We can learn a lot from what others are doing. Below you will find a list of (mostly) local bloggers sharing their experiences of trying to make lifestyle changes. You will also find blogs from nonprofits and government agencies providing up-to-date information on things people involved in Transition will want to know about. (If a link is no longer active, please let us know.)
Sustainable Living
- Happy Dancing Turtle
- Minnesota Farm Living
- Minnesota Historical Society Sustainability Blog
- The Minnesota Project
- Seek United
Food and Gardening
- Notes from Northern Gardener
- The Garden Buzz (master gardener Rhonda)
- Get Busy Gardening
- Restoring the Landscape with Heather Holm
- Twin Cities Naturalist
- Vegetarian Perspective
- Central Minnesota Sustainability Project
Transportation
- StreetsMN
- Ride Boldly
- Twin Cities Sidewalks
- Biking in Minneapolis
Lower Consumption/Minimalism/Zero Waste
- Break the Twitch
- Sameena Bemat
- Quirky & The Nerd
- Simply Save (save money and simplify life)
- Wasteland Rebel [non-local]
- Life Without Plastic [non-local, store-related]
- Native Sustainability (recycling)
Wide Ranging Ecological Subjects/Transition Thinking
- Ecological Leadership
- Think of it as an Adventure
Climate/Weather
- Climate Generation
- MPR Updraft
- Mark Seeley Weathertalk
Economy
- Growth Busters Blog (non local)
- Growth bias Busted Blog (non local)
- Peak Prosperity (non local)
Our Great Outdoors / Environmental Education
- Greg Seitz - science, conservation and life
- Minnesota Association for Environmental Education (MAEE)
- USA National Phenology Network (local group no longer seems to be operational)
- University of St. Thomas
Minnesota Laws, Statutes and Budgets
- Minnesota Budget Bites
Organizational Blogs
- Environmental Initiative
- Kathleen Schuler, Twin Cities blogger on healthy kids and families, for Conservation Minnesota
- Julie Drennen, Twin Cities blogger for Conservation Minnesota
- Nels Paulson, blogger for Conservation Minnesota
- Anna Richey, Rochester blogger for Conservation Minnesota
- Avery Hildebrand, Taylor’s Falls blogger for Conservation Minnesota
- Dave Dempsey, a Rosemount resident and blogger for Conservation Minnesota
- John Anderson, Twin Cities blogger for Conservation Minnesota
- Clean Energy Economy Minnesota
Sustainable and Community Connected Living
- Dani Tietjen, blogger in N. Mpls - Dani also blogs at Gatherhaus.com