Kick off your Minnesota State Fair day at Eco Experience! Today, we'll be joined by partners Starry Skies North, UMN Climate Adaptation Partnership, Reuse Minnesota, Alta Technologies, Minnesota GreenCorps, and MPCA Human Resources.

How's the air at the fair? We can expect air quality to remain in the green AQI category for the first four days of the Great Minnesota Get-Together! Be sure to keep checking the MN Air Quality Index or our website for up-to-date forecasts for your fair days. pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land…

Headed to the fair? Check out Eco Experience and meet today's partners: Friends of the Minnesota Valley, We All Need Food and Water, Minneapolis Recycling, Sustainable Stillwater, and the MPCA Small Business Environmental Assistance Program.

Need a place to fill your water at the Minnesota State Fair? Stop by Eco Experience, and, while you're at it, check out today's partners: Friends of the Minnesota Valley, Bell Museum, ManoaManoIntl, Eco Chico Kid’s Resale Boutique, and MPCA cumulative impacts rulemaking and air permitting.

It's a great day to come out to Eco Experience and meet our amazing partners! Stop by and say "hi" to Great River Greening, Bell Museum, MnTAP, Hennepin County, and the MPCA Brownfield Redevelopment Program.

Another day, another incredible group of partners! Swing by Eco Experience and learn from Clean Water Action MN, Midwest Dairy, Minnesota Tool Library, Arc's Value Village, and the MPCA Brownfield Redevelopment Program.

Good news, fairgoers! We can expect good air quality for the rest of the week - that means great air at the fair. Follow the daily air quality forecast at the MN Air Quality Index or check it out on our website. pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land…

We hope you're getting out to the fair to enjoy this beautiful weather! Be sure to come by Eco Experience and meet today's partners: Rethos: Places Reimagined, Kaleidoscope Learning, Land Conservation Natural Burial, MPCA Volunteer Water Monitors, and the MPCA Brownfields Redevelopment Program.

Winter may be far away, but it’ll be here before we know it. Today, we asked fair goers one simple question: How much salt is too much salt? Let us know your answer in the comments 👇

Can you identify these Eco Experience exhibits? If not, there's still time to come visit us at Eco and learn about pollinators, recycling, plastic pollution, and more! We'll see you at the corner of Cosgrove and Randall.

We want YOU to come see Eco Experience at the Minnesota State Fair! 🫵 Come by today and learn from CoCoRaHS, the Center for Climate Literacy, Family Pathways Thrift Stores, Grandma's Marathon, the MPCA Volunteer Water Monitoring Program, and the MPCA Brownfield Redevelopment Program.

Saturday? More like SaturYAY – it's another great day at Eco Experience! Come and learn from our amazing partners: UnidosMN, COPAL, Reuse Minnesota, Shop for Change, and the Minnesota Wetland Health Evaluation Program.

Start your Sunday the right way: with a visit to Eco Experience! Today's partners are the National Loon Center, Andersen Horticultural Library, Good To Go Cups, and the Loose Parts Laboratory.

Your old batteries aren’t trash, they’re treasure. Recycling your batteries gives their leftover material a new life to charge your phone, car, or toothbrush and power modern life. Check out the CollectED battery bar at Eco Experience to learn more! pca.state.mn.us/news-and-stori…

It's the last day of the Minnesota State Fair. 😢 Come say goodbye (for now) and learn from our last group of partners: National Loon Center, Generation Atomic, City of Saint Paul, and Evergreen Collective.

Didn't win any ribbons at this year's state fair? Don't worry, we have some awards for you! What prizes are you taking home?

Tech firms pitch ideas for modernizing environmental permitting to “State Sharks” Katrina Kessler of Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Ed Tormey of Iowa DNR, and Jessica Shirely of PA Department of Environmental Protection in a Shark Tank-style session. #ECOSFall25

The Minnesota Nutrient Reduction Strategy compiles the latest research and data and recommends the best strategies to reduce nutrients in our waters. The 10-year revision is still available for comment – be sure to submit yours before Sept. 10. Learn more: pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land…

We’re excited to announce that MPCA Commissioner Katrina Kessler has been awarded the ECOS President’s Award! This award is given to members of ECOS who have made significant contribution to important initiatives. Congratulations, Commissioner Kessler!