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Victory for Solar Energy!

Due to our Clean Energy and Jobs campaign efforts, the 2013 Legislature passed solar energy legislation.

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Support Climate Change Education and Fair Trade!

20% of proceeds go to Will Steger Foundation

Thursday, June 20th 5 - 8 pm

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Brake for Breakfast! June 12th, 7-9 am

Join us to celebrate Bike Walk Week in the Twin Cities for a free breakfast along the Midtown Greenway.

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Our Work Is Having An Impact

Check out the testimonials we've received lately! Then join us today in continuing our work to engage in solutions to climate change. We have tremendous opportunity to make Minnesota the clean energy leader.

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New Land 2013 Expedition

Follow the New Land Expedition this Spring! Join American John Huston, Norwegian Tobias Thorleifsson, Canadian Hugh Dale-Harris, and South African Kyle O’Donoghue as they traverse 630 miles on Ellesmere Island.

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Summer Institutes 2013

Registration is NOW OPEN for the 2013 Summer Institutes for Educators.

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Educate, Inspire and Empower

Established in January 2006 by polar explorer Will Steger, the Will Steger Foundation, educates, inspires and empowers people to engage in solutions to climate change.

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Most Recent Posts

High School Students Thank Governor Dayton and Senator Marty for Bold Support for Clean Energy Future
Written by Bryn Shank, St Paul Central High School & Samantha Radermacher, School of Environmental Studies, YEA! MN Steering Committee members

The Will Steger Foundation’s YEA! MN program played a significant role at the Minnesota State Capitol on Earth Day this year as part of the Clean Energy and Jobs Campaign Day of Action. YEA! MN student leaders turned out 100 high school students in the rain and for the Young People's March for Climate Action Now, an event planned and facilitated entirely by youth in coordination with the campaign. YEA! MN Co-Chairs shared compelling testimony to the crowd of 700 people - half of whom were youth.

Written on Friday, 24 May 2013 15:40 in Local (Minnesota) Read 131 times Read more...
Cairn Revisited
Written by John Huston, ForwardEndeavors

We now have more information about the cairn near Lands Lokk. We prematurely concluded that the cairn might have been built by Otto Sverdrup.

Written on Sunday, 19 May 2013 00:00 in New Land Expedition Read 175 times Read more...
We Did It!
Written by eNewsletter

I’ll start with the good news: Both the Minnesota House and Senate passed our Clean Energy and Jobs legislation last week. The legislation includes a first-ever solar standard and a strengthened renewable energy standard for investor-owned utilities, as well as important efficiency and local power production policies.

Written on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 10:28 in eNewsletter Read 338 times Read more...
Lessons from LVEJO’s Kim Wasserman, Winner of the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America
Written by Abby Fenton, Youth Programs Director

It was truly an honor to see Kim Wasserman, Founder and Executive of Little Village Environmental Justice Organization (LVEJO), awarded the 2013 Goldman Environmental Prize for North America for her work organizing communities of color and coalitions against powerful coal interests.

Written on Monday, 13 May 2013 09:04 in Local (Minnesota) Read 1340 times Read more...
New Land Expedition 2013: Lands Lokk Reached
Written by Administrator

It is Day 41 of the expedition and we have arrived at our northern most destination Lands Lokk, which is Otto Sverdrup’s furthest north which he obtained on May 6, 1902, so just a few days before we arrived.

Written on Sunday, 12 May 2013 00:00 in New Land Expedition Read 556 times Read more...