Join the Friends of the Boundary Waters Wilderness to say "No Twin Metals, protect the BWCA."This public hearing is part of a input period on the Twin Metals sulfide mine proposal. Twin Metals seeks to renew two expired federal mineral leases for another 10 years. These leases are on the edge of the Boundary Waters... Read more »
Join for a presentation about climate change of today, where it is going, and what technologies are in development to help solve the carbon dioxide problem. Ph.D. student Hannah Rose from the ASU Center for Negative Carbon Emissions will give a 45 minute presentation, then open to questions from the audience. This event is open... Read more »
Climate Solutions & Economic Opportunities Analysis: What We Learned and What's NextJoin us for a presentation and discussion with the Minnesota Environmental Quality Board about climate action planning to meet state greenhouse gas emission goals. We’ll explore immediate actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, long-term strategies that could be started now, and pilot programs to... Read more »
Join us Monday, July 25 from 6 to 8 p.m. as we head out to the nearby downtown streets for a stenciling activity! Armed with spray paint, a stencil and traffic cones (courtesy of St. Paul Public Works) we'll stencil "Keep 'em Clean, Drains to River" next to storm drains. Volunteers also distribute educational door hangers to... Read more »
Social media can be a very useful organizing tool! Learn how MN350 uses social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to communicate with the public and spread awareness of climate justice issues. At this training, we will be teaching the basics of organizing through social media, and talking about a few tools you can use... Read more »
Join us Thursday, July 28th, 6 to 8 p.m. to help protect Pine Bend Bluffs Scientific & Natural Area(SNA), an award-winning restoration site known for some of the best views of the Upper Mississippi River.Volunteers will remove spotted knapweed and hoary allysum, two invasive species encroaching on the native prairie. Minnesota's native bees and local... Read more »
Northland Sustainable Solutions invites you to build bridges that move us toward personal and planetary transformation. We are acting together in environmental conversation for ecological restoration during three extraordinary events designed to celebrate our interconnection and shared responsibility.Included in these three events is inspiration provided by Indigenous and international speakers.August 17 – The ecology of... Read more »
On Sunday, August 21st, local leader in Bagley, Minnesota, Marty Cobenais, will be guiding a tour of Enbridge oil pipelines to gain a unique perspective on the damaging effects of oil in Minnesota. The tour will include visits to a Tank Farm in Clearbrook, a scenic overlook, and a chance to walk on exposed pipelines... Read more »
What's one of the simplest, high-impact ways to save water and help protect our watershed? Using a rain barrel.Join us on Tuesday, August 23, 2016 from 6pm to 7:30pm for our popular rain barrel workshop where we’ll discuss the watershed-friendly benefits of rain barrels in more detail, then review how to build, incorporate, install and... Read more »
The University of Minnesota Extension is sponsoring a workshop and tour highlighting the applied research for establishing perennial cover crop systems within a corn and soybean rotation. Farmers, Ag professionals, government agency personnel and the public are invited to the Rosemount Research and Outreach Center for a tour of the latest in perennial cover crop... Read more »