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Zero Waste with April Hepokoski

Back to Basics is a sustainable living event in Pine River MN sponsored by Happy Dancing Turtle on Saturday, February 11th.

April Hepokoski hosted a workshop as part of Happy Dancing Turtle's 17th annual Back to Basics conference. She joined the morning show to talk about the 7 R's of living a zero-waste lifestyle, and how to move from guilt to enjoying the process of reducing your environmental footprint!

Heidi Holtan is KAXE's Director of Content and Public Affairs where she manages producers and is the local host of Morning Edition from NPR. Heidi is a regional correspondent for WDSE/WRPT's Duluth Public Television’s Almanac North.
John has been listening to KAXE since the early days in 1976, and has worked as our Development Director from 1995-2022. Now semi-retired and writing, sculpting and enjoying the good life, you can hear him on the Morning Show Fridays.
Charlie Mitchell (she/they) joined the KAXE team in February of 2022. Charlie creates the Season Watch Newsletter, writes segment summaries for the website, and coordinates our Engaging Minnesotans with Phenology project. With a background in wildlife biology, she enjoys learning a little bit about everything, whether it's plants, mushrooms, aquatic invertebrates, or the short-tailed shrew (did you know they can echolocate?).