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Better together: Enhancing partnerships and sustainability commitments
The team at Wenck kicked off 2021 with exciting news of our company’s evolution – we joined forces with global design and engineering firm …
How Blue Cross is impacting racial and health equity through environmental sustainability
The devastation of dual public health crises, COVID-19 and racism are rooted in systemic inequities. This is true for the less talked about environmental crisis, which research shows is exacting a heavy toll on the health of BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and people of color) communities. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of…
Choose action over despair
The news of Daunte Wright’s killing at the hands of police has left me fighting a deep feeling of despair. This reaction goes far beyond sadness and it frightens me for its potential to overwhelm and paralyze me. I know…
Valuing water: Showing principles through protection
This year, the theme of World Water Day—coming up on March 22—is valuing water. As the campaign says: “How we value water determines how water is managed and shared. The value of water is about much more than its price – water…
Project CAR and Newgate School share a unique partnership
For approximately 30 young adults each year, training through Newgate School represents a path to a higher paying job and more stability for themselves and their families. Newgate School in Minneapolis offers free training to lower income students in auto body or auto…
For immediate release: Dairy farmers share early financial and environmental successes
Three Stearns County dairy farmers enroll in a project to measure the financial cost or benefit of new conservation practices (Stearns County, Minn.) — Three Stearns County dairy farmers are featured in a new video about farm conservation and finances.
Working across systems for co-benefits
Environmental Initiative’s project and program work include numerous systems—agriculture, water, air, corporate sustainability, circular economy, and more. Often, these systems are treated distinctly in our dominant culture; I know that helps me think about levers to pull to create change without becoming overwhelmed. However, as I—and we as a society—get better at…
Powerful partnerships guide Clean Air Minnesota on path to success in 2020 (and beyond)
Air quality across Minnesota is relatively good but there’s still room for improvement. Clean Air Minnesota aims to continue to reduce emissions by targeting sources that aren’t regulated or permitted. Some contributors to poor air quality are the fumes from an older, high-polluting car, the diesel engine school bus in front of you…
C-Suite leadership on equity within sustainability
For many, the urgency began after George Floyd’s killing. For others, May 2020 was another month in a long process of defining the relationship between racial equity and environmental sustainability. For all, a commitment to transparency and action…
Relationship is the force that heals division
It was late afternoon on the day of the insurrection at our Nation’s Capital, and I was surprised to hear that the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce’s annual legislative event was to go on as planned. Our organization holds events ourselves, and…
