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A feature on Duluth, Minnesota public radio station's Northland Morning program focusing on local environmental issues, heard Wednesdays at 8:20 a.m on 103.3fm or streaming at kumd.org.

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    • May 28, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 10m AVG DURATION
    • 239 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Green Visions on KUMD

    Green Visions: Bringing "The Here Now Project" to the Northland

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2025 5:05


    Tone Lanzillo talks about the new climate crisis-focused documentary "The Here Now Project"

    Green Visions: Native Plant and Seed Mix Sale with Carlton SWCD

    Play Episode Listen Later May 21, 2025 6:29


    Jenny Sherren from Carlton Soil & Water Conservation District talks about the largest native plant and seed sale in the state

    Green Visions: Wisconsin Fat Bird Week 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later May 7, 2025 7:20


    Lisa Gaumnitz, Coordinator for Save Our Songbirds, talks about Fat Bird Week and actions to help the birds

    Green Visions: Supper & Soil Health with Carlton SWCD

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2025 5:50


    Jenny Sherren, Conservation Technician with Carlton Soil & Water Conservation District, talks about an upcoming event focused on soil health for area farmland

    Green Visions: Wisconsin Field Trip Guide 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2025 6:39


    Christine Tanzer from the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin talks about the 2025 Wisconsin Field Trip Guide

    Green Visions: Earth Day 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 5:56


    Brett Cease talks about the Earth Day events happening in Duluth on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025

    Green Visions: Earth Day Concert with Douglas Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 6:08


    Author, speaker, and musician Douglas Wood will perform at First United Methodist Church on April 6th as part of a community Earth Day celebration

    Green Visions: Singer-Songwriter Ben Weaver

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 8:39


    Ben Weaver discusses his history with getting outdoors by biking to shows, and talks about his new album Stay With

    Green Visions: Pizza, Connection, and Opportunities at Fairhaven Farm

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2025 9:28


    John Beaton with Fairhaven Farm talks about connecting with community, the land, and about summertime pizza nights

    Green Visions: Renewable Energy Construction and Reducing Impact with Allison Ray

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2025 10:42


    Allison Ray, Senior Associate Project Manager with Stantec Consulting, talks about the consideration required when constructing renewable infrastructure

    Green Visions: Upcoming Create-a-Raingarden & Restore-Your-Shoreline Workshops

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2025 8:22


    Cameron Gustafson, Water Resources Technician with Carlton SWCD, talks about two upcoming workshops regarding rain gardens and restoring shoreline

    Green Visions: Water Over Nickel Campaign

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 9:57


    Kelly Applegate, Commissioner for Natural Resources with the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, talks about the Water Over Nickel Campaign, and about a newly proposed nickel mine near Tamarack, Minnesota

    Green Visions: Goals and Hopes for AP Environmental Science Students at Harbor City International School

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2025 8:27


    Francesca, Miirah and Blythe, students in the AP Environmental Science class at Harbor City International School in Duluth, talk about class projects and future goals

    Green Visions: Our Climate Futures Conference 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2025 7:08


    On February 3rd and 4th, the University of Minnesota Duluth campus plays host to the Our Climate Futures Conference

    Green Visions: Winter Salt Awareness Week 2025

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 10:36


    Megan Högfeldt and Ryan Granlund talk about the upcoming Winter Salt Awareness Week and the salinization of local waterways

    Green Visions: Solar for Schools Update with Climate Club

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2025 8:53


    Mauren, Zoe, Kate, and Amelia from Duluth East talk about the progress of getting solar into area schools

    Green Visions: Treecycling Christmas Trees

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2025 5:18


    Dori Decker from WLSSD talks about the responsible way to dispose of Christmas trees

    Green Visions: Restoration and Recovery at the River Talks Series

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2024 7:05


    Executive Director of the St. Louis River Alliance Kris Eilers discusses the focus of her River Talks presentation on December 11th

    Green Visions: Generating Hope & Indigenous Futurism with Carter Meland

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2024 7:38


    Author and professor Carter Meland joins us to talk about Land as a relative, time as a generative process, and the issue of colonization and human control over nature.

    Green Visions: Clean Energy Home Tour with Michael Overend

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2024 5:50


    Two Harbors resident Michael Overend gives a tour of his solar powered, energy efficient home

    Green Visions: Clean Energy Expansion with Nik Allen from CERTs

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2024 4:55


    Nik Allen from the Clean Energy Resource Teams talks about clean energy expansion, particularly to rural Minnesota

    Green Visions: COP29 with Ramiro Vasquez Jr.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 7:27


    This week, Ramiro Vasquez Jr. is leading a group of young delegates from Climate Generation to the Conference of the Parties in Baku, Azerbaijan

    Green Visions: Quantifying Contaminants in Northeastern Minnesota

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2024 6:09


    Dr. Heather Brown talks about her work in locating and identifying contaminants in the area

    Green Visions: The Impact of Muddy Trails

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2024 6:45


    Barbara Budd, the volunteer and education coordinator for the Superior Hiking Trail, talks about the approach to fixing muddy trails

    Green Visions: Ecolibrium3 Updates with Jodi Slick

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 7:59


    Jodi Slick, Founder and CEO of Ecolibrium3, talks about upcoming opportunities for energy efficient improvements for residents

    Green Visions: Action Club at Harbor City International School

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 9:28


    Aspen and Sasha from Action Club at Harbor City International School talk about the past, present and future of their personal climate action

    Green Visions: Wisconsin Stormwater Week 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2024 9:28


    Water Resource Specialist for the City of Superior Megan Högfeldt talks about the events happening during this year's Wisconsin Stormwater Week

    Green Visions: Microplastics with Melissa Maurer-Jones

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2024 8:34


    Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota Duluth Melissa Maurer-Jones breaks down the details of microplastics

    Green Visions: Zero Waste at Harvest Festival 2024

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2024 5:21


    Harvest Fest Director Julie Allen talks about zero waste goals and the ecological highlights from this year's gathering

    Green Visions: Zero Waste at Ren Market with Kendra Dean

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2024 10:23


    Kendra Dean, owner and founder of Ren Market in Duluth, talks about the business's efforts toward zero waste

    Green Visions: Eco Experience 2024 at the Minnesota State Fair

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2024 8:55


    Stephen Mikkelson from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency talks about this year's Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair

    Green Visions: Melinda Vaughn School Pollinator Fund with Jenny Scholtes

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 4:51


    Jenny Scholtes, founder and chair of the Melinda Vaughn School Pollinator Fund, talks about the objectives of the fund and a fundraiser opportunity this coming weekend

    Green Visions: Trails Fest with Matt Willey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2024 6:39


    Matt Willey, Stewardship & Recreation Program Manager at Hartley Nature Center, talks about the upcoming Trails Fest as well as the future vision for outdoor recreation

    Green Visions: Blue-Green Algae in Wisconsin Lakes

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2024 9:07


    Gina LaLiberte from the Wisconsin DNR talks about the increased risk of blue-green algae

    Green Visions: "Carbon Neutral Future for Finland and Minnesota" at Finn Fest

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2024 6:26


    Finn Fest board member Erik Brown talks about the "Carbon Neutral Future for Finland and Minnesota" presentation happening Saturday morning as part of Finn Fest at the DECC

    Green Visions: UMD Sustainability Portal

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2024 10:30


    Jinny Alexander and Julie Etterson from the Institute on the Environment at the University of Minnesota Duluth talk about the UMD Sustainability Portal

    Green Visions: Solar for Schools

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 7:17


    Duluth East Seniors Mauren, Zoe and Kate talk about a years-long effort to get solar power for Duluth Schools

    Green Visions: Combating EAB with Wasps

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 26, 2024 8:58


    Wisconsin State Plant Health Director Christopher Deegan talks about the process for using wasps to control Emeral Ash Borer

    Green Visions: Improved Refrigeration

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2024 9:16


    Aaron Friedman-Heiman discusses the need for improved refrigeration with food transportation

    Green Visions: 2024 Storm Drain Art Gallery Open House

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2024 7:36


    Megan Högfeldt, Water Resource Specialist for the City of Superior, talks about the 2024 Storm Drain Art Gallery Open House happening tonight at Empire Coffee in Superior

    Green Visions: The Trajectory of Solar Power

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2024 10:46


    Paul Helstrom from Minnesota Power talks about the future of solar

    Green Visions: Food Waste Drop Sites in Superior

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 7:41


    Darienne McNamara and Ida Sampson from the City of Superior Public Works talk about the new Food Waste Drop Sites

    Green Visions: Food Waste Drop Sites in Superior

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2024 7:41


    Darienne McNamara and Ida Sampson from the City of Superior Public Works talk about the new Food Waste Drop Sites

    Green Visions: Keeping Wildlife Wild with Jenna Fastner

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 6:47


    Jenna Fastner from the Wisconsin DNR talks about the importance of not intervening with wildlife

    Green Visions: More Tree Planting with Gavin Buersken

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 6:46


    UMD Senior Gavin Buersken is planning more tree planting events at area schools

    Green Visions: Edibles and Decoratives

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 9:30


    Gary Wyatt, Extension Educator in Forestry for the University of Minnesota Regional Office in Mankato, addresses the best practices when harvesting edibles and decoratives this spring

    Green Visions: Eco3 Earth Week

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2024 4:35


    Sarah Kjorlien discusses Eco3's Earth Week and the events that will round out the celebration

    Green Visions: Keep Duluth Clean Pledge

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2024 5:53


    Annika Frazer and Alayna Johnson discuss the past and future for Keep Duluth Clean

    Green Visions: Flint, Michigan Whistleblower Dr. Hanna-Attisha to Speak at CSS

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2024 5:46


    Dr. Tim Lorek discusses the final topics for this academic year's Peace and Justice Lecture Series at the College of St. Scholastica

    Green Visions: Environmental Focus at Harbor City International School

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2024 12:14


    Students from Harbor City International School in Duluth talk about several recent climate change events and opportunities through school and across the state

    Green Visions: Reflections and Questions

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2024 5:04


    Lisa Fitzpatrick has some reflective questions for Kristen Austin... and for you too!

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