5:15 Cocktail Reception | 6:00 ProgramAs Minnesota starts laying out strategies to implement the Clean Power Plan, which approaches are being considered? How might our plan increase energy efficiency and cut costs for low-income Minnesotans? And how will our current conservation programs and policies contribute to Clean Power Plan compliance?State-based energy, air, and policy leaders... Read more »

Registration is open for the Climate Adaptation Conference: Transforming Awareness into Action, January 28, 2016.  This year's conference is designed for local officials, planners, engineers, natural resource practitioners and others who want to learn more about  adaptation strategies that have worked or are being tested various sectors, tribal communities, energy, local foods, emergency management, communication and water resources.We will learn from several major corporations... Read more »

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) invites you to join us at our upcoming community listening sessions on the Clean Power Plan.The Clean Power Plan is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring states to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants (for more information, visitwww.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan). The Clean Power Plan will encourage... Read more »

USGBC and Lower Phalen Creek Project host the Celebration of the 2015 Design Competition for Wakan Tipi Center at the Bruce Vento Nature Sanctuary.  Join us to see all of the designs for the Wakan Tipi Center, celebrate the 3 winning designs and enjoy refreshments and social time. Light refreshments will be served.Metropolitan State University Library... Read more »

The SFA Annual Conference, Minnesota’s farmer networking showcase, will be Feb. 13, 2016, at the Gorecki Center at the College of Saint Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn.A founding concept of SFA is that there is wisdom in the community, so YOU will help to determine and lead the sessions, which will include casual but focused networking... Read more »

On February 15th, Carleton College will be hosting “The Plight of the Pollinators: A Conversation with Rep. Rick Hansen.” News of the rapid decline of honey bees, monarch butterflies, and native pollinators isn’t new. The problem is largely due to a lack of habitat and the prevalence of a new class of systemic insecticides that... Read more »

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) invites you to join us at our upcoming community listening sessions on the Clean Power Plan.The Clean Power Plan is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring states to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants (for more information, visitwww.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan). The Clean Power Plan will encourage... Read more »

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) invites you to join us at our upcoming community listening sessions on the Clean Power Plan.The Clean Power Plan is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring states to cut carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants (for more information, visitwww.epa.gov/cleanpowerplan). The Clean Power Plan will encourage... Read more »

Wild Ones Annual Conference: Design with NatureGood Design MattersThe conference offers insights into topics impacting the native plant movement, always encouraging us to embrace the connection of native plants to the ecological health of our communities.

On Monday, Feb. 22, MinnPost’s Earth Journal Circle will present its fourth annual event focusing on substantive discussion of critical issues in the environment.This year’s topic is “Land of 10,000 Lakes: Can We Achieve Water Sustainability?” The speaker is Dr. Deborah Swackhamer, former director of the University of Minnesota’s Water Resources Center, who will discuss issues threatening regional... Read more »