HDT Team
Jul 3, 20202 min
Home Grown Stewards – Daily Activities
The third component of our new Home Grown Stewards program is our private Facebook group where we post daily activities for families. For...
HDT Team
Jun 25, 20202 min
Eco Camp at Home
Eco Camp at Home is taking registrations now. You can register right now for July and August sessions. For over ten years, Happy Dancing...
HDT Team
Jun 23, 20203 min
Book Review – “Balanced and Barefoot” and “There’s No Such Thing as Ba
This week’s blog post is written by Kim Norman, who will be entering her 6th year as an eco-counselor at HDT for this summer. For more...
HDT Team
Jun 19, 20202 min
Home Grown Stewards – Family Activity Kits
There are two kits that will be offered over the summer. The first kit, which is available to order until June 29, has a gardening theme....
HDT Team
Jun 5, 20202 min
World Environment Day – Teaching Our Children
It should never be understated the importance of raising awareness amongst future generations, our children, of sustainable practices. It...
HDT Team
Apr 24, 20203 min
Arbor Day 101
Arbor Day is an international holiday that encourages celebrating participants to plant and care for their trees. Did you know that the...
HDT Team
Apr 3, 20202 min
“Log In At Eco Camp”
Eco Camp registration is now open! If you’d like to learn more about a specific camp, visit our website for more details. You can even...
HDT Team
Feb 21, 20201 min
Back to Basics 2020 – A Review in Pictures
On Saturday, February 15, we held our 14th annual Back to Basics sustainability event at the Pine River-Backus School. There were a...
HDT Team
Dec 20, 20193 min
Alternative Holiday Wrapping
According to an article in the Wall Street Journal, the average American spends so much on wrapping paper during the holidays that they...
HDT Team
Dec 6, 20195 min
Holiday Gifts – Made from the Heart
As we’ve discussed in previous blog posts, there are a lot of great alternatives to material gifts – volunteering/donating, giving...
HDT Team
Sep 27, 20192 min
How Much Sleep Do We REALLY Need?
It’s a game that I like to play with myself, sometimes. I’ll be binge watching a show (lately it’s been Westworld or The Good Place) and...
HDT Team
Aug 23, 20193 min
Tools for a Pollinator Friendly Farm
We don’t want to be an alarmist blog. But there’s something you need to know. Here goes: Modern Agricultural Practices Will Kill Us...
HDT Team
Jul 29, 20193 min
If you Appreciate Your Lake, you should Love Your Soil
Summer is in full swing and our lakes are busy. What is more paramount to Minnesota than summer time at the lake; swimming, fishing,...
HDT Team
Jul 1, 20196 min
It’s Clean Beaches Week! BLA’s Best Beaches
July 1-7 is Clean Beach Week, and boy does the Brainerd Lakes Area have some doozys! Let’s be frank: They don’t call it the Brainerd...
HDT Team
Jun 13, 20193 min
Getting Your Bike Road Worthy
You’ve been riding your trusty rusty two-wheeler for a month or so now, and you’re looking at your garage thinking, “maybe it’s time to...
HDT Team
May 21, 20191 min
Turtle Talks Podcast – Episode 23: Lab Grown Meat vs Real Meat OR All Meat is Not Created Equa
In this episode we talk about the growing “faux” meat market and what it could mean for climate change and agricultural practices being...
HDT Team
Apr 17, 20192 min
Local(ish) Earth Day Events
This year’s Earth Day falls on a Monday (this April 22, to be specific). Taking the time off to properly celebrate our communal home may...
HDT Team
Apr 4, 20193 min
Earth Day, a History
In 1969, Americans were preoccupied with the divisive Vietnam War. But another battle was occurring on the home front, with rivers and...
HDT Team
Feb 22, 20193 min
Cold Weather Comfort Foods
As a lifelong resident of the Midwest, I’ve come to the realization that there is no escaping winter. It will have it’s way with you....
HDT Team
Feb 15, 20191 min
Turtle Talks Podcast – Episode 19: Reconnecting Indigenous Cultures, a Q&A With Sean Sherman
Jim, Allison, and Chris went to the MDA Organic Conference last month and Sean Sherman was the keynote speaker. Jim took a shot and asked...