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Apr 2024
Living Closed-Loop Zero Waste with April Hepokoski
April Hepokoski teaches how to use the Closed-Loop Zero Waste lifestyle to reduce the trash people create the resources they use.
Find out more »Northern Nights, Starry Skies
The the UMD Institute on the Environment shows the documentary Northern Nights, Starry Skies. This documentary is a co-production of PBS North and Hamline University’s Center for Global Environmental Education. Informational tabling and refreshments begin at 5:30 p.m. The documentary showing runs from 6-7 p.m. Tabling and conversation are set up from 7-7:30 p.m. This is a free event that requires registration in order to attend.
Find out more »Electromagnetic Field (EMF) Pollution with Michelle Russell
Certified Holistic Health and Healing Touch Practitioner, Michelle Russell, teaches about the sources of EMFs and how they can impact health.
Find out more »Denfeld Robotics Silent Auction
Items include a baseball signed by a member of the Minnesota Twins, three custom cribbage boards made by one of the students on the robotics team, a Jamar fire ring and more.
Find out more »Plant ID 101 Workshop
Arrowhead Native Plant Explorers presents a workshop to learn simple observation techniques for identifying plants based on features and characteristics. Participants will be equipped with basic skills to conduct field identification independently. The event is led by Dr. Amanda Grusz the Director of the Olga Lakela Herbarium.
Find out more »Wild Orchids of the Arrowhead
Learn about orchids that grow wild in the woods and ditches of northeastern Minnesota with master naturalist Rubin Stenseng. Bring something to share for the potluck before the presentation. Potluck starts at 5:30 p.m. and the presentation starts at 6:30 p.m.
Find out more »Business Sustainability Luncheon
Business and community leaders join together for the inaugural Sustainability Awards and a state-of-the-environment presentation which will detail a green opportunity that could help to define the region’s economic future. Dr. Jennifer King, from the National Renewable Energy Lab, will present research that indicates how Minnesota can build the infrastructure for green iron/steel, concrete, e-fuels and fertilizer. The registration deadline is Monday, April 15, at 5 p.m. Lunch will be catered by Clyde Iron Works.
Find out more »Earth Day Film Screening: Common Ground
For Earth Day, the film Common Ground is about the broken food system and regenerative agriculture alternatives. Refreshments and information on local sustainable food sources are available before the film at 6:30 p.m. Sponsors include CSS Global Sustainability and Justice Studies, MN Interfaith Power and Light, and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Duluth. For questions, contact Bret Pence at 218-343-2527.
Find out more »After Hours Networking Event: NRRI
UMD’s Natural Resources Research Institute will showcase projects focused on developing innovative tools and solutions for Minnesota and the region. Meet key research staff engaged in the global energy transition and in exploring opportunities for the future. Food and beverages will be provided by Black Woods Catering and handcrafted bird houses made of Arbor wood will be the featured prize giveaway. After Hours events are $5 at the door for chamber members, $10 for non-members. Online registration is available at…
Find out more »Full Pink Moon
April’s full Moon reaches its moment of fullness at 6:48 p.m. but is not visible until it rises in Duluth at 8:12 p.m. From Farmers' Almanac: "This name came from the herb moss pink, or wild ground phlox, which is one of the earliest widespread flowers of the spring. Other names for this month's celestial body include the Full Sprouting Grass Moon, the Egg Moon, and among coastal tribes the Full Fish Moon, because this was the time that the…
Find out more »Lake Superior College Firefighting and Truck Driving Open House
Tour LSC’s Emergency Response Training Center, check out firefighting equipment, trucks and the burn box metropolis -- which is one of the few of its kind in the Upper Midwest -- and find out how to apply for free to LSC.
Find out more »WLSSD Courtland Street Block Party and Medicine Cabinet Clean-Out
An open house at WLSSD's Courtland Street facilities that includes education, giveaways and specialized disposal events. Bring expired or unwanted medications to be safely and confidentially disposed of for free and tour the compost site.
Find out more »May 2024
National Train Day
Celebrate the 155th anniversary of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad in 1869. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum will be hosting special events to celebrate this annual holiday. Activities include: Leonard Draper Maintenance Shop open for tours Railroad speeder rides Engine cab tours Visiting locomotives on display Kids crafts Steam engine #332 fired up for testing Tables and booths from various area attractions and other railroad organizations Special concession stand snacks Train movies in the Zelda Theater Train Rides Railroad…
Find out more »Spring Ephemerals Hike
Learn about the natural and human history of the mesic hardwood forest and its inclusion into the Duluth Natural Areas Program and explore some of the spring ephemerals within the forest. Field guides provided. No pets.
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