FREE Neighborhood Sustainbility Conference March 13th - Central Lutheran

Submitted by Tom Hatlestad on March 7, 2010 - 2:13pm.

Twin Cities Sustainable Communities Conference, March 12 & 13 2010

Linking Citizens and Cities for Sustainable Communities

Neighborhood Sustainability Conference –
Saturday March 13 8:30am to 4:30pm
at Central Lutheran Church, 333 12th Street South, Minneapolis 55404
(next to the Minneapolis Convention Center)

Goals of Conference:
1. Support volunteers to green their neighborhood, congregation,
school or businesses –  with project tool kits, free materials,
lawn signs a resource guide and speaker lists

2. Support citizens to partner with their city to enact sustainable
local policies - through becoming a MN Green Step City, eco-municipality or
transition community and sustainability indicators.

3. Support citizens to advocate for wise state policies to secure a
sustainable shared future.

Tom Hatlestad is looking for a few people to attend.  It's a free event to get to see what others are doing in sustainablility seeing what type of support we could get to energize our Eco-Stewardship team.

Tom will not be able to attend the this event but if you are interested please attend with Spirit Garage or your Work Place in mind.

ecostewardship@gmail.com

• Location: Central Lutheran Church, 333 12th Street South, Minneapolis 55404 (next to the Minneapolis Convention Center)
• Start: 13 Mar 2010 - 8:30am
• Stop: 13 Mar 2010 - 4:30pm

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Online Alternative Gift Fairs

Submitted by Tom Hatlestad on December 15, 2009 - 9:56pm.

The Spirit Garage Eco Stewardship small group would like to suggest some online options for giving to others this Christmas season in a lovingly and environmentally thoughtful manor.

Think about it.  Given the opportunity, people all over the world want the same things for their families that you want for yours—enough food, a safe place to live, education, good health, clean water and air, and the ability to make decisions about their lives. 

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Informational Meeting for 2nd Annual Alternative Gift Fair 10/18

Submitted by Tom Hatlestad on October 7, 2009 - 6:16pm.

Looking for help with planning a 2nd Annual Alternative Gift Fair this Christmas Season sponsored by the Spirit Garage Eco-Stewardship Team.

The gift fair will be running from just before Thanksgiving up to around Christmas.

Informational Meeting Sunday, Oct 18th after worship until 12 noon at the Music Box Theater.
      Come find out what the fair is all about.
      Some things we will need help with this year.
           Coordinationg of payments for gifts and charity status of gift
           Setup, staff, tables on Sunday's
           Possible art project out of recycled items to create fraime or container for gift description card.

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Spirit Garage Eco-Stewardship Team
Email Address: ecostewardship@gmail.com
Contact:  Tom 763-577-2437

• Location:
• Start: 18 Oct 2009 - 11:30am
• Stop: 18 Oct 2009 - 12:00pm

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Earth Day Clean Up at Loring Park

Submitted by john6481 on March 15, 2009 - 9:16pm.

Come help clean up Loring Park during the Minneapolis Earth Day Watershed Clean Up sponsored by the Minneapolis Parks Board!

Spirit Garage hosted the clean up at Loring Park last year and we were able to have 200 volunteers clean Loring Park and a 3 block area outside of the park! 

Last year's city-wide Clean Up was ranked one of the best in the country by the Earth Day Network last year and over 2,800 volunteers at 25 sites removed more than 22,000 pounds of garbage in a little over two hours. It will be a neighborhood effort again this year with volunteers from local residents, neighborhood groups, businesses and churches to help clean the largest park in the Central Minneapolis community.

The Clean Up will take place on April 18th from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm.

Garbage bags and gloves will be provided but feel free to bring your own garbage pick up tools if you have them.

If you are interested in assisting in helping at the Clean Up of Loring Park, please sign up with Facebook or contact the Loring Park Site Coordinator Bo Johnston.

Be sure to check out Minneapolis Earth Day for more information and alternate sites (if you can't make the Loring Park site).

• Location: Loring Park @ 1382 Willow St, Minneapolis, MN 55403
• Start: 18 Apr 2009 - 9:30am
• Stop: 18 Apr 2009 - 12:00pm

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Eco Stewardship Weekly Green Helpful Hint #14 Try the bus sometime.

Submitted by Tom Hatlestad on December 17, 2008 - 10:36pm.

#14  Try taking the Bus sometime.

As the weather gets colder, traffic slows down and you see the bus flying by in the High Occupantcy lane or edge of the road, think about taking the bus.  Even try to use the park and rides.  Learn the Bus schedules in your area.  Then you can be riding one of those buses that fly by the cars sitting in traffic.  

Check out this website too: http://www.metrotransit.org
 

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Eco Stewardship Weekly Green Helpful Hint #12

Submitted by Tom Hatlestad on December 6, 2008 - 5:42pm.

Eco-Stewardship Green Helpful Hint #12 for the week of Dec 1st - Dec 7th.

#12  Don't be Con$umed by Chri$tma$?! - Discover ReLife: Collecting for 4 Organizations

Act on the Message - Don’t be Con$umed by Chri$tma$. Come to learn and share how you can keep your savings and more important, your sanity this Christmas Season and throughout the year. Join us on Tuesday, December 9, from 7 - 8:30 PM at the Turtle Bread on 48th & Chicago Ave S. Mpls. Contact: Rob Norris-Weber 612-312-3419.

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