Valerie was a featured storyteller at the Climate Conversation at Gale Woods Farm in November of 2018 in partnership with Climate Generation and Three Rivers Park District. Like most people, I was overwhelmed when I learned about climate change…and how it has and will affect things that I love. I recall experiencing this deeply for […]
By Paul Huttner December 6, 2018 General Motors made big news recently by announcing the closing of plants that could cost 15,000 workers their jobs. But as the car maker shifts focus to the coming electric vehicle boom, will it create even more climate-friendly jobs ahead? Auto industry analyst Micheline Maynard, who writes the Check […]
By Cody Nelson and Paul Huttner November 15, 2018 Hear the entire Climate Cast segment, including an interview with Emilio Bruna and a Climate Voice from Melissa Hotstettler with Gale Woods Farm. https://media.climategen.org/20181115-mpr-climatecast-melissa-hotstettler-gale-woods.mp3 Scientists around the world are worried about what Jair Bolsonaro might do. The right-wing president-elect of Brazil, who campaigned with […]
By Paul Huttner October 25, 2018 This week on Climate Cast, Brad Udall schools us on the West’s changing hydrology and water resources. He’s a senior climate researcher and scientist at Colorado State University. Then, we hear a Climate Story from Tim Reese, manager at Gale Woods Farm. https://media.climategen.org/20181025-mpr-climatecast-tim-reese-climate-story.mp3 Listen to the full episode […]
This article is based on a Climate Cast segment featuring an interview with Deborah Lawrence and a Climate Story from Danny Friedman.
By Paul Huttner October 11, 2018 We have 12 years to fix our climate before global warming’s impacts get much worse. That’s the gist of this week’s new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, which calls for a 45 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions to stave off major climate impacts. John Abraham, a professor […]
By Paul Huttner September 6, 2018 Is the American desert shifting east? The 100th meridian is the longitudinal line running from Texas through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and into the Dakotas. Climate experts designate this invisible line as the boundary line between the arid west and the more humid east. A new study suggests climate change […]
By Paul Huttner August 16, 2018 This week on Climate Cast we’re talking about increases. There’s been a surge in climate refugees on the United States’ coasts as the seas rise. A boom in the tick population as winters warm. And, on a brighter note, an increase of clean energy jobs in the Midwest. Weather […]
By Paul Hutner July 26, 2018 Mati, Greece. Santa Rosa, California. Houston, Texas. All overrun by climate change-enhanced firestorms and floods in the past year. How are Minnesota cities preparing? That’s where we start the show. Here’s a rundown: In Minnesota, climate change means more flash floods from extreme rainfall events. Our heavier, 21st-century climate […]
Lacy Tooker-Kirkevold was a climate storyteller featured during our Youth Convening Minnesota project at the convening in Moorhead, Minnesota. Throughout my youth I attended a bible camp in Amery, Wisconsin every Summer. It was on a huge beautiful lake, so every morning we would have to bundle up in our sweatshirts on our way to […]