Plant Native Plants
Plant Native Plants Native plants are defined as those growing naturally in an area before European settlement. Non-natives or “exotics” are those introduced by people,… Read More »Plant Native Plants
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Recognize Significance of Indigenous Land
Recognize Significance of Indigenous Land Recognize that the land you live on holds great historical, spiritual, and personal significance for its original and continuing stewards,… Read More »Recognize Significance of Indigenous Land
Learn About Pre-Settlement Species
Learn About Pre-Settlement Species By learning about Minnesota’s pre-settlement forest species and how human-driven climate change is impacting our biogregion, we can better understand the… Read More »Learn About Pre-Settlement Species
Recognize Your Place in the Web of Life
Recognize Your Place in the Web of Life An ecosystem is made up of all the animals and plants, bodies of water, rocks, and other… Read More »Recognize Your Place in the Web of Life
Value the Interrelationship of Species
Value the Interrelationship of Species Relationships are the interwoven bonds that form the framework of place within which we exist. They are the way in… Read More »Value the Interrelationship of Species
Shift to a Relational Mindset
Shift to a Relational Mindset Relationships are the interwoven bonds that form the framework of place within which we exist. It is the way in… Read More »Shift to a Relational Mindset
Learn About Native Species
Learn About Native Species Native species are those which grow within a given region or ecosystem that have not been brought there by human intervention.… Read More »Learn About Native Species
Reflect on the Chain of Consumption
Reflect on the Chain of Consumption Increasing demand for energy, food, water and other resources has resulted in resource depletion, pollution, environmental degradation and climate… Read More »Reflect on the Chain of Consumption
Learn From Others
Learn From Others There is a limitless amount of information that you can learn from another person. That is because we all have different backgrounds.… Read More »Learn From Others
Estimate the CO2 of Your Food
Estimate the CO2 of Your Food Food’s carbon footprint, or foodprint, is the greenhouse gas emissions produced by growing, rearing, farming, processing, transporting, storing, cooking,… Read More »Estimate the CO2 of Your Food
Buy Food Grown or Processed Locally
Buy Food Grown or Processed Locally Eating local produce and meat improves the local economy, reduces transportation emissions, and leads to greater food security. Did… Read More »Buy Food Grown or Processed Locally
Provide Compost Options
Provide Compost Options Currently, the United States leads the world in food waste. The EPA estimated that 40.7 million tons of food waste was generated… Read More »Provide Compost Options