Community Success Stories
One Minnesotan’s commitment to decarbonization
When Lee Schaefer retired after 30 years of serving as an Episcopal priest, he decided to dedicate his time and resources to environmental justice. “What’s influenced me to get involved,…
Read MoreIndigenous Rights & Climate Justice: A Jewish Opportunity to Rise & Repair
Last week, we partnered with Mount Zion, Temple Israel of Minneapolis, Jewish Community Action, and Rise & Repair to talk about how Jewish communities can support Indigenous rights and climate…
Read MoreWeaving plastic into gold
Story and art by MNIPL Intern Maddie Lenius Last winter, Trudy Dunham, a Ramsey County Recycling Ambassador, heard about a request to make sleeping mats out of recycled plastic bags…
Read MoreUnity Church Unitarian Engages in Truthful Healing
Story and art by MNIPL Intern Maddie Lenius Unity Church Unitarian in St. Paul has a long history of social justice work. The congregation has many community outreach ministry teams…
Read MoreMinnesota Congregations Go Solar
Story and art by MNIPL Intern Maddie Lenius In 2019, Tim Abrahamson and Stewart Herman began advocating for their Minneapolis church, University Lutheran Church of Hope, to consider installing solar…
Read MoreClark-Grace UCC Organized Earth Day Expo Thanks to Grant
Submitted by Clark-Grace UCC in South Saint Paul. In 2022, Clark-Grace UCC received a CERTS (Clean Energy Resource Teams) seed grant to organize an Earth Day Environmental Expo. During the family-friendly event,…
Read MoreHelping nature reclaim its place in St. Paul
Submitted by Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul. Our story starts with an observation of a bee. Not just any bee, but a bumblebee, a rusty-patched bumblebee. When Kathy found this bee along…
Read MoreCanopy Connectors plant trees and build neighborhood connections
Submitted by Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul. In March 2021, Rennie Gaither, an Americorps Community Forestry Corps volunteer with Frogtown Green, gave a presentation to members of Unity Church-Unitarian about…
Read MoreWhat does racism have to do with environmental work?
Submitted by Unity Church-Unitarian in St. Paul. What does racism have to do with environmental work? That’s what those of us on the Act for the Earth (AFE) Ensure Justice…
Read MoreLaunching an Ecofair
Submitted by St. John’s Episcopal Church in Minneapolis. We held an Ecofair around Earth Day, which brought together several different desires, needs, and talents: we wanted to find a way…
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