North Star Blog

If you’re looking for a climate-friendly gift this holiday season, look no further! Here are some great ideas for all the earth lovers in your life.

On October 12th, Minneapolis residents flooded the City Council chambers and filled the overflow room to discuss funding for the Minneapolis Climate Equity Plan, an ambitious program to reduce carbon pollution by weatherizing and retrofitting...

The late fall banded woolly bear caterpillar we saw was an immature member of this year’s second generation of the Isabella tiger moth looking for a cozy place to nap under leaves, grass or a rock where it will stay until spring.

I cross or use I-94 a lot, and I bet you might too, to get to work, meetings, and visit friends and family. I recently walked with neighbors that live close to the traffic-choked highway and experienced its never-ending noise and pollution. We...

My spiel went something like this: “I’m asking you to sign in favor of protecting our neighborhoods, moving to zero waste, and shutting down the toxic Hennepin Energy Recovery Center trash burner.” Many times, this is all they needed to hear. Other...