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Landscape Revival: Native Plant Expo and Market

Community Pavilion at Roseville Cub Foods 1201 Larpenteur Ave W, Roseville, MN

Purchase pollinator-safe native plants at Landscape Revival. Native growers participating in the sale do not use systemic pesticides.The Landscape Revival — Native Plant Expo and Market offers gardeners one convenient location to shop for Minnesota native plants from 12 local native growers and learn how to use the plants from conservation organizations. The goal of... Read more »

Duluth Climate Stories

Zeitgeist Arts Cafe 222 East Superior Street, Duluth, MN

zeit·geist (ˈtsītˌɡīst,ˈzītˌɡīst/) – the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history, as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time. What better place to gather for a night of film, community, and live climate storytelling than Duluth's Zeitgeist Arts Cafe? Join Climate Generation: A Will Steger Legacy to explore place-based impacts,... Read more »

Always Ready: Using solar and storage to enhance community preparedness

Town and Country Club 300 N. Mississippi River Blvd, Saint Paul, MN, MN

When: Wednesday, June 15, 7:00-8:30 AM                                Where: Town and Country Club, 300 N Mississippi River Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55104Cost: $30 Fresh Energy members/Government employees/Students, $45 General admission*Early Bird tickets available for $10 off through May 31. Registration will be open through Thursday,... Read more »

$30 – $45

Tend the demonstration prairie at Crosby Farm Park

Crosby Farm Regional Park 2595 Crosby Farm Rd, St. Paul, MN

Help tend an interpretive native prairie planted in recent years by volunteers at Crosby Farm Regional Park!The three-acre demonstration prairie includes 1,000 native prairie plants and species markers to educate and inform visitors. Volunteers will help weed, remove invasive species and otherwise care for the planting and the surrounding areas, all under the care and guidance of FMR and... Read more »

Free

Tend native prairie plants at Old Mill Park

A major tributary of the Mississippi River and the inspiration for our Vermillion Stewards program, this river is a rare trophy trout stream, helping residents learn about the watershed while working to protect and enhance its unique natural resources.Volunteers would be working with FMR Lead Ecologist Karen Schik and Stewardship Events Coordinator Adam Flett to help remove weeds... Read more »

Congressman Ellison’s Community Meeting on Equitable Air

Nellie Stone Johnson Community School 807 N 27th Ave, Minneapolis, MN

On Monday, June 20 from 5:30-7pm, Congressman Ellison will gather leaders working on air pollution to discuss equitable air. The panel will include Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commission John Linc Stine and Minneapolis Commission of Health Gretchen Musicant, as well as organizers working on environmental justice. There will be a large amount of time dedicated to... Read more »

Summer Institute for Climate Change Education

Macalester College 1600 Grand Ave, St. Paul, MN

Macalester College, St. Paul, MNRegistration $15026 Clock Hours2 Graduate Credits available (fee)Summer Institute for Climate Change Education 2016 will focus on resources and training to integrate the Next Generation Science Standards into your classroom, which for the first time include climate change. Resources will include our newest middle school curriculum, Next Generation Climate. This curriculum... Read more »

$150

Tend native plants at Indian Mounds Park

Indian Mounds Park 10 Mounds Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN

Volunteers are needed to join Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) at Indian Mounds Park on Tuesday, June 21 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to tend native plants along the bluff prairie previously installed by other Indian Mounds Park stewards.By removing invasive species and assisting with other tending tasks, volunteers will help the plants make... Read more »

Work night in the Rare Prairie

Hastings Sand Coulee Scientific and Natural Area Glacier Way, Hastings, MN

Volunteers are needed to join Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) at the Sand Coulee SNA on Thursday, June 23 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. to identify and help halt the spread of cow vetch and spotted knapweed, encroaching plants deemed by the Department of Natural Resources as a threat to the health of this... Read more »

Plant pollinator patches in Hastings area parks

Hastings Area Parks (instructions will be mailed to registrants closer to event), Hastings, MN

Volunteers are needed to join Friends of the Mississippi River (FMR) at Hastings area parks on Saturday, June 25 from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. to install pollinator patches at two locations in Hastings, Vermillion Falls Park and CP Adams.Both of these sites will greatly benefit from the addition of these pollinator patches that will provide... Read more »