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News Topic(s): What's New  Water  Invasive Species  

07/29/2010 - Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists have confirmed a report that several tiny zebra mussels have been found in Lake Minnetonka. They’re attached to rocks along the shore on the east side of Wayzata Bay near Highway 101.

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News Topic(s): What's New  Water  Beaches  

07/28/2010 - The Natural Resources Defense Council has issued its annual beach water quality report.  According to the report, Minnesota, New Hampshire and California have some of the cleanest beaches around, in terms of water quality and state monitoring programs, while some parts of Florida, Maine and Mississippi have among the worst.

News Topic(s): What's New  News!  Kristin  

07/28/2010 - Last week I read about 2 exercises, dubbed “shopping diets” that are currently taking place. In the first, called Six Items or Less – a global experiment examining the power of what we don’t wear, participants pledge to wear 6 items of clothing or less for one month (not including swimwear, underwear, outer jackets or coats, workout wear, shoes or accessories). The sister challenge, called The Great American Apparel Diet, is more strict. Participants pledge to forgo buying apparel for one year. That includes regular clothing items plus outerwear, athletic-wear and Halloween costumes. Underwear, shoes or accessories are exempt.

The founders of both challenges have been vague about the purpose. Most people assume that it has to do with consumerism. For me, that’s what struck a chord. Do we really need more than a handful of items to wear? Concern for the environment (especially with the increase of cheap clothing worldwide), the cost, and the time wasted by shopping and in choosing what to wear every day were all motivations, too.

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