WHAT WE DO: DIALOGUE TO DEVELOP SOLUTIONS
Environmental issues are complex, multifaceted and they impact all of us. Individuals, communities, industry, government and nonprofit advocates all have a vested interest in the use and protection of our natural resources.
Why Collaborate?
Environmental Initiative convenes and facilitates conversations to achieve policy solutions for environmental and economic progress. By bringing together leaders from business, nonprofits and government to work in partnership, key players can collectively see barriers and identify ways to solve a problem, better together than alone.
How We Work
As a neutral convener and facilitator on environmental issues, we strive for a balance of voices and equal power among dialogue project participants. Dialogue projects at Environmental Initiative typically have:
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A tangible goal, or outcome
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Well understood drivers providing incentive for project participants to strive for a solution
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Clearly established ground rules, agreed upon by project participants
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Transparency
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Opportunities for group learning
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Experienced facilitators
Successes
Environmental Initiative has developed considerable expertise in managing and facilitating a variety of dialogue projects on a range of environmental issues. In partnership with Minnesota environmental leaders from business, nonprofits and government, Environmental Initiative:
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Created the policy foundations of the Clean Water Legacy Act, legislation that aims to clean up state’s lakes, rivers and streams
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Developed a plan to reduce 47.2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2025 from the solid waste sector in Duluth, Rochester, Saint Cloud and the Twin Cities region
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Identified barriers and strategies to overcoming them in order for Minnesota to meet mandated energy efficiency savings goals.
Read more about our dialogue work on the Initiative blog »
For more information about Environmental Initiative’s dialogue services or to discuss an issue you think would benefit from cross-sector dialogue, contact Mike Harley at 612-334-3388 ext. 110.
AGRICULTURAL LEADERSHIP DIALOGUE
Project duration: April 2011 - current
Leaders in the agricultural community are meeting to discuss agricultural land management and water quality practices. The goals of this project are to develop a shared understanding of interests and identify new opportunities to address agricultural land management and water quality activities.
View the project page to learn more »
MINNESOTA CHEMICAL REGULATION & POLICY
Project duration: May 2010 – current
Public and private sector leaders are working together to recommend improvements to existing chemical regulation, management and policy.
View the project page to learn more »
1.5% ENERGY EFFICIENCY SOLUTIONS PROJECT
Project duration: May 2010 – April 2011
Private, public and nonprofit sector leaders identified barriers and strategies to overcome them in order for Minnesota to meet mandated energy efficiency savings goals.
Read the final report (PDF) »
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