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New GreenStep Cities workshop series begins tomorrow, September 6 with speakers and discussion about Community Engagement!
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This year we will be going deeper on a number of topics across all GreenStep best practice categories! As usual, we will hold the workshops the first Wednesday of the month from 9-11am at the League of Minnesota Cities and via webinar using your computer or mobile device.
September 6th: Community Engagement
September's workshop will focus on Community Engagement highlighting Best Practice Actions 24.6, 24.4, and 24.1. Register for Workshop | Register for Webinar
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Video: Krisitin Mroz with Environmental Quality Board excited to work with GreenStep Cities
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Video introducing the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) and their new Local Governmental Coordinator, Kristin Mroz. Check it out!
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In early 2017 the Environmental Quality Board (EQB) became an official partner of the Minnesota GreenStep Cities program and hired Kristin Mroz as their Local Governmental Coordinator. She talks about her background at the City of Elk River, what the EQB is, and why GreenStep is a good fit for them.
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GreenStep Cities creates new "Welcome! Guide" for new cities and new city staff
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The “Welcome! Guide” was developed to assist with onboarding new cities to the program and also to ease the transition of new city staff coming in to replace a GreenStep Coordinator. The Guide explains the step process, provides a layout of the website, and identifies resources such as contact information and data entry, and more!
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Attend Biannual Green Purchasing Meeting
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The GREEN Group, an informal network of environmental and purchasing staff from Minnesota county and city governments, meets biannually to discuss sustainable purchasing. Join the group’s next meeting on October 26th from 9am-12pm at the MPCA St. Paul office (520 Lafayette Road North, Saint Paul) to discuss source reduction through procurement and sustainable procurement in decentralized purchasing settings. RSVP to Johanna Kertesz.
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Local Energy Planning Tools Now Available!
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The Local Government Planning for Energy Project (LoGoPEP) has added two new planning tools to help cities incorporate energy into their comp plans.
- A simple solar calculator estimates the solar generation potential in a city from private and publicly owned photovoltaic panels and helps a city set solar energy development goals.
- And LoGoPEP can produce an existing energy conditions report for interested cities that demonstrates how cities can incorporate energy into their comprehensive plans.
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Explore Annual GreenStep Recognition Photos, Data, and Notable Achievements
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Way to go! 34 recognition awards were given this summer to GreenStep Cities (and the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa) including 6 cities reaching the newest/highest GreenStep recognition level: Step 5 (which shows improvement in Step 4 city performance metrics). See photos from the summer event, along with a spreadsheet and charts summarizing city progress. Also included for most GreenStep cities are short descriptions of notable best practice actions.
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Register today for 10th Annual Metro CERT Resource & Networking Event September 13th
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Join the Metro Clean Energy Resource Team to celebrate their 10th year of connecting communities to clean energy resources! This year they will have a diverse offering of programming including: a keynote speaker, a panel of clean energy success stories, and small group discussions on requested topics. The event is Wednesday, September 13, 2017 from 4:00-7:30pm at the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul.
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Timely Sustainability Updates & Resources
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