The Como Park Green Eyez are Energy Champs! When Luke, the co-captain of Como Park Senior High’s environmental club contacted me, I knew immediately that they were going to be big players in the Energy Challenge. A great group of highly motivated individuals, the Green Eyez put on several assemblies at their school for the [...]
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Congrats to the Como Park Green Eyez!
Posted in Energy Champs, Local Events, tagged climate change, como park senior high school, energy efficiency, green eyez, minnesota energy challenge, youth activism on 12 March 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Race to Save in Alaska
Posted in Energy Champs, News, tagged energy conservation, energy efficiency, juneau on 15 May 2008 | 1 Comment »
What happens when the cost of electricity in one town suddenly goes up 481%? On April 16th an avalanche destroyed several major transmission towers that delivered more than 80% of Juneau, Alaska’s power from a hydroelectric dam. For the next month, the city must rely on power from diesel fuel – which is much [...]
83% of Americans taking some Green Action
Posted in Energy Champs, News, tagged economy, energy, energy conservation, energy efficiency, gallup polls, green lifestyle, minnesota energy challenge on 21 April 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A recent Gallup poll found that 83% of Americans report that they have made changes in their shopping and living habits over the past five years in order to help protect the environment. Of those, only 28% report making “major” changes, while 55% report making “minor” changes.
So, what are people doing? The most popular [...]
The Town That Banned Plastic Bags: One Year Later
Posted in Energy Champs, News, tagged modbury, plastic bags, reusable bags on 11 April 2008 | 1 Comment »
On May Day 2007, the town of Modbury in England announced it would be the first community in Europe to become completed “plastic shopping bag-free.” Now, one year later, the community of 1,600 is still going strong and evolving their environmental lifestyles.
Modbury has moved on: once the inhabitants had got rid of plastic bags, [...]
The Compact
Posted in Awesome Actions, Energy Champs, tagged credit card debt, the compact, the minnesota energy challenge on 17 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Different kinds of people are taking the Minnesota Energy Challenge. For some, it’s a welcome into environmental and energy issues, an introduction into energy smart living. For others, like the Selly family in Minneapolis, the Challenge complements their efforts in their lives to simplify and reduce their environmental impact. The Selly’s have [...]
January Energy Champ
Posted in Energy Champs, tagged harley horsager, lakeville friends of the environment, minnesota energy challenge on 4 January 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Congrats Harley Horsager, our January Minnesota Energy Challenge Energy Champ! Harley is a motivated, tireless and passionate activist with the Lakeville Friends of the Environment. Harley was nominated by 8th grader Jevan, who says that Harley is his role model and inspiration. Lakeville Friends of the Environment are currently the #4 environmental [...]
New Energy Champ!
Posted in Energy Champs, tagged energy champ, global warming, minnesota energy challenge on 5 December 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Meet our new Energy Champ for December – nine year old Katie Kavitz from Lakeville, MN, who wants us all to fight global warming by using less energy. Check out her project here.
Congrats, Katie! Keep up the good work!
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