Archive for the 'Environment' Category
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Ike’s Home Energy Forums: Solar Electric Energy
The Rochester Chapter of the Isaak Walton League will be hosting a series of 5 forums on home energy. Each forum will begin at 7:00 pm and will be held at the Cabin, 937 7th Ave NE, Rochester.
Solar Electric Energy will be the topic of the first forum held on Tuesday, December 2nd.
Tom Thompson, owner […]
Published by thefootprint on December 1st, 2008 tagged Environment, Energy, Green living | Comment now »
Candidate Forum
Local conservation and environmental groups will host a Candidate Forum on October 20 and 21 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm each night. The forums are free and open to the public. Both forums will be held at the Izaak Walton League Cabin, 937 7th Ave NE, Rochester.
Candidates running for Olmsted County Board and Rochester City […]
Published by thefootprint on September 18th, 2008 tagged Environment, Rochester | Comment now »
RE-fest: A Celebration of Green Living & Clean Energy
RE٠think… green living
RE٠new… clean energy
RE٠store…conservation
FREE ADMISSION
Saturday, September 20th
Riverland Community College
Austin, MN
At RE-fest you’ll learn how you can take action to conserve the Earth’s limited resources and make positive changes in your community.
The event will begin with a musical concert at the Paramount Theater featuring Peter Ostroushko, creator and producer of the original soundtrack for […]
Published by thefootprint on August 26th, 2008 tagged Environment, Energy, Green living | Comment now »
People Can Do It! Campaign
The Rochester group, Global Action, has undertaken a fun community awareness campaign that focuses on positive, simple actions people can take every day to reduce carbon emissions, & conserve energy and resources.
The project is called “People Can Do It!”. Dozens of ordinary Rochester residents are being photographed in action, holding a sign stating what they do to […]
Published by thefootprint on March 31st, 2008 tagged Environment, Neighbors, Energy, Green living, Emissions | Comment now »
Earth Hour 2008
See the difference you can make. Earth Hour 2007 was an event in Sydney, Australia. See how Earth Hour 2008 is becoming a global movement. In 2007 it started with a question: How can we inspire people to take action on climate change? The answer was to ask people in Sydney to turn off their lights […]
Published by thefootprint on March 4th, 2008 tagged Environment, Energy | Comment now »
A Peek at Peak Oil
Rochester Izaak Walton League Presents
Norm Erickson: “A Peek at Peak Oil”
Please join us on 4 March 2008 at 7:00pm at the Izaak Walton League Cabin, 937 7th Ave NE, Rochester, MN (Directions: From North Broadway to 14th St NE, turn right on 7th Ave NE).
Norm Erickson a long time IKE and IBM employee has been […]
Published by thefootprint on February 26th, 2008 tagged Environment, Energy, Peak oil, Transportation, Emissions | Comment now »
Homeowners Energy Expo
HOMEOWNERS ENERGY EXPO
The MAYO ENERGY CONSERVATION OPERATION (ECO) invites you to attend the HEE on
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20TH
7:00 PM (doors open at 6:45)
MAYO HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM AND DOOR 1 FOYER
If you’re looking for valuable, practical ideas to lower your energy consumption costs and want to focus on the importance of individual responsibility for energy conservation, please […]
Published by thefootprint on February 6th, 2008 tagged Environment, Energy, Green living, Emissions | Comment now »
Planning for Our Energy and Climate Future
Everyone is invited to attend a program brought to Rochester by
State Rep. Bill Hilty, Chair of the MN House Energy Policy and Finance Division
Planning for our Energy and Climate Future
When: 3 PM Friday, January 18
Where: Heintz Center Commons, 1926 College View Rd SE, Rochester, MN
In February of 2005 the Hirsch Report, a study of global petroleum supplies […]
Published by thefootprint on January 7th, 2008 tagged Environment, Energy, Peak oil | Comment now »
Will Steger in Rochester
Will Steger ~ Polar Explorer will be speaking in Rochester on Sunday, 4 November 2007 at 7:00 pm. Also speaking, J. Drake Hamilton, Science Policy Advisor for Fresh Energy.
This event is FREE and will be held in Presentation Hall at the Mayo Civic Center. Please visit his website for more information on the Will Steger Foundation initiatives.
The first of these initiatives is […]
Published by Lisa on October 24th, 2007 tagged Environment | Comment now »
Pesticide use on city athletic fields ~ a follow-up
Many thanks to Flo Sandok and Rochester’s environmental education group Global Action for the recent approval by the city for monies to practice organic turf management on one of our city soccer fields. The Footprint has previously posted articles on organic lawn care as well as a recent letter to the editor from Flo regarding residential pesticide […]