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Natural Organic Reduction is Legal in MN!!!
Governor Walz officially signed Natural Organic Reduction Bill into law as a part of the Omnibus Tax Bill today, May 24th, 2024!!!...
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May 24, 20246 min read
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MN Made: Live On Student Innovation!
My journey with Live On MN started out as a personal one. I was committed to one day becoming compost after reading Lisa Well's To be a...
erik1564
May 22, 20244 min read
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Ideas to Action: MN Cup
If you read my first blog post (Compost Me!), you learned that I discovered my “moment of obligation” in the midst of coaching students...
erik1564
Mar 22, 20245 min read
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Momentum in Minnesota
A little over a year ago, I leaned into my curiosity and went to go see Katrina Spade speak at the Great Northern Festival. The topic:...
erik1564
Mar 15, 20244 min read
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TerraCon Takeaways
This week I found myself in a place I truly never envisioned being... front row at TerraCon - a first of it's kind conference designed to...
erik1564
Feb 28, 20246 min read
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WA Bound! I'm not excited, you're excited!!
The time has finally come! I’ve been reading, listening, watching, contemplating, and ideating on the concept of Natural organic...
erik1564
Feb 20, 20243 min read
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NOR Minnesota: Simple policy for a natural legacy
With Minnesota's 2024 legislative session kicking off earlier this week, I am making a dramatic leap from my "Compost Me" origin story ...
erik1564
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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Compost Me: The origin story
In the fall of 2022, I was co-teaching Innovation for Changemakers, a Grand Challenge course at the University of Minnesota, when I first...
erik1564
Feb 2, 20244 min read
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