Politicians including Rep. Keith Ellison, advocates, musicians and students will gather at Washburn High School Oct. 3 - 5 in an effort to find practical solutions to global warming at the Minnesota Powershift Conference.
Grand Aspirations will host Minnesota Powershift 2008 Oct. 3-5 at Washburn High School in Minneapolis. Minnesota Powershift is an inter-generational conference on climate, energy, sustainability and social justice. ...read more »
NASA Scientist Dr. James Hansen has teamed up with the Science Museum of Minnesota, Will Steger Foundation, Aveda, Fresh Energy, 1Sky, and a panel of experts to educate key individuals on solutions to global warming. ...read more »
Widely read by hundreds of Minnesota foundation staff and trustees, this publication by the Minnesota Council of Foundations has a nice piece on why foundations do global warming work. Interesting to see that climate funding almost has equal billing with environmental funding in general. ...read more »
For the last year, Wisconsin's governor-appointed Global Warming Task Force has been developing recommendations to reduce the state's global warming pollution. They have made initial recommendations but are now seeking public comment throughout the state. Public hearings are being held March 19 in Madison, La Crosse, Green Bay and Milwaukee. ...read more »
The Midwest Governors Association paved historic ground at the Energy Summit in Milwaukee Nov. 14 and 15. Click on the hyperlinks to view the platform and accord.