toxins

The #EcolutionCollective is a newsletter series in four weekly installments focused on different topics. In November and December 2020, we are focusing on Air Quality in Minnesota.

At one time, Minnesota had 11 hemp mills, in towns like Winona and Stillwater.

It truly is, for some, a Silent Spring. As I write this from my home, the streets outside are still,

“For Black women in America, an inescapable atmosphere of societal and systemic racism can create a kind of toxic physiological stress resulting in conditions, including hypertension and pre-eclampsia, that lead directly to higher rates of infant and maternal death.” — Linda Villarosa

Tishawn Penny is energetic; she gives the first impression of a woman fresh out of college with the world at

Ecosystem content is made possible by Organic Lawns by LUNSETH When it comes to the environment, it’s truly an interconnected world. 

The Women’s Environmental Institute hopes to educate, mobilize & affect change with pointed questions about toxins in our neighborhoods, homes and food.