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Save the date: Mindy Lubber to lecture March 1 |
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Mindy Lubber, an international leader in efforts by investors to lead and pressure multinational companies to adopt environmentally sustainable business practices, will deliver a free, public lecture March 1 in St. Paul.
The lecture, “Investing in Sustainability: Building Water Stewardship Into the Bottom Line,” is sponsored by the Freshwater Society and the University of Minnesota College of Biological Sciences.
Register to attend. Learn about the lecture series and view video of previous speakers.
Lubber is president of Ceres, a 22-year-old Boston-based nonprofit that works with companies like Coca-Cola, Levi Strauss and IBM to encourage the firms to make their products and processes more water- efficient and less vulnerable to climate change.
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Read more: Save the date: Mindy Lubber to lecture March 1
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Precision conservation conference set March 29 |
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Precision conservation effectively and efficiently targets scarce resources to the spots on the landscape where they will do the most good. Learn about the latest technology -- much of it based on LiDAR scanning – that pinpoints “sweet spots” where runoff, erosion and pollution are disproportionately severe and the potential for improvement is disproportionately great.
On Thursday, March 29, the Freshwater Society will sponsor a day-long conference: “Precision Conservation: Technology Redefining Local Water Quality Practices.” The keynote address will be delivered by Dave White, chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Dr. David Mulla, a University of Soil Scientist and a pioneer in employing modern LiDAR-based technology in the service of conservation, will describe current and emerging strategies.
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Read more: Precision conservation conference set March 29
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Water, science and the environment: Week of Jan. 22 |
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Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton and leaders of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency sign an agreement to encourage farmers to meet still-undefined standards for conservation and pollution prevention. Conservation Minnesota releases a new analysis of state environmental spending levels, and the news is not good. And a new report looks at air and water pollution from nitrogen. Link to these articles and many more. Go to this week's FreshwaterSocietyBlog. |
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Road Salt Symposium set Feb. 2 |
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Register now to attend the Freshwater Society’s 11th Annual Road Salt Symposium, aimed at reducing the chloride pollution of ground and surface waters. The symposium is intended for local government leaders, public works department managers and private snow and ice-removal contractors. Learn more and register on-line for this important event. The symposium will be Feb. 2 at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum. |
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2013 Weatherguide Facebook photo contest |
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Calling all Photographers.... Check out Freshwater Society's Facebook page and submit your best photo of the first signs of winter! Winning photos will be published in the 2013 Weatherguide Environment Calendar! |
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Associate Pastor Kjell Ferris and youngsters from Christ
Lutheran Church in Blaine celebrate with replica of their
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Three groups – four fourth-grade classes in Apple Valley, youth from a Lutheran Church’s confirmation program in Blaine and a Boys and Girls Club in St. Cloud – have won $500 apiece for anti-pollution projects aimed at keeping leaves and other organic debris out of lakes and rivers.
The contest was sponsored by Freshwater and InCommons to encourage small neighborhood-based efforts to reduce the phosphorus pollution that leads to excessive algae growth in surface waters throughout Minnesota. The Little Falls-based Initiative Foundation also was a sponsor and contributed the prize for the St. Cloud winner.
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Read more: And the winners are...
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Organic ag leader's lecture available on video |
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If you missed the Nov. 10 lecture by organic agriculture leader Fred Kirschenmann, it is available on video. If your internet connection can not support the video, listen to an audio-only or downloadable mp3 version. Or read a short account of Kirschenmann's talk published in edible Twin Cities.
An active, engaged audience of about 200 people heard Kirschenmann speak on “Water and the Challenges Facing U.S. and World Agriculture in the 21st Century.” The lecture at the University of Minnesota's St. Paul Student Center was sponsored by the Freshwater Society and the university's College of Biological Sciences.
Kirschenmann, who owns a 2,400-acre certified organic farm in North Dakota, is a distinguished fellow at Iowa State University’s Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture.
As he spoke, Kirschenmann peppered his talk with references to books and journal articles on environmental sustainability. Check out his recommended reading list.
Three Minnesota experts in sustainable agriculture appeared with him. They were:
- George Boody, executive director of the Land Stewardship Project.
- Mary Jo Forbord, who operates an organic beef farm in Starbuck.
- Dr. David Mulla, a professor in the university's Department of Soil, Water, and Climate who has worked extensively in the fields of precision agriculture and precision conservation.
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Read all about it: The latest Facets newsletter |
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Asian carp. The future of U.S. and world agriculture. A Gene Merriam column on conservation and crop insurance. Two new books on lakes. Don't miss the latest issue of "Facets of Freshwater," the Freshwater Society's newsletter. Read the entire issue as an electronic magazine. Or read individual articles and columns here:
A q-and-a interview with Tim Schlagenhaft, the Minnesota DNR's point person in the campaign against Asian carp.
A column by Freshwater President Gene Merriam urging that the federal Farm Bill be changed to make conservation compliance a requirement for farmers getting subsidized crop insurance.
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Read more: Read all about it: The latest Facets newsletter
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