<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718</id><updated>2012-01-09T18:23:48.990-08:00</updated><category term='2010'/><category term='3rd Annual Pedal the Parks'/><category term='Showcase - April 7'/><title type='text'>Lakeville Friends of the Environment Web Site</title><subtitle type='html'>A site for those living in and around Lakeville that are interested in bringing awareness of issues affecting our environment and people who want to make a difference in the health of our rivers and wetlands, especially the North Creek and its tributaries!

For more information click &lt;a href="http://lfe132.blogspot.com"&gt;here.&lt;/a&gt;</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>22</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-343991191443898928</id><published>2012-01-09T09:09:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T09:09:49.955-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Start the New Year Out Right With a New Light!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" id="twttrHubFrame" name="twttrHubFrame" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/hub.1324331373.html" style="height: 10px; position: absolute; top: -9999em; width: 10px;" tabindex="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;em&gt;This article is from Money Talks News.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.moneytalksnews.com/2012/01/09/frugal-interior-lighting-choices/" rel="bookmark" title="Frugal Interior Lighting Choices"&gt;Frugal Interior Lighting Choices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="full-excerpt"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Is an LED light bulb better than a CFL bulb? What's a mini-pendant light? If lighting options leave you in the dark, here's the short course.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div id="clply-tag" style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;Source: &lt;a class="external" href="http://s.tt/159gc" target="_blank" title="Opens in new window: Opens in new window: http://s.tt/159gc"&gt;Money Talks&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a class="external" href="http://s.tt/159gc" target="_blank" title="Opens in new window: Opens in new window: http://s.tt/159gc"&gt;http://s.tt/159gc&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;img alt="" class="post-top-thumbnail" height="266" src="http://static.moneytalksnews.com/ic/flickr%252Fpaulk/474/266/http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3048/3059463610_08b899cb22_o.jpg" width="474" /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The following post comes from Veronica Bowman at partner site &lt;a class="external" href="http://www.stretcher.com/index.cfm?MoneyTalkNews" target="_blank" title="Opens in new window: Opens in new window: http://www.stretcher.com/index.cfm?MoneyTalkNews"&gt;The Dollar Stretcher&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;When finances are tight, or if you simply choose to live frugally, there are ways to make your home decor choices an active part of your frugal lifestyle. For example, the lighting choices you make can noticeably affect both your decor and your monthly energy bills.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Lighting is a vital part of any home decor. Obviously, the best money-saving tip involving lighting is to turn the lights off when you leave a room. Perhaps the second-most logical frugal lighting tip is to use the minimum amount of light required while you’re in a room. In addition to those simple tips, there are numerous other ways that you can incorporate money-saving ideas into your interior lighting choices.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;The type of light bulb you use greatly affects your energy costs. Incandescent bulbs are the least expensive to purchase, but they’re not the most energy-efficient. A 60-watt incandescent bulb costs around $1 while a compact fluorescent bulb  costs about $4. You can justify the additional expense of switching from incandescent to CFL bulbs when you compare the 1,200-hour incandescent bulb life span to the 10,000-hour life span of the CFL bulb. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Comparing usage of electricity costs between incandescent and CFL bulbs indicates that you can save several hundred dollars by using CFL lighting. This &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://eartheasy.com/live_led_bulbs_comparison.html#b" target="_blank" title="Opens in new window: Opens in new window: http://eartheasy.com/live_led_bulbs_comparison.html#b"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;excellent comparison chart&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt; also provides information regarding LED bulbs. While LED bulbs are an energy-saving alternative to incandescent bulbs, their purchase price is not currently budget-friendly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;As an alternative to turning on a large ceiling light, you can place small lamps in various locations throughout a room to provide more directed lighting. A table lamp or floor lamp is ideal for a reading area. Task lighting can be turned on and off as needed and will illuminate just the area where you are working. Pendant and mini-pendant lights are decoratively attractive, money-saving lighting options for areas such as a kitchen work island or small dining area, or as ambiance lighting in a bedroom or bathroom. Wall-mounted swing-arm lamps are great for bedside reading or for placement beside a sofa or accent chair.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Three-way bulbs and dimmer switch options are excellent money-saving features for interior lighting. You might also want to explore timers as a way to reduce your expenses. Motion-sensor lights with an automatic shut-off feature that you can set in time increments that you prefer are an excellent money-saving option for any area of your home. They are especially ideal for closets, bathrooms, a basement, or a garage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Nightlights are both a convenience and a safety feature for a home. They are inexpensive to purchase and use. There are many decorative and energy-efficient options available.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Natural light is your most frugal source of light. You can maximize its benefit by keeping your window treatments to a minimum whenever possible so that natural light can flow into the room. You can capitalize on the natural light entering a room by arranging large furniture items so that they do not interfere with the flow of light. Another frugal furniture arrangement tip is to create a reading area or place a dining table, desk, or craft table near a window in order to take advantage of the natural light.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Sunlight can definitely work in your favor in colder months. There is something very soothing about sitting inside on a winter day and absorbing the warm sunlight as it streams through the window. You might want to seasonally rearrange the furniture in your home to take advantage of such an opportunity. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;During the summer months, blocking the sunlight from the room will actually lower your utility bill. Therefore, when choosing window treatments, you might want to invest in sun-blocking window treatments that you can hang or remove, and open or close according to the outdoor conditions. Light, airy window treatments are ideal for letting in sunlight year-round and can be used to complement a variety of decorating styles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Follow The Dollar Stretcher on &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://twitter.com/#!/dollarstretch" target="_blank" title="Opens in new window: Opens in new window: http://twitter.com/#!/dollarstretch"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Twitter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div id="clply-tag" style="font-size: smaller;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Source: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://s.tt/159gc" target="_blank" title="Opens in new window: http://s.tt/159gc"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;Money Talks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt; (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a class="external" href="http://s.tt/159gc" target="_blank" title="Opens in new window: http://s.tt/159gc"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;http://s.tt/159gc&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-343991191443898928?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/343991191443898928'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/343991191443898928'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2012/01/start-new-year-out-right-with-new-light.html' title='Start the New Year Out Right With a New Light!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-2122242297728343638</id><published>2011-12-26T11:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T11:02:50.441-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Compare your notes here about about a pressing political issue!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h1 class="entry-title"&gt;&lt;a href="http://moneymorning.com/2011/12/20/five-fallacies-of-the-keystone-oil-pipeline/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to Five Fallacies of the Keystone Oil Pipeline"&gt;Five Fallacies of the Keystone Oil Pipeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;div class="date-before small byline"&gt;&lt;html:abbr class="published" title="2011-12-20T05:00"&gt;December 20, 2011&lt;/html:abbr&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="post-meta small clearfix"&gt;&lt;address class="byline-major author vcard alpha"&gt;&lt;strong class="caps"&gt;By &lt;span class="fn"&gt;David Zeiler&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;span class="author-title"&gt;Associate Editor&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class="author-attribution"&gt;Money Morning&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/address&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;!--/post-meta--&gt;&lt;div class="entry-content"&gt;&lt;div class="safety"&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-build" id="cfct-build-60859"&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-row cfct-row-abc" id="cfct-row-650ac91b4953ee6c86b062be31eacc93"&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-row-inner"&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-block block-0 cfct-block-abc" id="cfct-block-f0a4d3fc6dd818dccc50151cf24f3774"&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-module cfct-html "&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-mod-content"&gt;There's been a lot  of buzz about Keystone oil pipeline recently, but unfortunately, the facts  about the project have been obscured by political wrangling. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That's not good for  the investors who have money at stake. So here's what you really need to know  about the Keystone oil pipeline - and more importantly, the five biggest  fallacies being espoused by unscrupulous politicians and the debate-warping  mainstream media. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First proposed by TransCanada Corp. (NYSE:&lt;a href="http://www.google.com/finance?q=trp" target="_blank"&gt;TRP&lt;/a&gt;) in 2008,  the 1,700-mile Keystone oil pipeline would carry 700,000 barrels of crude per  day from the Canadian oil sands in Alberta to refineries in Port Arthur, TX.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As far as facts go, that's about all the politicians in  Washington agree on. Now here's where  the truth ends and the spin begins:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Fallacy No. 1: The Keystone pipeline will create 20,000  jobs ... or 100,000 jobs.&lt;/h3&gt;TransCanada commissioned  a study that said construction of the pipeline would create 20,000 construction  jobs, and more than 100,000 spin-off jobs. Republican (and a few Democratic)  supporters have been only too happy to repeat these numbers in speeches in  support of the pipeline. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The State  Department, in its study, came up with a more modest figure of 5,000 to 6,000  construction jobs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The discrepancy  comes from how the TransCanada study calculated the jobs. That study used a  "one person, one year model." So if it takes 6,500 workers two years to build  the pipeline, that's 13,000 jobs, with the other 7,000 coming from supply  manufacturers.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And if that math  isn't fuzzy enough for you, take a look at the calculations for the 118,000  spin-off jobs. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That number is based  on the one person, one-year model in addition to something called the  multiplier effect, which takes the capital costs of the project and feeds it  into a formula. In short, these job numbers are about as reliable as a  politician's campaign promise.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And yet one more  delicious irony: Back in 2009, Republicans complained that the $787 billion  stimulus package failed to create long-term stability given that many of the  jobs created only lasted as long as the public works projects that were  proposed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Democrats defended  the temporary nature of the employment, arguing that it was a necessary step in  order to boost economic demand around the country. Now it's the Democrats  arguing that the Keystone project fails to create permanent jobs, while  Republicans argue the project is needed to combat unemployment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Fallacy No. 2: Keystone pipeline will increase greenhouse  gases, worsening climate change.&lt;/h3&gt;Well, yes and no.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The argument from  Democrats is that the process of extracting the oil from the Athabasca fields  will generate greenhouse gases. Sure enough, it does. But stopping the Keystone  pipeline won't change that unless it prevents production, a long shot at best. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see, the  Keystone pipeline isn't the only game in town. At least one other proposed  pipeline would run across British Columbia to Canada's west coast, where it  would be exported to Asian markets. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The greenhouse gas impact studies assume no Keystone  pipeline means no production from the Athabasca oil sands, and assume as well  that the Keystone pipeline would pump nothing but oil sands product at 100%  capacity 100% of the time - not likely.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The true impact of the Keystone pipeline on global  greenhouse gas emissions isn't clear, but would be far lower than its opponents  claim.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Fallacy No. 3: The United States is dangerously reliant  on hostile energy sources.&lt;/h3&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-row cfct-row-float-c" id="cfct-row-a94a825e08e637164d46d4a2474c6c72"&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-block cfct-block-float-c" id="cfct-block-5de64b40e7f893be3df367b91db0b6f5"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-block cfct-block-abc" id="cfct-block-e74ae4ada40dabf68722a0c677d8d5c5"&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-module cfct-html "&gt;&lt;div class="cfct-mod-content"&gt;Republican  presidential candidate and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman claimed in a  November speech that the United States spends $300 billion a year on oil  imports from "unfriendly regimes."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While the dollar  figure is about correct, much of that imported oil is coming from nations  friendly to the United States. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the  Energy Information Administration (EIA), countries in the Western Hemisphere  supply 49% of our imports. In 2010, Canada supplied 25%, Saudi Arabia 12%,  Nigeria 11%, Venezuela (a Western Hemisphere unfriendly) 10%, and Mexico 9%  last year. Only 18% of U.S. oil imports came from the Persian Gulf.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What's more, we're seeing  an increase from our friendly neighbors. Crude figures through August 2011 show  Canada still in that 25% range, with Mexico now second, at 12.7%.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Second, while the  United States does do business with some unfriendly trading partners, so does  every other country in the world. The rising costs of energy have less to do  with political tension between the United States and its trading partners, and  more to do with the combination of growing demand in China and other emerging  economies, as well as supply concerns stemming from the reduction in easily  accessible sources of energy. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Fallacy No. 4: The Keystone pipeline will improve our  long-term energy independence.&lt;/h3&gt;Republican  candidates and pundits have argued that the pipeline is essential for the  future energy security of the United States. However, this view is sorely  misguided. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The pipeline will  connect refiners, as &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Money  Morning&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; Global Energy  Strategist Dr. Kent Moors &lt;a href="http://oilandenergyinvestor.com/2011/11/keystone-quandary/" target="_blank"&gt;recently  noted in his &lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Oil &amp;amp; Energy Investor&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; newsletter. The oil that reaches Gulf refineries could ultimately be consumed  in the United States, but the finished products could just as easily be  exported to China, Japan, or any other oil-hungry nation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Energy companies  will look to sell their oil to the highest bidder.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In fact, &lt;a href="http://moneymorning.com/2011/12/09/the-hidden-lesson-in-u-s-gas-exports/" target="_blank"&gt;the  United States is currently a net exporter of gasoline&lt;/a&gt;. In September, the  U.S. exported 430,000 more barrels of gasoline than it imported. The country is  now on track to become a net exporter of refined oil products for the first  time in 62 years.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile, domestic  prices at the gas pump are poised to rise to record levels. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Because of the nature  of the global oil market and domestic supply, the Keystone pipeline would  contribute very little, if anything, to U.S. energy independence. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;h3&gt;Fallacy No. 5: The Keystone pipeline could result in a  disastrous oil spill.&lt;/h3&gt;This is another  point opponents have made that, while not exactly wrong, is misleading.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just about every  energy project carries the risk of an accident. The real question is whether,  for any given project, that risk is acceptable. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If governments  cancelled energy projects on the basis that a bad accident could happen, very  few would ever be approved, including oil pipelines, natural gas fields, and  nuclear power plants. We'd all be sitting in the dark. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The State Department's study of the Keystone pipeline said  there are reasonable ways to manage the environmental risks. And pipelines are  generally considered the safest way to transport oil.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another complaint made by Democratic opponents is that the  pipeline would cross the environmentally sensitive Sand Hills area in Nebraska,  which sits atop the Ogallala Aquifer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That, too, is wrong.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;TransCanada in November reached an agreement with Nebraska  officials on an adjustment to the pipeline route that would detour around the  Sand Hills region, negating that objection.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe frameborder="0" height="0" id="stSegmentFrame" name="stSegmentFrame" scrolling="no" src="http://seg.sharethis.com/getSegment.php?purl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blogger.com%2Fpost-create.g%3FblogID%3D8189757648987800718&amp;amp;jsref=&amp;amp;rnd=1324926084729" style="display: none;" width="0"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;div class="stwrapper" id="stwrapper" style="left: -999px; top: -999px; visibility: hidden;"&gt;&lt;div class="stclose"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;iframe allowtransparency="true" class="stLframe" frameborder="0" height="350" id="stLframe" name="stLframe" scrolling="no" src="" style="left: 0px; top: 0px;" width="353"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-2122242297728343638?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/2122242297728343638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/2122242297728343638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2011/12/compare-your-notes-here-about-about.html' title='Compare your notes here about about a pressing political issue!!!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-1781881936089201306</id><published>2011-12-02T11:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-01-09T18:23:49.012-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Lakeville Friends of Environment Have Success in PTP3!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Lakeville Friends of the Environment were happy to see such a wonderful turnout for their third annual Pedal the Parks event. Even with the weather being both foggy and chilly, more than 80 riders attended the event. After a brief sendoff from Steve Michaud from the Lakeville Park and Rec department, Alan briefed the riders about the necessity of riding safe and smart. We appreciate all the volunteers who helped make this event possible and the many sponsors who contributed:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;  &amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;•&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Active Living Dakota County&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: &amp;quot;Tahoma&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt; 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font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;•&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;Valley Natural Foods Cooperative&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt; vertical-align: baseline;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Times, &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;, serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #2a2a2a; font-family: &amp;quot;Arial&amp;quot;,&amp;quot;sans-serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;"&gt;•V&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"&gt;alley Bike and Ski Shop&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Minnesota Bike Alliance&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;Lakeville Park and Rec Dept&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-1781881936089201306?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/1781881936089201306'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/1781881936089201306'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2011/12/lakeville-friends-of-environment-have.html' title='Lakeville Friends of Environment Have Success in PTP3!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-4222091340000002641</id><published>2011-08-24T09:28:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-08-24T09:28:30.980-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Plan to attend the 3rd Annual Pedal the Parks &amp; Sustainability Fair!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Pedal the Parks event on Saturday, September 24 starting at 9:00 am in downtown Lakeville's Pioneer Park Plaza. What makes this year so much more exciting: your involvement in our event! We invite you to come downtown, enjoy the speakers and freebies, pick a ride route to fit your abilities&amp;nbsp;and stay and shop locally. Bike the 6, 10 and 20 mile guided routes. You can preregister for the event&amp;nbsp;by calling 952-985-4600, program# 4902.&amp;nbsp;Along with the regular bike safety checks, free food and education; this year we will be offering a secure bike corral and sustainability fair. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out local businesses who offer goods and services that practice good environmental practices. You'd be amazed that over 1,300 local businesses around Lakeville make it a point to work at making our community a more earth friendly place. At the sustainability fair, we will have local businesses such Valley Natural Foods, Dakota Electric, Green Cities, MN Energy Challenge, Sierra Club, BikeMN and so many more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget, the Farmers' Market will be going on full strength with fall harvest goodies. So plan on enjoying your ride, a free lunch, entertainment, prizes&amp;nbsp;and all that downtown Lakeville has to offer!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, at the close of our event, there will be carpool for those who want to go to the St. Paul capital enjoy the rally for 350.org. This year's theme is Moving Planet. Our event is part of a worldwide effort to raise awareness of our carbon footprint. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Preregistration is appreciated, but you may register the day of the ride at the registration table. Bring your friends, family and don't&amp;nbsp;forget your helmet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-4222091340000002641?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4222091340000002641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4222091340000002641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2011/08/plan-to-attend-3rd-annual-pedal-parks.html' title='Plan to attend the 3rd Annual Pedal the Parks &amp; Sustainability Fair!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-3833862988172873230</id><published>2011-07-08T09:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-07-08T09:26:27.839-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='3rd Annual Pedal the Parks'/><title type='text'>Get Ready for the 3rd Annual Pedal the Parks event!</title><content type='html'>Mark your calendar for Saturday, September 24th! Lakeville Friends of the Environment and the MN Bike Alliance are again joining together for a three tiered family bike ride and Sustainability Fair. This year the ride will be on Saturday and we will be starting out Downtown Lakeville at Pioneer Park Plaza with speakers, bike safety check and refreshments. We want to encourage&amp;nbsp;people to get on their bike to ride the paths around Lakeville and stop at the Farmers Market on the weekends and more!&lt;br /&gt;This is also the date that 350.org uses to acknowledge our carbon footprint with events from all over the world. What's new this year is that we are going to have local&amp;nbsp;vendors that "walk the walk" and practice sustainability. Many have signed up to show off their products and services that are not only good for the environment, but good for you!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What is sustainability?&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Sustainability&lt;/strong&gt; is an economic, social, and ecological concept.   It is intended to be a means of configuring civilization and human activity so that society and its members are able to meet their needs and express their greatest potential in the present, while preserving &lt;a href="http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Biodiversity"&gt;biodiversity&lt;/a&gt; and natural &lt;a href="http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Ecosystem"&gt;ecosystems&lt;/a&gt;, and planning and acting for the ability to maintain these ideals indefinitely.  Sustainability affects every level of organization, from the local neighborhood to the entire globe.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We are currently looking for vendors, entertainers and volunteers with this event. Lakeville Friends of the Environment are on Facebook, as well. Last year we had more than 100 registered bikers! It gets bigger and better each year! So stay tuned for more information!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-3833862988172873230?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/3833862988172873230'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/3833862988172873230'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2011/07/get-ready-for-3rd-annual-pedal-parks.html' title='Get Ready for the 3rd Annual Pedal the Parks event!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-4253706982743077567</id><published>2011-04-11T16:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-11T16:08:06.360-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Saturday Cleanup April 16 9:00 at South Creek!!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #345a8b; 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font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial-BoldItalicMT; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial-BoldItalicMT; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial-BoldItalicMT; font-size: medium;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: ArialMT; font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;Please join Lakeville Friends&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;of the Environment and&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;Friends of the Mississippi&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;to clean up this branch of the&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;Vermillion River.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;FMR providing gloves&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;and light breakfast&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;City of Lakeville providing&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="LEFT"&gt;lunch and t-shirts&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Boots or waders helpful&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-4253706982743077567?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4253706982743077567'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4253706982743077567'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2011/04/saturday-cleanup-april-16-900-at-south.html' title='Saturday Cleanup April 16 9:00 at South Creek!!!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-8748584586361718515</id><published>2010-11-17T07:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-17T07:41:05.255-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Here is a photo from the Pedal the Parks event - 10-10-10</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ybJ7qwsJEHU/TOP2Sfvd2PI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xRSagPFdHzc/s1600/Lakeville350event.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" px="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ybJ7qwsJEHU/TOP2Sfvd2PI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xRSagPFdHzc/s320/Lakeville350event.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;What great picture!!! This picture captures the excitement of the day and brings it home that there are people out there interested in being a part of the solution and not the problem... the bike ride through the parks is a way of people getting out there and using a valuable resource that is important to all of us: our environment!!!&lt;br /&gt;In the center of the photo is Harley Horsager,&amp;nbsp;he is indeed the center of this organization and the reason that we are making a name for Lakeville in the&amp;nbsp;area of&amp;nbsp;bringing people together&amp;nbsp;to promote healthy&amp;nbsp;activities that help our community in so many ways!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-8748584586361718515?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/8748584586361718515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/8748584586361718515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/11/here-is-photo-from-pedal-parks-event-10.html' title='Here is a photo from the Pedal the Parks event - 10-10-10'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_ybJ7qwsJEHU/TOP2Sfvd2PI/AAAAAAAAAFQ/xRSagPFdHzc/s72-c/Lakeville350event.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-4602395722055998117</id><published>2010-11-08T20:36:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2010-11-08T20:45:23.936-08:00</updated><title type='text'>10-10-10 - A date to remember for our 2nd Annual Pedal the Parks event!!!</title><content type='html'>Who would have believed that we could have a 75 degree day in October to host with Bike Alliance of Minnesota a family - oriented bike ride along the shores of Lake Marion from Casperson Park? But, that is exactly what we did! All the pre-planning and mass emails paid off in the form of happy faces and words of thanks from an unbelievable, and patient, group of bikers from Lakeville and surrounding communities. All of our sponsors came through with their donations and even setting up tables along the Park Shelter. Fueled by a front page story, this event grew to include 101 registered bikers. The event started with registration and setup along the shores of beautiful Lake Marion and Casperson Park's new playground. Speakers included our very own Veda Kanitz, world renowed explorer - Will Steger, Diane Craig and Al Downs from Bike Alliance of Minnesota.&amp;nbsp;After a photo op for the 350.org website, the bikers were organized into groups. They had the opportunity to take advantage of bike and helmet safety checks prior to the ride. We had trail leaders taking the bikers on the 3 or 10 mile loops. The 10 mile bikers were treated to refreshments in Downtown Lakeville. Then, everyone returned to the park for music and refreshments, and of course, to hear if their name would be called for the prize drawings. What a fun time for everyone!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We could not have done this event without the help of our sponsors and supporters: &lt;br /&gt;Bike Alliance of Minnesota&lt;br /&gt;Active Living (Dakota County]&lt;br /&gt;Dakota Electric&lt;br /&gt;DanceWorks&lt;br /&gt;Rotary Club of Lakeville&lt;br /&gt;Cub Foods of Lakeville&lt;br /&gt;Apple Wood Orchard&lt;br /&gt;Main St. Café&lt;br /&gt;Subway&lt;br /&gt;Valley Bike and Ski&lt;br /&gt;Heritage Library - Dakota Library&lt;br /&gt;Dakota County Technical College&lt;br /&gt;Chickpea and Garbonzo, musicians&amp;nbsp;from Shoreview&lt;br /&gt;and our many volunteers who helped with setup, cleanup, parking, trail leaders&amp;nbsp;and serving refreshments!!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And now, to get ready for next year....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-4602395722055998117?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4602395722055998117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4602395722055998117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/11/10-10-10-date-to-remember-for-our-2nd.html' title='10-10-10 - A date to remember for our 2nd Annual Pedal the Parks event!!!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-8986074097412937935</id><published>2010-08-05T14:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-08-05T14:15:07.921-07:00</updated><title type='text'>2nd Annual Pedal the Parks - Sunday, October 10 - a 350.org event!</title><content type='html'>Lakeville Friends of the Environment (LFE) and the Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota (BAM) are&amp;nbsp;hosting our 2nd Annual Lakeville Pedal the Parks free family bike ride. BAM is a nonprofit encouraging bicycling as a healthy transportation alternative. This year’s Pedal the Parks event coincides with 350.org’s worldwide event: a 10-10-10 Global Day of Action. Our goal for the event is to show families that they can safely bike to their local parks and businesses, save money, save gas, burn calories and enjoy some great outdoor recreation. &lt;br /&gt;We are happy to announce that Minnesota’s own Will Steger, Arctic explorer and environmentalist, has agreed to speak at this year’s event! Valley Bike and Ski will be on hand at our starting place of Casperson Park to perform bike safety checks while participants register for the ride and listen to Will and other speakers. Then riders will be led by Alan Downs of BAM and other volunteers on a route that takes them along bike trails to Antler Park, downtown Lakeville, and back to Casperson Park where we plan to serve a healthy snack and refreshments and have a drawing for prizes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We would really like to keep this a free family event! If you are interested in joining us that day, please RSVP on our Lakeville Friends of the Environment Facebook page!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You don't want to miss this great event!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-8986074097412937935?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/8986074097412937935'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/8986074097412937935'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/08/2nd-annual-pedal-parks-sunday-october.html' title='2nd Annual Pedal the Parks - Sunday, October 10 - a 350.org event!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-6134609992362163267</id><published>2010-06-04T10:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-06-04T10:08:38.742-07:00</updated><title type='text'>350 Bike Challenge is on!!!</title><content type='html'>90 Days. 350 miles. Whether you are a biking addict of many a year or you are just starting to get hooked on that cycling spirit, Bike MN 350 is issuing a challenge. From June 1st to August 31st, we are challenging you to bike 350 miles over the course of the summer. Yes, you can do it! Log your miles and bring them to a party at the end of the summer (August 31st) and you'll get a free gift! Happy bikin'!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;THIS IS NOT AN EVENT, IT IS A CHALLENGE!!! &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;What a great way for people to look at their carbon footprint by challenging themselves to bike 350 miles this summer! Awareness and Action!!! Sign up for this challenge on Facebook: Summer of 350 Biking! &lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-6134609992362163267?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/6134609992362163267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/6134609992362163267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/06/350-bike-challenge-is-on.html' title='350 Bike Challenge is on!!!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-4988689243321838693</id><published>2010-05-21T09:13:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-21T09:13:53.192-07:00</updated><title type='text'>How Can YOU help with the Gulf Oil Spill?</title><content type='html'>At our last member meeting, we talked about how we can help with the Gulf Oil Spill. What organizations are involved? The following is from a blog posted by Slow Food USA:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;SUPPORT RELIEF FOR GULF FISHERMEN&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The environmental impact of the BP oil drilling disaster is a blow to all of us, but it's acutely painful for those fishermen who rely on the Gulf for their livelihoods.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;At moments like this, we can support them by donating to relief efforts (Oxfam, Gulf Aid, Gulf Coast Fund and the Gulf Restoration Network are collecting donations) by volunteering (Sierra Club is hosting clean-ups) and by staying informed (the Louisiana Seafood Board is posting news). We can also support the ongoing rebuilding of the Gulf and other regional seafood industries by making sure the seafood we buy is domestic and sustainably harvested.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We hope to assist their efforts later this year by sponsoring a Bike ride during our 10/10/10 activities that raises awareness about 350!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-4988689243321838693?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4988689243321838693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4988689243321838693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/05/how-can-you-help-with-gulf-oil-spill.html' title='How Can YOU help with the Gulf Oil Spill?'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-2210131966824855140</id><published>2010-05-20T09:53:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-20T09:53:06.855-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Did you miss the talk about Toxicity at the Library?</title><content type='html'>For those who could not make it: What an eye opener this was? TOXINS can kill and create health problems for us from asthma, cancer, birth defects, infertility, ADHD, Autism, learning disorders, diabetes, autoimmune disorders, lead poisoning, epilepsy and more...get the picture!!! If this is something that you have been thinking of looking at, now is that time to get serious about in your own homes and environments!!!&lt;br /&gt;Kim LaBo from Clean Water Action was so knowledgeable and many questions were raised. We learned about using only glass in the microwave and that the materials we cook and eat off are so important! Minnesota's Clean Water Action is a statewide environmental organization and they co-founded the Public Health Coalition Healthy Legacy. The Healthy Legacy Coalition works to ensure people, products and the environment are free of toxic chemicals. Kim asked us to get involved and write to Amy Klobucher about passing legislature to curtail the use of chemicals in our environment. Check out this link: http://www.cleanwateraction.org/action/tell-senator-klobuchar-support-presidents-cancer-panel&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-2210131966824855140?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/2210131966824855140'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/2210131966824855140'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/05/did-you-miss-talk-about-toxicity-at.html' title='Did you miss the talk about Toxicity at the Library?'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-4191493922423197645</id><published>2010-05-13T21:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-13T21:02:49.682-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Join Us for our next meeting!</title><content type='html'>Lakeville Friends of the Environment (LFE) is an organization that is dedicated to the preservation of our environment in Lakeville, MN and the surrounding area! We are excited about our focus for 2010: Water! There are opportunities to help us clean up, and bring awareness to one of our most important resources and meet others who are concerned about the environment! Currently, we are holding meetings on Saturday mornings at Mainstreet Cafe and we are on Facebook! Look for updates there, too! Our next meeting is this Saturday, May 15 at 9:30 am so we can talk about our next event... the TOY AND JEWELRY TOXIC TESTING at Heritage Library on Wednesday, May 18 starting at 6:30 pm! Bring 4 items in for testing!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-4191493922423197645?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4191493922423197645'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4191493922423197645'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/05/join-us-for-our-next-meeting.html' title='Join Us for our next meeting!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-4856988474165005319</id><published>2010-05-13T19:45:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-13T19:45:47.900-07:00</updated><title type='text'>People get involved!!!</title><content type='html'>Can you believe this is Week 3 of the terrible aftermath of the&amp;nbsp;oil rig explosion and consequent oil spill! Who would have thought that they could not contain this terrible spill by now. It sounded like it all goes back to a bad battery in a hydralics box. Where is that Eveready bunny when you need him? Many states are working on keeping their shorelines safe, but it is nearly impossible. Remember this is the Gulf of Mexico, not a little creek. This is huge area, able to see if from space. Do you feel helpless about this issue? They say that it could affect tourism in the states and Mexico this summer. Maybe if it affects people's paycheck there will be some real action. I heard that shrimp fishermen are suing BP for their carelessness. It would be good to see some solution to this problem, and soon! Contact BP and let them know your discord, contact your representatives to let them know there should be controls in place to take care of this problem and keep it from ever happening again. Good Riddance!!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-4856988474165005319?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4856988474165005319'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4856988474165005319'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/05/people-get-involved.html' title='People get involved!!!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-6555995140376590661</id><published>2010-04-26T09:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-26T09:34:33.230-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Earth Day 2010</title><content type='html'>So what did you do for Earth Day? Did you go for a walk? Did you plant a tree? Did you say thank you to Mother Earth for giving us a wonderful place to live? So much has been going on while we celebrated Earth Day's 40th Anniversary. I watched a report on TV that stated that on the surface we are doing some great things for our earth - recycling, shopping locally, using more reusable bags, buying in bulk, eating less meat, etc. However, behind the curtain we need to be doing so much more! Our businesses are still polluting our waters, many lakes fish are not edible, wild fish sources are not completely safe and the list is endless. In fact the week around Earth Day was a little bit of the good, bad and the ugly! The good was that people were doing some great things to celebrate Earth Day by cleaning up and pledging to do more to live "green." The bad was that a volcano in Iceland blew volcanic ash that covered most of Europe. Besides the inconvenience of stranding thousands in airports across the world, it spew volcanic ash that disrupted the waters and life of a huge part of our globe. Mother Nature put on a show that made us stand up and pay attention! Then there was the ugly... along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico there was a tragic huge spill and explosion of an oil rig. Lives were lost and this is&amp;nbsp;mess that will take years to cleanup and effect the waters in and around the Gulf of Mexico. Yes, accidents happen and somehow the people will clean it up...but what a curse it is to be living in the land of consumption! Let's hope that the right people are in place to make quick work of the clean up.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-6555995140376590661?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/6555995140376590661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/6555995140376590661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/04/earth-day-2010.html' title='Earth Day 2010'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-2523077450321715446</id><published>2010-04-19T09:23:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T09:23:14.301-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for helping with the Clean Up on April 17th!</title><content type='html'>Thank you to everyone who took time out from their busy schedules to help clean up North Park and the adjoining trail and creek beds. Did you see some of the stuff we found... from piles of cigarette butts to gas cans? Yes, gas cans with some gas still in them. Think what our world would be like if no one cared, thankfully we did and what a difference it will make!!! Keep on looking out for opportunities to clean up your community... there is always room for improvement. Thank you to Pack 268 for the scouts, parents and friends that helped us out! Hopefully they had fun, I know they enjoyed the candy reward! Stay tuned...Earth Day's 40th Anniversary is Thursday, April 22! What are your plans???&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-2523077450321715446?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/2523077450321715446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/2523077450321715446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/04/thank-you-for-helping-with-clean-up-on.html' title='Thank you for helping with the Clean Up on April 17th!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-1101454996813798210</id><published>2010-04-12T15:49:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-12T15:49:11.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thank you for attending and participating at Showcase at DCTC!</title><content type='html'>Many thanks for those of you who attending our booth at DCTC' Showcase event last week! Thank you to Ron Thomas for allowing for us to participate and supplying us with recycling bags and whistles made of recycled plastic! They were a big hit with the attendees and by using them, they are helping us keep plastic bags from being used and thrown into our landfills. It was a great event for us and the public appreciated our cause and the chance to learn a little about the environment by answering questions. We wish to congradulate Amanda Mahacek on winning the $400 scholarship to DCTC!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-1101454996813798210?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/1101454996813798210'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/1101454996813798210'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/04/thank-you-for-attending-and.html' title='Thank you for attending and participating at Showcase at DCTC!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-7546134803087603108</id><published>2010-04-07T09:07:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T09:07:39.255-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Get ready for Lakeville Clean Up!</title><content type='html'>On Saturday, April 17 during the hours of 9:00 -Noon, we will be working on cleaning up&amp;nbsp;in Lakeville's&amp;nbsp;North Park area and surrounding trail. If you would like to join us, contact us on our Facebook page: Lakeville Friends of the Environment. We will have free t-shirts and bags for your use. The City of Lakeville, sponsors of this event, will also be hosting a free lunch for volunteers afterwards at their Maintenance Facility just off Dodd and Cedar. We hope to see you there!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-7546134803087603108?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/7546134803087603108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/7546134803087603108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/04/get-ready-for-lakeville-clean-up.html' title='Get ready for Lakeville Clean Up!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-4107989643795200738</id><published>2010-04-07T08:51:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T08:51:19.065-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Showcase - April 7'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2010'/><title type='text'>Join Us at Showcase!</title><content type='html'>On April 7, we will be at the Dakota County Technical College's Showcase event. Along with other booths, we will be featuring information about how you can get involved in helping preserving your environment especially the local Vermillion river bed!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-4107989643795200738?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4107989643795200738'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/4107989643795200738'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2010/04/join-us-at-showcase.html' title='Join Us at Showcase!'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-5165287910028099964</id><published>2008-04-11T09:43:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-05-25T13:43:00.797-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WELCOME</title><content type='html'>Lakeville Friends of the Environment(LFE) is an organization that is dedicated to the preservation of the environment of Lakeville Minnesota. You are invited to our next meeting! The meetings are typically once per month at the Lakeville library. Please e-mail &lt;a href="mailto:hkhz@charter.net"&gt;hkhz@charter.net&lt;/a&gt; for exact date, time and place.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189757648987800718-5165287910028099964?l=lfe123.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/5165287910028099964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8189757648987800718/posts/default/5165287910028099964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://lfe123.blogspot.com/2008/04/welcome.html' title='WELCOME'/><author><name>Horsager</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189757648987800718.post-3010234270276869178</id><published>2008-04-11T08:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-11-13T16:31:52.952-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Other interesting things about the Lakeville Friends of the Environment</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;click on the green below to go to that page&lt;br /&gt;if the line is not green you must cut and paste the address into your browser&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Contact us &lt;a href="mailto:hkhz@charter.net"&gt;hkhz@charter.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFE events -------&lt;a href="http://lfe126.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://lfe126.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFE Poster -------&lt;a href="http://lfe127.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://lfe127.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;LFE LOGO--------&lt;a href="http://lfe128.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://lfe128.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;North Creek------&lt;a href="http://lfe125.blogspot.com/"&gt;http://lfe125.blogspot.com/&lt;/a&gt; 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