
How Extended Producer Responsibility will work in Minnesota
Project Optimist finds out how the law aimed at reducing packaging waste could affect taxpayers, businesses, and consumers.
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Project Optimist finds out how the law aimed at reducing packaging waste could affect taxpayers, businesses, and consumers.
Minnesota wants producers to pay for recycling. How has that worked in Canada and the European Union?
The Western Lake Superior Sanitary District has run a compost site since 2001. During that time, the district has added 12 community drop-off sites, in addition to taking food waste from businesses.
April Hepokoski, of Esko, offers tips for people looking to reduce the amount of trash they produce.
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.
Hand-collect seeds for affordable, biodiverse gardening, writes Lisa Meyers McClintick.
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.
Harvest Hope Farm has a waitlist for its summer camps; experts say repeated exposure to nature benefits kids if organizers can break down barriers like cost.