Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy, in partnership with the University of Minnesota Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships (RSDP), invites you to join your neighbors in attending a public convening on the local impacts of climate change and community-based solutions. Hear from experts, community leaders, and storytellers about local climate issues. Work with neighbors, friends, and... Read more »
Join us to learn how Minnesota can take historic strides on our clean energy path, adding cost-effective wind and solar energy, cutting dangerous carbon pollution, and improving human health. The forum will focus on Minnesota’s progress on cutting carbon, and the ties to national and global climate action.Monday, May 18 | 7—8:30PMGreat River Regional Library... Read more »
More than 450 leaders from community groups, businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and more gather to celebrate Minnesota’s environmental success stories.The deadline to purchase tables or individual tickets is Friday, May 8th. Don’t miss your chance to join us for a lively reception, dinner, and awards program to recognize eighteen projects from across the state.... Read more »
It’s not just Keystone XL. Big Oil is trying to build and expand an enormous network of tar sands pipelines — some even bigger than Keystone XL — from Canada into the Great Lakes region. These tar sands pipelines, including the Alberta Clipper, along with crude oil trains and tankers, pose a growing risk to... Read more »
"A Water Wonderland" is the theme of this year's 16th annual WaterFest—a free celebration of our clean lakes offering fun and an opportunity for outdoor hands-on learning about clean water, wildlife, and land and water conservation. Experience the lake with Voyageur canoe rides, fishing lessons and canoes, kayaks, stand-up paddleboards and paddleboats for check out.... Read more »
Join us for our 2015 Clean Water Action Movie Event on June 11th. This year we will be taking a deeper look at the world of plastics with a showing of Plastic Paradise at the Parkway Theatre in South Minneapolis.From consumer products to grocery bags, plastics are part of our daily lives, but what happens... Read more »
Women's Environmental Institute presents2015 ORGANIC FARM SCHOOLJune 15th - August 17thLocation: Birchwood Café, 3311 East 25th Street, Minneapolis, MN 55406Time: 6:00-8:00 every Monday eveningCost: $120 for 10 week session or $20 for drop-ins The Women's Environmental Institute is pleased to announce registration is open for the 2015 Organic Farm School. Organic Farm School is a unique... Read more »
An Evening Forum with Climate Scientist and IPCC Contributor, Dr. Ben SanterScience Museum of MinnesotaTuesday June 16, 2015 7-9 pmIn conjunction with Climate Generation’s annual Summer Institute for Climate Change Education, focusing on a ten-year retrospective of climate science, climate literacy and education, we are hosting a free public forum in partnership with the Science... Read more »
In 2008 Minnesota voters passed the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment, which infused hundreds of millions of dollars into programs to better understand, protect, and restore the state’s water resources. Thanks to increased monitoring efforts, we now know the majority of lakes, rivers, and streams in the largely agricultural southern part of the state... Read more »
With nearly a third of the material Minnesotans send to landfills consisting of organic material (food waste and non-recyclable paper), savvy businesses across the state are thinking critically about managing their organics. In this session we’ll demystify the growing movement of organics recycling for compost. We’ll explore food waste reduction strategies, emerging policy issues that may... Read more »