Please mark your calendars for Fresh Energy’s first annual benefit breakfast, a great opportunity to learn about positive energy solutions and the progress we can make together.Featured speaker Ramez Naam, a computer scientist, futurist, and award-winning author, will inspire us all. Ramez spent 13 years at Microsoft, developing early versions of Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer. Now an acclaimed thought... 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 Wednesday, October 5, 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 »

Join us on Saturday, October 8, 2016 from 9:00am to 11:00am at Heritage Village Park, just south of St. Paul in Inver Grove Heights.In 2005, FMR wrote a natural resource management plan to help guide restoration of the park. Today, the park has over 30 acres of restored, native prairie, as well as areas of... Read more »

Join us on Saturday, October 15, 2016 from 9:00am to 12:00pm at Pine Bend Bluffs Natural Area at the Flint Hills Resources Property in Inver Grove Heights.Working with FMR and Great River Greening ecologists and staff, volunteers will help protect these native plant communities by removing invasive species, primarily— helping to stack pre-cut buckthorn brush, —and assisting... Read more »

Home lawn and garden practices significantly impact the health of the Mississippi River. In this brief but informative workshop,learn how you can become part of the solution. This workshop takes a how-to approach, suggesting local resources and quickly covering the most relevant information so you can begin taking steps to protect water quality this gardening... Read more »