul. “I’ve always been interested in the environment, ever since I was young,” Tilahun said. She started becoming politically active following […]
By Chrysa February 20, 2020 Most people have heard of Greta Thunberg, but what a lot of people don’t know is that there are hundreds of Minnesota young people across the state of Minnesota working just as hard to raise awareness about climate change. YEA!MN is a team of mainly high school students who work with […]
By Laura Billings Coleman January 21, 2020 During finals week last December, Helen Meigs ’21 decided to ditch her schoolwork and travel to Washington, D.C. A new Democratic majority had been elected to the House of Representatives, and Meigs wanted the chance to witness history as a diverse crop of freshman lawmakers like Ilhan Omar […]
By Erin Hinrichs January 24, 2020 Students at Stillwater Area High School began adjusting to a small — yet significant — change at the start of the new year: no more plastic forks and spoons. Single-use plastic utensils have been replaced with metal flatware in the school lunchroom. Julia Bennett, 17, and Isabella Schaak, 18, […]
By Walker Orenstein January 16, 2020 Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey is applying for a new job — and he’s got a lot of competition: a host of University of Minnesota professors, labor leaders, activists, power industry representatives, and even entrepreneur Eric Dayton. Frey and the rest are vying for a seat on Gov. Tim Walz’s Climate Change […]
By Michael Gottschalk January 17, 2020 We need to work together to preserve the magic. My father’s first gift to me was the clean tracks he set through deep snow. Even now, when I walk in the winter forest or slide into my skis, I find my eyes tilted down and only a few steps […]
January 21, 2020 Three Rivers Park District and Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy are teaming up to present “Climate Conversations and Ice Harvest Festival,” this Saturday, January 25, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., at Richardson Nature Center, in Hyland Lake Park Reserve, Bloomington. This free family-friendly event celebrates Minnesota’s rich ice harvesting history […]
By Mindy Keskinen December 26, 2019 Some Como Park Senior High students were among about 400 young Minnesotans who swarmed the State Capitol on Dec. 6 for the Youth Climate Strike. Two seniors, Morgan Nichols, of St. Anthony Park, and Emma Wolters, of St. Paul’s Eastside, heard about the strike through the school’s environmental club […]