Somehow the Big Lie continues and now we have restrictive voting laws in many states. Minnesota members of what was once known as the Republican Party, want that to happen here as well, just to provide “a little more trust” in our election system.
Isle Royale, the “biggest island on the biggest lake in the world,” has been our backyard as we sailed from anchorage to anchorage this past week. It was early in the season and the ice had just gone out of the bays, so not many humans had yet landed. We eagerly chatted with the few people we found. They were National Park staff, interns and researchers for the wolf/moose study, and a few hardy backpackers.
The Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency (AEOA) is seeking applicants in the current Small Cities Development Program in Two Harbors. A specific area in Lake County is focused on for each grant cycle, and currently applications are open for a neighborhood in Two Harbors, roughly north of 7th Avenue up to approximately 13th Avenue, and between Highway 2 and the railroad tracks (see map for specific area details).
Hear, hear to North Shore high school students Jocelyn Carr, Elizabeth Radke, Naomi Tracy-Hogg and Olya Wright. They recently came before the Lake County Board to discuss the effects of climate change on northern Minnesota and the world, encouraging the commissioners to pass a resolution acknowledging the emergency and take immediate action.
Sea Change Expeditions, our climate-focused sailing program, teaches students to keep Lake Superior clean, cold, and clear. One activity that always inspires me is writing letters to decision-makers. Often, decision-makers need input from us to put a particular decision on the front burner. With their permission, I have quoted some of the letters from 5th and 6th graders who live in Lake County.
When it comes to shell companies, cryptocurrency, LLCs, Mr. O, real estate partnerships, income sources, and conflicts of interest, Mayor Chris Swanson is all about privacy. Yet, he is obsessed with obtaining the identity of each Resign or Recall petition signer. It’s almost as though he wants to intimidate us and delay a recall election.
Is it finally almost summer?! Spring has always been a means to an end for me, the end being summer. As a preschool teacher, however, spring is a pretty happy time.
When you live in a closed atmospheric system, as we do here on planet earth, human waste, emissions and pollution are trouble. Since we have been releasing waste, emissions and pollution from the burning of fossil fuels for the past 150 years on an ever increasing curve, it appears as though waste, emissions and pollution have overwhelmed the planet’s ability to absorb and store said waste, emissions and pollution.
Greetings from the icy waters of Lake Superior! We are now aboard our 40’ sailboat, Amicus II, with four crew on our annual Sea Change voyage to coastline communities, educating and advancing climate-related solutions along the way. An intimidating northeast gale kept us pinned to our home port of Knife River for three days. Then, we managed to motor and sail to the Apostle Islands. We are currently docked in Washburn, Wisconsin. We encountered ice on the way in, but it was slushy and clear. Nothing that a steel boat can’t handle.
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