Artist Kent Estey listens to his heart
"I trust myself, and I listen to what my heart tells me I should paint," he said of his work.
"I trust myself, and I listen to what my heart tells me I should paint," he said of his work.
Outdoor programs teach children about nature through field trips and hands-on activities. Community partnerships make them possible.
Nathan Myers gives an inside look at what it's like to be a wildland firefighter in northern Minnesota and across the U.S.
"It takes time, but I know it's made me a stronger reporter," writes Jen Zettel-Vandenhouten, managing editor of Project Optimist.
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Hand-collect seeds for affordable, biodiverse gardening, writes Lisa Meyers McClintick.
Check out two pieces from 'You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World.'
For millennia, the Great Lakes Anishinaabe used traditional fire practices to manage the forests of Northeastern Minnesota. Today, science is capturing the frequency and severity of those fires to understand how communities might recreate their relationship with the land.
“Nature has come up with some really amazing things. That’s really what biomimicry is about," said Sue Okerstrom.
Emily Ford writes about the experiences that shaped her relationship with nature and the outdoors.