Food

Featured Blog: Celebrating Wild Rice, Canceling Out a Happy Meal

• Chip Small
• Sep 19, 2012

Chip Small reflects on the contrast between two of Minnesota's most important grains: wild rice and corn.

Environment

Featured Roseville Blog: Sustainability at Minnesota State Fair

• Chip Small
• Aug 27, 2012

In between rides and Pronto-Pups, Chip Small visits the Eco-Experience at the Minnesota State Fair.

Featured Blog: Water and Where Does Roseville Get It?

• Chip Small
• Aug 9, 2012

Inspired by a visit to Japan, Chip Small resolves to learn where his water comes from.

Living

Featured Blog of The Week: How Do You Keep Cool in Sweltering Summer?

• Chip Small
• Jul 29, 2012

Chip Small explores the energy costs associated with our dependence on air conditioning, and whether there's anything we can do about it.

Environment

Featured Roseville Blog: Want To Conserve Energy? More Power To Ya!!

• Chip Small
• Apr 22, 2013

Roseville resident Chip Small discovers the source of his power--a coal mine in Wyoming.

Environment

Featured Roseville Blog: My Household's Carbon Footprint This Year: One Elephant

• Chip Small
• May 22, 2012

Roseville resident Chip Small learns how his patterns of consumption stack up with other Twin Cities residents--where we are all above average.

Environment

In His Roseville Yard: Plague of the Dandelions

• Chip Small
• May 14, 2012

Chip Small admits to fighting a losing battle against the dandelions, but has serious reservations about spraying herbicides on his lawn.

Environment

Roseville Blog of the Week: Living sustainably in Roseville

• Chip Small
• May 13, 2012

What does it mean to live sustainably in Roseville? Ecologist and Roseville resident Chip Small realizes that his "ecological footprint" is far more extensive than it appears at first glance.