Your City Can Apply to Join Xcel’s Partners in Energy Program
Your city can apply by March 19 to join Xcel’s Partners in Energy Program to help you meet your community’s energy conservation goals As communities are becoming more energy aware, …
The Regenerative Economy
As I have mentioned, it was recently New Economy Week. We at the Alliance, busy with energy and water and food meetings and writing, are still getting caught up on …
Not all that is renewable is sustainable
Last week, MPR reported that New Era Wind LLC has informed the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that it will end its effort to build a 78 megawatt wind farm in …
Thoughts from my commute
I bicycle for so many reasons, and yesterday morning two circumstances in my daily commute (which is drop-off and pick-up from preschool — I’m one of those fortunate folks whose …
Sustainability Podcast/Our National Parks
As part of the strategic planning process currently underway at the Alliance, we have been looking at existing sustainability resources in order to identify where we best fit. I get …
“Sustainable seafood a fantasy?”
A recent Salon article suggests sustainable seafood is a fantasy. It quotes ecologist Carl Safina of Blue Ocean Institute: “You can’t rely on anybody selling you fish to be truthful …
Exciting Alliance events at the State Fair!
Join the Alliance at the State Fair! On August 29, from 6:00 to 6:50 p.m., and August 30 from 2:00 to 2:50 p.m. on the Sustainability Stage of the Eco-Experience …
Sustaining rural Minnesota by connecting to the information economy
Aaron Klemz of the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness makes an eloquent case for an alternative to dependence on resource extraction in the Northwoods. This is an excerpt of …
What’s the energy equivalent of ‘”Know your farmer”?
Solar demand is growing exponentially and some companies see cutting corners as a competitive advantage. The Guardian reports that some solar panel manufacturers are compromising their commitment to recycling in order …
Urban Oasis is a Finalist in the $1 Million Forever Saint Paul Challenge!
Great news! Our Urban Oasis project is one three finalists for The Saint Paul Foundation’s $1 Million Forever Saint Paul Challenge! WE NEED YOUR VOTE and your friends’ votes to …