Air Quality Awareness Week: Highlighting Our Work
It’s the first week of May, the weather is starting to warm, spring is in full swing, and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Awareness Week . Clean Air Minnesota...
Forecasting for Better Air Quality: The Impact of Air Monitors on Tribal Lands in Minnesota
When we think of Minnesota, we think a lot about the water. We’re known for our lakes and the headwaters of the Mississippi so people may overlook the fact that...
Air programs granted additional funding
Generally, the air we breathe in Minnesota is good. Even with improved technologies, and cleaner air, people and the planet continue to experience negative health effects from air pollution. Air...
2021 Awards Celebration: What to expect
The Environmental Initiative Awards is an opportunity to celebrate risk, innovation, changemakers, and relationships. Join the winners , sponsors , staff , board , friends, partners, family members, neighbors, and...
Building a water-resilient future
One of the many things we’ve learned in the past year is to expect the unexpected, starting with the disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to survive in our...
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 Stantec . This represents a positive...
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,...
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...
Our commitment to health during COVID-19
Environmental Initiative is committed to placing the health, safety, and well-being of people before other concerns. We recognize that we must prioritize the needs of those most vulnerable and most impacted in our decisions. We strive to follow the direction,...
Emerging
Crocuses and other flowering plants defying Minnesota’s cold and snow are, for many, a sign of rebirth, renewal, or awakening. Pretty flowering plants and green tips of grass are not...