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WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
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Grants Enhance U.S. Farm Communities
Monsanto Fund
http://www.monsantofund.org/grants/usa
The Monsanto Fund seeks to encourage the growth of farming communities across the United States. Grants of up to $20,000 are provided to nonprofit organizations that address the following areas: K-12 Education grants enhance programs designed to improve education in farming communities, including supporting schools, libraries, science centers, farmer training programs, and academic programs that supplement school programs. Human Services grants support nonprofit organizations in farming communities that help with critical needs such as food security, sanitation, access to clean water, and public safety. Proposals will be accepted from nonprofit organizations from January 1 through February 28, 2012. (The Fund will be hosting conference calls on January 17 and February 9 to address questions prospective grantees might have.)
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THINGS TO KNOW
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The Clean Energy Resource Teams are pleased to present our newest Clean Energy Superheroes: Bob the Builder and Quinnzillion!
Bob the Builder and Quinnzillion (known to their friends and coworkers as Bob McLean and Quinn Swanson) are movers and shakers at the Hunt Utilities Group and Happy Dancing Turtle in Pine River, MN, whose 70-acre campus is a laboratory for better buildings, local food and zero waste--and over the past 12 years has become a destination for sustainable living.
Watch the video:
http://youtu.be/5hfiNn9rREI. In case you have not yet heard of our new video series, Clean Energy Superheroes are seemingly ordinary people doing amazing things to help build our clean energy future! You can watch more heroes and suggest folks CERTs should feature at
http://hero.mncerts.org. That page also allows you to share the videos on Facebook, Twitter, and anywhere else you live on the web.
Thanks for spreading the word and letting us know what you think of this new series! Feel free to
email Dan Thiede with ideas for other Clean Energy Superheroes in Minnesota.
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Mississippi River: The Great River Road
The Mississippi River is a treasure to be uncovered and explored. Her history runs deep as a long-whiskered catfish on a hot summer day. Her tales are timeless. Discover her stories, and create some of your own on a pleasure drive along the Minnesota Great River Road - National Scenic Byway of the Mississippi River.
The Great River Road offers 575 miles of historic and scenic touring through the heart of Minnesota. The byway meanders through a wide variety of landscapes — the humble headwaters, countryside dappled with lakes, the northwoods, ribbons of lush resort and farm country, rolling bluffs, big cities and charming river communities. Worthy of a week's vacation in its entirety, the Mississippi flows naturally through six distinct regions whose unique river experiences can be explored on excursions of any length.
Follow the lure of the river and the freedom of the road to see what lies around the next bend. Pull out a map, tune in some good driving music and load up the car, a van, motorcycle or bike. Your Mississippi River adventure is just waiting to begin. See you on the Great River Road!
For more information visit
www.mnmississippiriver.com.
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