Emerson Twin Cities

We are very "water blessed" in the Upper Mississippi watershed, which makes our stewardship even more important for those downstream from our great northern state.

The month ended with less than a bang (forgot to check in two Saturday's in a row), but what a great month of focusing on sustainability, learning lots of new things, getting outside and doing volunteer work, and connecting with my team! Way to go Emerson!!!

People can be so misguided! The energy for cooking on an electric stove comes from fossil fuels. Pick your battles people!

I don't travel much by air so this isn't a huge sacrifice. I've enjoyed learning more about this facet of conservation though.

Some places I've never been. We have a beautiful region to explore.

I will continue to learn more.

What a debacle our light rail transit has been!! Too much power in the hands of the un-elected.

Still working on my plan, but have made some progress. Have saved links to some of the resources.

We've had to take down several trees since buying our property (too old and failing or too close to structure -- various reasons) so I've still got a number to plant to "break even."

I am slowly converting my lawn to other types of landscape. I'm not willing to water grass like all my neighbors. We put a fence around all our garden boxes to keep out deer and put down mulch for the pathways. So much easier and looks nice!