Local Blogs of Interest

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 (If a link is no longer active, please let us know.)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

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