Join us for an evening of local exploration and discussion with Renewing The Countryside’s Brett Olson. Brett helped to develop GreenRoutes.org–a site which seeks to provide an easy-to-use tool to help you find one-of-a-kind places to eat, play, shop, sleep, and learn. From the web site:

Green Routes helps you discover small, unique businesses that are rooted in their communities; places to eat where the food is not only fresh from a family farm, but where you might bump into the farmers who grew it; places to have fun while helping to ensure that our natural and cultural resources will be around for many generations to come. Green Routes gives you a way to incorporate your values into your travels. It makes it easy to find fun and rich experiences and places.

Green Routes began in Minnesota, and has since expanded its coverage to most of our surrounding states. Check the site out, as it’s a great tool for  local exploration. Brett and the crew at Renewing the Countryside do a bunch of great stuff with a focus on strengthening rural areas by promoting rural communities, farmers, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, activists and other people who are renewing the countryside through sustainable and innovative initiatives, businesses, and projects.

We are proud to have the Mississippi Headwaters Hostel listed on the GreenRoutes.org site.  Join us for another great Travelers Circle. Bring a friend!
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About Travelers Circles:

Travelers Circles are free and all are invited. They are held the 3rd Thursday of every month, 7-8:30 pm, at our St. Paul Headquarters: Upstairs meeting room at 622 Selby Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104 | Telephone 651.251.1495 | link to map.

Note: Please park on the street or in the lot (free) just south of the Mississippi Market on Hague Street. Please do not park in the Mississippi Market lot. It is reserved for shoppers.

The September 2010 Edition of the Hosteller is hot off the digital press. Download your copy here.

• Sep. 8 | 7pm-8pm | World Travel 101 | REI Maple Grove
• Sep. 16 | 7pm-8:30pm | Travelers Circle: Green Travel with Brett Olson of GreenRoutes.org | at HI-MN office
• Sep. 22 | 7pm-8pm | World Travel 101 | REI Bloomington
• Oct. 21 | 7pm-8:30pm | Travelers Circle: Yap Part Deux – The Digital Edition with Mark and Patricia Jarboe | at HI-MN office
• Nov. 8 | 7pm-8pm | World Travel 101 | REI Roseville
• Nov. 18 | 7pm-8:30pm | Travelers Circle: Round-The-World Travel 101 – how to plan and undertake a yearlong+ trip around the world | at HI-MN office
• Dec. 16 | 6:30pm-8:30pm | Annual Meeting/Travelers Circle/Year End Party | at HI-MN office

All Travelers Circles are at the HI-MN headquarters: 622 Selby Ave, Saint Paul MN 55104.