Green Visions

Green Visions

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Green Visions episodes

  • Green Visions: thanks, immigrant ancestors, for ANOTHER fine mess
    Phragmites. You say "frag-MITE-eez," not "FRAG-mites." But the most important thing to know about phragmites is that it's an invasive, non-native species, not to be confused with native phragmites. The invasives came to America originally from central and eastern Europe, and they've been marching steadily - if slowly - across the continent from New England. Now the Community Action Duluth Stream Corps, headed by Brandon Van Tassel, is tasked with getting rid of the plants, which are a perfect
    11 min
  • Green Visions: "Batman and Robin" at the forefront of a new plastic recycling paradigm
    Dr. Brandon Knott and the other members of the international team working on a better way to recycle plastics are excited about their work. For one thing, they're trying to solve a problem that everyone "gets," more or less. Here's the deal: when you recycle plastics these days, it's done with machines that grind them up, melt them down, and make new stuff out of them. But just like the old days of analog videotape and sound recording, everytime you make a new copy - in this case, a new pop
    20 min
  • Green Visions: "We need healing right now. We're all better when we go to the water."
    For decades, the St. Louis River Alliance has been leading the charge to heal the badly polluted St. Louis River. Spurred by the enthusiasm of more and more people drawn every year to the water to volunteer, recreate or just sit and watch the water flow by, the St. Louis River has continued its comeback story. From cleaning up the pollution left by decades of dumping in the river, to fostering habitat for wild rice, sturgeons and piping plovers, people have been working hard to heal the St.
    14 min
  • Green Visions "Who had 'invasive jumping worms" for September?"
    It's still 2020, so of course we'd have a new invasive species in Minnesota, right? Meet the "jumping worm," a slightly-hysterical creature that hatches early, grows fast, makes more little earthworms quickly, and can wreak havoc on your garden or anywhere it finds itself. Jumping worms live in the top two or three inches of soil, and there can be so many, comsuming organic material so fast, that nothing can take root. The Minnesota DNR even has a viideo of their impact you can watch. Of course
    12 min
  • Green Visions: from no seeds to no canning jars: gardening in the time of coronavirus
    Haley Diem was a little embarrassed this past weekend. The One Vegetable, One Community coordinator (it's a new position this year at the Duluth Community Garden Program) had just covered every flat surface of her kitchen with home-grown produce and had only one thing left before she began her annual salsa-making operation: getting some canning jars. Long story short, Diem returned home sans jars and had to start dumping out condiments and Mason-jar vases in order to start canning. From no seeds
    16 min
  • Green Visions: "outdoor spaces have been a place to find some peace and some healing"
    It's not just couch potatoes that the Great Lakes Gear Exchange wants to get outside. Maybe you feel like the only person in the Northland who doesn't know how to cross-country ski and you're a little shy about admitting that. Maybe your budget can't stretch to equip yourself with brand-new gear for a brand-new hobby. Luckily for sofa spuds, the frugal and those hungry to learn new skills, the Great Lakes Gear Exchange wants to be a place not only of re-purposing good gear, but of learning and
    12 min
  • Green Visions: "Can I buy an electric bus?" (with apologies to The Who)
    Here's something more fun to think about than online learning or how to get kids to social distance: electric school buses. The $2.9 billion dollar settlement the federal government reached with Volkswagen over the car maker's violation of emissions standards has meant, among other things, that Minnesota can spend $3 million dollars of its share on an electric bus pilot program. Are electric school buses feasible in our double-digit-below-zero winter temperatures? How fast do their batteries
    10 min
  • Green Visions: the flocking to Hawk Ridge has begun
    When Larry Weber announced two weeks ago that the Hawk Ridge Raptor Count was starting this past Saturday (August 15), you could almost hear the groan of "No - already?" The fact is, birds - and visitors - have been amassing at Hawk Ridge for awhile now. Ironically, the fact that people aren't flying seems to mean they're more interested in watching birds who are. The normally unflappable counters and other staff are looking at the August attendance - already way up - and trying to figure out
    15 min
  • Green Visions: A Statewide Artistic View on Climate Change
    Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, published a new book, called Eyewitness: Minnesota Voices on Climate Change , that features short stories, poems, and artwork authored by prominent figures and ordinary people across the state. KUMD speaks with Erin Sharkey, poet, essayist, and graphic designer who was a member of Climate Generation's Selection Committee for the anthology. Climate Generation is also launching a series of virtual climate justice workshops and book clubs starting August
    9 min

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Green Visions: Exploring Local Environmental Challenges & SolutionsEvery Wednesday at 8:20am, Green Visions on The North 103.3FM, hosted by Luke Moravec, brings you compelling conversations about…

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