Tag Archive for: Environment

Shifting Ecological Mindsets With Art
Today, my environmental art is built upon an expanded definition of ecology.

Climate Consciousness: A Crescendo of Women’s Voices
In 2009, I was dragged into a new reality — one in which restoring Minnesota’s Northwoods to its historical grandeur is not possible due to the state’s fast-warming climate.

SeeDo: Earth Day
Virtual environmental activism events you can take part in to…

This Is Personal
A few years ago, my friend and I had a conversation about…

Mindful Consumption
Now every fashion and apparel course at St. Kate’s includes texts and coursework that offer holistic views of sustainability issues in the fashion industry.

Building Sustainable Community
Kim Norton discusses her vision at the Mayor’s office in Rochester.…

Healthy Self, Healthy Planet
The moment we say, ‘we don’t need this bug, we don’t need this plant,’ the system starts to weaken. If this happens again and again, the system collapses. Every time we have excluded a person or group of people, it has been at our own peril. We will have a viable future only when diverse knowledge, skills, attitudes, and cultural understanding are brought to the table.

Voices of Vision
commentary of everyday women about building the future

Doula to the Next Economy
Consent is about sex, and consent is about pipelines and mega-projects. In the old days, company men and governments used to just rape and pillage. That was how it went. It is not supposed to be those days now.

Celebrating a Vision
Ecosystem content is made possible by Organic Lawns by…

How to Re-Align Our “Normal”
Rebecca Cramer (photo by Sarah Whiting)
A few years ago…

Ni Mama Akii
Ecosystem content is made possible by Organic Lawns by…


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