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Avonna and her husband Mike on a summer trip to the North Shore, with text: Soak Up the Sun, Not the Waste. Your Guide to a Sustainable Minnesota Summer.

Soak Up the Sun, Not the Waste: Your Guide to a Sustainable Minnesota Summer

June 9, 2025 | By Avonna Starck
Summer in Minnesota is pure magic. Whether you’re camping in the Northwoods, boating on one of our 10,000 lakes, or dancing at a neighborhood festival, there’s no shortage of ways to enjoy the season. But all that fun can also mean a lot of waste. This summer, let’s protect the places we love by treading a little lighter. Read on for ideas on how to camp, boat, and party sustainably across our beautiful state.
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Let’s Get Composting DC!

March 10, 2023 | By Michael Bochynski
Food waste is a significant problem for the environment and for food access. Even though 40 percent of our food goes to waste, the problem of food insecurity is particularly pronounced in the District of Columbia where 13.2% of all households were food insecure from 2013 – 2015.
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Let's Get Composting in DC
Ngodoo Atume presenting at California Groundwater Awareness Week conference

2023 Groundwater Awareness Week in California

March 8, 2023 | By Jennifer Clary and Ngodoo Atume
Because of our leadership in protecting groundwater, Clean Water Action was invited to join the Department of Water Resources in Sacramento on Monday to kick off Groundwater Awareness Week. Our Water Policy Analyst, Ngodoo Atume presented on the importance of engaging and protecting vulnerable communities that depend on groundwater.
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Workers Rights and our shared environment

March 8, 2023 | By Sean McBrearty
Protecting and strengthening the right of workers to organize is not something usually seen as a priority of environmentalists and environmental organizations, but it ought to be. Not only are these movements inextricably linked, but we are more powerful and are more able to create meaningful change for all working people when we stand together.
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