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General Information
  • EcoMetro: Tips and products
  • Minnesota Energy Challenge: Energy saving information
  • Hennepin County Environmental Guide
  • MSN.com: National overview
  • Earth 911: National Tips, information
  • Ideal Bite: "Bite Size" tips for going green
  • Reducing Paper Waste
  • U.S. Dept. of Energy: Buying green power in Minnesota
  • Metro Transit: Green ride


  • Events
  • State Fairgrounds: Living Green Expo, May 3-4


  • Farms, Food
  • USDA Organic Program
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  • Mayo Clinic: Organic food & health
  • Minnesota Organic Farmers' Information Exchange
  • Local Harvest: National listings, including Minnesota
  • Gardens of Eagan
  • Thousand Hills: Free range cattle
  • Mississippi Market Natural Foods co-op
  • Organic Valley Co-op
  • The Wedge Co-op


  • Building
  • Blueprint for Green: Television program
  • Minnesota Sustainable Design Guidelines
  • The Reuse Center: Quality reclaimed building materials
  • U.S. Green Building Council: National information
  • LEEDS: Leadership in energy and environmental design


  • Home/Yard
  • Pollution Control Agency: Disposing of fluorescent light bulbs
  • Backyard Garbage Burning Information
  • MN Pollution Control Agency: Tips for your backyard
  • Ramsey County: Home and backyard
  • Organic Gardening: Magazine


  • Products, Services
  • The Green Guide: Minnesota products and services
  • Sunny Day Earth Solutions: Minneapolis store
  • Twin Cities Green: Minneapolis store
  • 18 Seconds: What a difference changing a bulb makes
  • Restore the Earth: Cleaning products
  • Seventh Generation: Cleaning products
  • Organic Bob: Lawn care
  • Clean Air Choice: E85 gasoline information


  • Recycling
  • Green Guardian: Recycling information
  • Recycle More Minnesota: Tips, information
  • Waste Management: Tips, information
  • Pollution Control Agency: Electronic recycling
  • Coon Rapids Plastics Recycling: #6 trial program
  • Recycle batteries


  • Stop Junk Mail
  • 41 Pounds
  • Direct Marketing Association
  • Green Dimes: Stops junk mail & plants trees


  • Your Carbon Footprint
  • Climate Crisis: Calculating carbon footprint
  • Earth Day: Calculating your carbon footprint
  • Minnesota Energy Challenge: Calculating carbon footprint

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