Minneapolis Neighborhood Green Teams
Mpls Neighborhood Green Teams
Minneapolis Climate Action is the coordinator for Minneapolis Green Team, in collaboration with the Alliance for Sustainability. Green Teams meetings are a space for Minneapolis neighborhood environment committees to come together on a quarterly basis to share strategies to improve our communities through innovative climate and environmental action.
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Green Teams work to:
These meetings are intended for official Minneapolis neighborhood organizations and associations, but all are welcome to learn and to share challenges and successes. |
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Next Mpls Neighborhood Green Teams Meeting
The next Mpls Neighborhood Green Teams meeting is coming up!
Monday July 19, 2021
6:30 - 8:00pm
In-person and outside at North Commons Park
1801 James Ave N, Minneapolis 55411
We will meet at the picnic tables just south of the park building towards the north end of the park
People can also attend via Zoom and we will post the recording afterwards
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89939303670
Meeting ID: 899 3930 3670
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Facebook event in link - please share!
Agenda Items:
Please email kyle@mplsclimate.org if you have anything to add to the agenda or resources, events, or info to share! And please share the Facebook event with your neighbors and neighborhood organization or share this webpage!
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84493146193
Here is a link to the rolling minutes, chat and a recording of the Dec 2020 meeting
Please email kyle@mplsclimate.org with agenda items for the next meeting that will occur in early spring.
Join the Facebook group and sign up for updates below!
- Stacy Miller, City of Minneapolis: Inclusive Financing Advocacy (7 mins)
- Clean Energy Partnership update with Kelly Muellman (8 mins)
- Social cost of carbon quick update?
- Kelly Muellman, City of Minneapolis: Green Zones and Resilience Hubs (10 mins)
- Brad Pass, East Phillips Park Chair: East Phillips Urban Farm update (10 mins)
- Kellie Kish, City of Minneapolis: Green Teams event focused on reducing waste and recycling & Organics and recycling program updates (10 mins)
- Lee Samelson, Community Power: Xcel Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) Update (10 mins)
Community Power Info Page on the IRP - Minneapolis Climate Action Community Solar Garden Update and neighborhood participation opportunity (10 mins)
- Minneapolis Edible Boulevards: Michelle Shaw (5 mins)
- Sean G. updates 612 250-0389 (8-10 mins) sean@rccmn.co www.rccmn.co/hennepin-communities
Litter be Gone (not happening this year) Sean will bring clean up supplies 7/19 to take, or request clean up supplies (at least 14 days in advance of your event) from Michelle Howard Clean City Coordinator 612 673-2789 michelle.howard@minneapolismn.gov https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/clean-city/ ,
- National Night Out Tues Aug 3, sign up ASAP to block off your street, zero waste block party ideas www.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/nno/
- Friends of Lake Hiawatha www.facebook.com/HiawathaMpls - KEY final VOTE this Wed 7/21 5:30pm MPRB Board Meeting to approve the new Hiawawatha master plan - send in your comment and/or sign up to speak by noon on 7/21 OpenTime@minneapolisparks.org to to support the MPRB approve the plan & thank V.P. Vetaw for integrating racial equity strategies into the plan (especially Northsiders)
- City of Mpls is Updating their Climate Action Plan in partnership with CEAC (meets 3rd Wed 5 to 7pm 7/21) A great opportunity to dovetail w goals/strategies/ implementation of Hennepin County’s new climate action plan www.hennepin.us/climate-action to accelerate high impact actions with all Hennepin Co cities (1.2 million people) zero waste action to close the HERC sooner, equitable workforce development, solar, weatherization - send your support, ideas encouragement to your county commissioner
- Hennepin County is updating their natural resources strategic plan Take our survey by August 1, 2021, to help shape priorities and let us know how you would like to be engaged in the update of the plan. https://www.hennepin.us/natural-resources-plan
Please email kyle@mplsclimate.org if you have anything to add to the agenda or resources, events, or info to share! And please share the Facebook event with your neighbors and neighborhood organization or share this webpage!
Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84493146193
Here is a link to the rolling minutes, chat and a recording of the Dec 2020 meeting
Please email kyle@mplsclimate.org with agenda items for the next meeting that will occur in early spring.
Join the Facebook group and sign up for updates below!
First half of the meeting:
Second half of the meeting:
Email kyle@mplsclimate.org with any questions!
- Focused on updates from the city and neighborhoods who submit agenda items.
Second half of the meeting:
- Small group time, which includes networking time and the opportunity to address specific neighborhood climate topics.
Email kyle@mplsclimate.org with any questions!